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Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:16 pm
by TheCatt
Price cuts in the UK already for Xbox one. Dropped 30£
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:31 pm
by GORDON
I was reading that Sony was calling the most successful piece of equipment available for the PS4 was the XBox Kinect. They claim that piece of hardware is what makes the XBox $100 more expensive, people don't really use it that much, and it is what steers peeps toward buying a PS4.
Let me see if I can find the article...
Not exact one I read, but same gist:
http://www.techradar.com/us....1225802
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:36 pm
by Malcolm
Microsoft: telling consumers exactly what they goddamn fucking well need since 1985.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:34 am
by Leisher
Price slashed.
Now it's cheaper than the PS4. That's a big move. Sony will have to respond.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:21 am
by GORDON
Well........... cheaper if you include the $60 game and about $60 worth of XBox Live... isn't the online stuff still free on the PS3/4?
I'll be giving it a look when I can buy it for <$350. See ya in a couple years, XBone.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:56 am
by Leisher
Price drops or not, I don't have any desire to get a new console at this point.
My PS3 is nothing more than a big Blu-Ray player, although I did just find the uncharted sequel...
My X-Box hasn't been used in forever despite me owning GTAV. I'll probably start going through that soon, but may retire my X-Box after that.
With my PC, Steam, MW:O, and the fact that most games aren't exclusive to consoles I think I'm good to go without ever buying a console again. Not saying I won't, just saying right now I'm leaning against it.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:39 am
by Leisher
Bill Gates is in favor of dumping the X-Box.
If the X-Box division became its own company, I think it'd fail. It's already not making money.
What would have been more impressive is if Bill had said: "We own the PC market, and that's the best gaming system out there. Why aren't we taking advantage of that?"
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:30 pm
by GORDON
Kinect-less version for $400 in June.
http://www.nerdist.com/2014....for-399
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:24 am
by Leisher
In a stunningly generous move, Microsoft is going to let non X-Box Live Gold members access entertainment apps like Netflix, YouTube, etc. on their X-Box...
They're honestly screaming this from the mountain tops like it's a big deal! Like they're giving their customers this fantastic gift.
I don't know who's worse, Microsoft for thinking they're doing something for their consumers here or the consumers who buy into this shit.
How does a company like Microsoft so completely miss the mark when it comes to gaming? How are they such a non-factor in PC gaming? Why would they ever even try to develop a console when their whole company was built on PCs? The level of stupidity from company to consumer is staggering.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:36 am
by TPRJones
How are they such a non-factor in PC gaming?
Because Windows Live was a universally hated piece of trash?
The only smart thing they've done when it comes to PC gaming is commit to consoles.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:57 am
by TheCatt
Yeah, this is how it should have been from the beginning.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 10:13 am
by Malcolm
How does a company like Microsoft so completely miss the mark when it comes to gaming?
Their execs are fucking idiots. I know you think you've met some fucking idiots in your life. But the MS execs win. Hands down. No contest. MS is getting buried in everything except developer tools and OS for similar reasons.
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 1:27 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 2:23 pm
by Leisher
Because Windows Live was a universally hated piece of trash?
I love that the asshole behind that got fired.
It just boggles the mind that at Microsoft nobody has stood up and said, "Why the fuck are we wasting all this money on a console when WE OWN THE PC MARKET!?!?!?!"
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 1:25 pm
by Malcolm
MS playing up the XBone's games and little else. I'm sure that strategy will work out fine.
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 3:52 pm
by Leisher
If Bill Gates or Steve Balmer ever do a Q&A, I hope someone asks them why they even bothered with consoles when they were already lords of the realm of the ultimate gaming rig: the PC.
Granted, at the time of the X-Box streaming wasn't a thing, but the Steam Box is kind of a huge red flag that Microsoft is going about this all wrong.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:22 pm
by Leisher
Article about how both consoles are already outdated.
The funny part is he's not comparing them to PCs.
Apparently, the X-Box One has trouble getting to 1080p. It doesn't matter though because neither Microsoft or Sony took 4K TV technology into account when designing their new consoles.
Well done.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:55 am
by TheCatt
But I’m confident that within as little as 12 months most of you will agree that their inability to deliver games at a ‘4K’ ... will make both the supposedly ‘next generation’ consoles feel like yesterday’s news.
I'm not as optimistic as he is about 4k adoption. Quite frankly there's no content (except PC stuff), and there's barely any capability to deliver it. Remember how hard it was for cable to deliver basic HD for so many years?
So maybe we'll have 4k TVs, but nothing to show on them, Xbox/PS4/otherwise.
I have a 4k monitor at work. For computing, it's pretty awesome. Lined up next to my 24's, it allows me to keep any eye on a lot of things. But the panel quality is deficient. It's not an every day monitor.
The difference between 1080p and 4k won't even be noticeable for graphics on most TVs until TVs get even bigger than they are today.
I'm guessing 4k is still a niche until 2019. (content + TVs + relevance)
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:16 pm
by Leisher
No, I think his projection is off as well. I mean, what's making him think we'll move fast on 4K? The quick public reaction to flat TVs? 3D TVs? Curved TVs? HDTVs? Nobody was sprinting to the store for any of those things. When people buy TVs, they're buying something they expect to have at least 10 years.
I just found it funny that here's something they probably didn't consider (or did, but figured they'd cover in the next gen), and that a "tech guy" never mentioned how they consoles are obsolete before they even come out when compared to PCs.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:26 pm
by TheCatt
It's probably something they considered, but was so fringe it didn't seem worth it.
Although, Wikipedia says Xbox One supports 4k
