This 'trial by internet' is madness.
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Maxy sounding worried
I love my PC gaming but I'd rather not pass up PS4 console exclusives. If PS4 is the hardcore gaming console's last stand, I'd like to support it.
Quote from: Huff on April 07, 2013, 05:50:16 PMMaxy sounding worriedTrue.spoiler (click to show/hide)Worried that my popcorn and beer supply runs out at worst possible time.[close]
Quote from: Purple Filth on April 07, 2013, 01:21:29 PMQuote from: Eel O'Brian on April 07, 2013, 01:17:32 PMPaul Thurrott thinks a Microsoft product is gonna be awesome? Well, I guess you can take that to the bank, then, like when John Gruber gives Apple stuff the thumbs-up.But but but he's really critical of MS Thurrott just has bizarre mood swings. One week he'll post some ridiculously shilly hyperbolic praise / defense of something MS does, then the next week he'll post some overblown whiny inaccurate bitching about MS. He is pro-MS on average though, but mostly just isn't worth paying attention to. He seems to have some OK sources but he (or the sources) aren't always great at interpreting or understanding whatever info they have.
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 07, 2013, 01:17:32 PMPaul Thurrott thinks a Microsoft product is gonna be awesome? Well, I guess you can take that to the bank, then, like when John Gruber gives Apple stuff the thumbs-up.But but but he's really critical of MS
Paul Thurrott thinks a Microsoft product is gonna be awesome? Well, I guess you can take that to the bank, then, like when John Gruber gives Apple stuff the thumbs-up.
guys i've figured it outMS has been collecting metrics from Xbox Live for years rightAnd they've learned that we only ever use our 360s when online BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO DATA FROM WHEN WE'RE OFFLINEthink about it
I don't see a reason to even bother with the next Xbox. Bungie is off the Halo series, and H4 was good, but the series is no longer something that I absolutely must play. No other real exclusives come to mind. Forza is nice, but the next GT will likely be a perfectly adequate replacement.
How many Xbox 360-exclusive franchises were really known about in advance of the console's release, though?
Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on April 07, 2013, 02:32:01 PMQuote from: Purple Filth on April 07, 2013, 01:21:29 PMQuote from: Eel O'Brian on April 07, 2013, 01:17:32 PMPaul Thurrott thinks a Microsoft product is gonna be awesome? Well, I guess you can take that to the bank, then, like when John Gruber gives Apple stuff the thumbs-up.But but but he's really critical of MS Thurrott just has bizarre mood swings. One week he'll post some ridiculously shilly hyperbolic praise / defense of something MS does, then the next week he'll post some overblown whiny inaccurate bitching about MS. He is pro-MS on average though, but mostly just isn't worth paying attention to. He seems to have some OK sources but he (or the sources) aren't always great at interpreting or understanding whatever info they have.Eh he could do critical stuff a few times but I would honestly not give a fuck about what he says if MS stuff is the only thing he does.We'll see how it goes though (if his info was correct and what is actually gonna be this thing called Durango/Whatever its real name is.
Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 07, 2013, 03:21:10 PMMan all this negative press before even the reveal. This could be very damaging to the brand.None of this shit will have anything to do with the success of the next xbox. You are falling into your own forum hivemind trap. Whether the next xbox always online requirement will have some effect is a different argument though.As usual I won't pretend to be a psychic and will wait to see how things actually play out since the forums and the internets are often utterly wrong about what people actually want or will tolerate. I haven't seen much here or on GAF that gives me much confidence about what is going to happen or insightful thoughts about how things will play out. Especially when one console hasn't even been shown yet. Prices given. Or big games shown or announced. In other words internet going to internet but it means nothing.
Man all this negative press before even the reveal. This could be very damaging to the brand.
I really can't support an online only console despite shelling for every MS product not named the KIN.My Windows Phone 8 Always Online.My Windows 8 PC Always Online.My Surface RT Always Online.My Office 2013 Always Online.And Paul might be right but saying that the next Xbox dev is too far and they can't revert a simple firmware switch to disable this online check is silly.
