@reynod: if you call IBM PowerPC RISC processor from X360 "close to PC", you clearly have no slightest clue what you're talking about.
You shouldn't have put those issues together. Nobody forces you to pay for XBL, you can choose another platform or stay with offline. It's all about your choice. They are people who like to pay for nothing, it's their money and I don't see a problem with that.
Selling faulty hardware is another thing. And to be exact, selling faulty hardware AND knowing about it is terrible and against the law. Microsoft should have suffered from their actions more than they d...
Can somebody call Psycho Mantis to squeeze some info from Kaz Hirai?
Of course, good console specs don't guarantee all next gen games will be great. I even expect more mediocre stuff as new consoles will be easier to port and publish.
If so, it's not reflected in gaming forums. Everywhere I see PC gaming discussions, even in much troll-proof places like GAF, PC users look down at console gamers just because of the hardware. It's a terrible incarnation of rascism because it doesn't even compare people but their belongings. I refuse to be part of such a terrible community (even though my PC runs games fine).
To people who say "At least XBL wasn't down for a month" - that's EXACTLY the problem with it. Networks get hacked all the time, most of them. There are always people trying to get it. The bigger a network, the more exciting for them to try. XBL got attacked numerous times, you can google the EA/MS scam story with FIFA stuff. It doesn't matter if it affects everybody or just you if you're the victim because you suffer.
When PSN got hacked, Sony switc...
Because of Windows. And "PC master race" kids don't help it either.
Sony may win (whatever that means) next gen because they target the global market, whereas Microsoft is rumoured to have features that can only appeal to their home market (TV capabilities, integration of voice recognition, cable content). They simply can't launch their console worldwide with all that offered. Specs or even games don't matter if you can't use what you paid for. Install base will shrink dramatically for their platform. US is a big market but even if it's half o...
Haters gonna hate. Colonels gonna claim their dogtags.
ps. Where's my shitbucket?
Mass market is vocoded autotune pop songs and fast food so it'd be just a good thing for games.
History advances not worrying about the edge celebrities.
What does it have to do with "always on"?
I'm not complaining, I'm stating a fact that forced content is an old idea in the digital world and I don't need it. On the other hand, you need some school to teach you punctuation. I know, they don't have it on TV.
TV is so 20th century.
That's why they release beta code with source to Steam as a full game?
"Gamers doesn't'. Yeah, sure.
You know that you're a helpless blogger looking for hits if you try to appeal to system wars in your supposedly funny blog entry.
Do it, Sony.
Next generation will be fine, even finer without MSFT.
There are so many blog sites listing things that I tend to avoid them.
Top 100 blogs to avoid, anyone?
People think BC comes for free. They are very wrong. If you're willing to play old games, keep your old hardware. I don't care that "it looks bad with so many cables". It's your problem, BC lover, not mine. Why would I need to pay more to please you?