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[akaSM]

Skweeb's video aside, I remember the conference had a dog, an over use of the word TV and a woman talking about a water cooler.

There may or may not have been sports talk because I skipped those parts.

Also, apparently people watching the stream on their xbox had trouble because the kinect kept obeying the host's orders, closing the stream and doing silly things.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by akaSM

Also, apparently people watching the stream on their xbox had trouble because the kinect kept obeying the host's orders, closing the stream and doing silly things.

This is the true form of the robot apocalypse.

[Arcanum]

Required Kinect? Still have to pay for gold so they can shove ads down your throat? CoD being a part of their reveal despite being multiplatform? No thank you.

And I bet you at least half of their year-one exclusives are going to be terrible kinect games, and another chunk of "exclusives" will just be exclusive content on multiplatform titles. Unless these exclusives are all first-party titles (in which case, my prediction for terrible titles goes from 50% to 75%), it just doesn't pay enough anymore for devs to release exclusive titles.

[Aldurin]

Originally Posted by Marc v4.0

This isn't 'over', there is no 'winner' and no 'loser' until all the chips are on the table for BOTH sides

I think Microsoft already took their loser seat in the Shame Car, and it's now just whether or not Sony will sit beside them.

Between this and the Wii-U wavering on the edge, it's the perfect time for Gabe Newell to step in to take the Iron Throne and rule the 7 companies.

[mauve]

Wii-U wavering on the edge

In the Wii-U's defense, I have to give it credit for actually trying to address some gamer complaints, particularly the lack of decent games aimed at an older or "hardcore" crowd. After the release titles wore out, the Wii sort of devolved into Random Party Games Made By Studios No One Has Heard Of, SquareEnix's Dumping Ground for Failed Ideas, and Kiddie Movie Tie-In Game Central. That's not to say it didn't have any good games; the few titles that worked well, REALLY worked well. And the rest.... are in the bargain bin at gamestop.

But this time around they're showing off titles that are available on OTHER consoles with a T or M rating. I was quite surprised to see a version of Batman: Arkham Asylum in the release lineup, for example, and I'm still seeing games for that same audience being cross-released across all three consoles. Granted, these are all games I could get on ANY OTHER CONSOLE. Whether the Wii-U can crank out EXCLUSIVE games of substance for that same market is yet to be seen. If they can't do that, then gamers STILL have no reason to choose the Wii-U over another console.


BACK ON TOPIC-- I didn't watch the whole XBOX One reveal, but I did see a portion of it. I'm not impressed with what I've seen. It's still pushing the kinect, which didn't work so well the first time around, and the console itself isn't backwards compatible. Its major selling points seem to be "it's newer than the old XBOX and I can skype on it and watch TV at the same time. Also, voice commands!"

I don't care if I can use an expensive gaming machine to watch TV or surf the internet. I can do that on my PC. I can play GAMES on my PC. I can play LAST GEN GAMES AS WELL AS CURRENT GEN GAMES ON MY PC. I don't have to worry about my PC misreading a hand signal or not being able to understand my voice commands or having difficulty understanding accents. I don't have to run in place or wave my arms around to play games or open a new window.

[Marc v4.0]

I remain completely amazed, each time I watch this man interview or listen to him reviews, that there are times in my day when I am not watching or listening to him.

Anyway, lots of good words and things going on in here, and Sessler is always worth it.

[Bells]

Well but at least you can skype with your grandma on your new black monolithic watercooler.

Here is the thing though... as you guys said, everything a console can do a pc can do. Some of it better. The only real advantage is the few commodities of always playing games on "full settings" without having to worry about anything and being mostly plug and play.

But y'know... fuck you if you want to travel and take your XBAX WAN with you to somewhere without internet. Can skype with grandma, but fuck you if grandma doesn't skype and you want to actually go visit her and play some games over the weekend!!

Also, i can... almost... accept no BC. That's ok. Some games needed help working on Win7 after moving from Xp and from DOS to Windows. That's fine. That can be a price to pay for console gaming... even though i can totally play 20 year old games on my PC today..........

What i cannot accept though is Microsoft trying to sell a physical version of Steam but with LESS features and more bullshit and pay-walls. Console gaming was supposed to be simpler.

[Revising Ocelot]

Originally Posted by Grandmaster_Skweeb

Call of doody.

Collar Duty.
cause its a dog lollerskates

[Arcanum]

Oh look, Microsoft is still doing its best to shaft indie games.

[Yumil]

So, uh, the install/key thing is something PC has been doing for years. What's the big deal? I mean, I can't take Skyrim over to my friends house without using my steam login. I don't like the focus on tv/social media, but I hate everyone who says they'll just PC game when that's the solution pc gaming made a while back>.< That's why you dont see used pc software>.<