Always online is going to be an issue, because at launch the likelihood of less than 5% of users having some issues is virtually nil. There's GONNA be some unforeseen fuck-up and it's GONNA effect enough of the initial users to leave a very bad impression, and it's GONNA get mainstream press coverage and snow ball. It's also obviously a sneaky, ratfucking move towards anti-used games DRM, no matter how they're trying to spin it. This gen was already lining up to be a Thunderdome gen anyway, but hoo boy have the console manufacturers not helped matters: Nintendo by releasing a console with 2007 tech, MS with always online BS, and I'm personally still convinced Sony will try to sell the PS4 for $500 because they're Sony. It's a good time to be a pc gamer, fellas. Sit back on our porches and watch the neighbors murder each other.
I barely play vidya these days so no, won't deal with it.
I agree with Oscar.
why would they be much more prepared? you really seem to assign a great deal of confidence to the company behind Bob, Windows ME, Zune, Surface, Windows 7 Phone, Windows 8, Windows 8 Phone, Vista, and Kin. they've had like, two successes in the last ten years.
stop reposting gaf posts
Microsoft had originally been planning to unveil its next-generation Xbox details at an event in April, but The Verge has learned that the company has pushed this back to May. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott revealed recently that Microsoft is planning an Xbox event for May 21st, and we understand this date is accurate. This is the tentative date for a next-generation Xbox announcement, but Microsoft had originally planned an April 24th event.ources familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans have revealed that the event will be at a small venue with a focus on providing the very first details on the next Xbox, codenamed Durango, and Microsoft's plans for Xbox in 2013. Recent rumors have focused on reports that Microsoft's next Xbox may require an always-on internet connection. Comments by Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth, asking why there was drama over the always-on rumors and telling people to #dealwithit, forced Microsoft to issue an official apology. The Verge understands that Microsoft has reminded employees that any communications about the next-generation Xbox must remain confidential, following Orth's comments.
that palpable desperation poor maxy
Sony isn't going to stop publishers from implementing "always on" DRM in their games, or activation checks, etc. on PS4.
Quote from: mjemirzian on April 08, 2013, 11:02:57 AMSony isn't going to stop publishers from implementing "always on" DRM in their games, or activation checks, etc. on PS4.The difference is that it'll be up to the publishers to implement activation checks, just like it is in the current generation. EA will still have their online passes, just like they do now.That's completely different from it being hardware based.
Nice fish soup is nice.
system loyalty
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I am pleased that years after I called out maxy for his disgusting Xbox fanboism The Bore is stepping up and discovering maxy's real, abhorrent xfag image. The recent spin he puts on the "always online" diarrhea that's coming out of Microsoft's ass is vomit inducing.Keep it up maxy and you will end up in the same bin as Lager and Methodis not only in my eyes.
Xbox 720 will be free when you sign up for a $75+ a month two year cable contract.
What are you on about? I conclusively demonstrated that there are no Japanese games being made any longer worth owning a couple pages ago. Keep up.
Maxy. Do what everyone else does and become a system merc. Loyalty means shit. They're pieces of plastic. I went from HAHA NINTENDO Sega kid to HAHA NINTENDO Sony kid to HAHA NINTENDO I-own-all-current-gen-systems adult. Why are you so attached to a company in the year 2013? Are you a child? Even I, wanting MS to succeed - but only because I have spent hundreds on their service not out of loyalty, mind - have given up that race amid the recent news and I stand with my flag blank, awaiting an offer from a better lord with better pay. Same thing I've always done Same thing anyone with sense has always done.
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on April 07, 2013, 04:52:07 PMWhat are you on about? I conclusively demonstrated that there are no Japanese games being made any longer worth owning a couple pages ago. Keep up.I kind of need to be able to keep getting my musou and EDf on.
Since I have shit internet at home always online will definitely decide what console I get. If both have it, I'm fucking done with gaming.
Borys please, im not a fanboy at least.
