I fail to see how there is less excitement for the new generation of consoles since both PS4 and XB1 sold over 2 million units in less than a month, the best console launches ever.
I fail to see how there is less excitement for the new generation of consoles since both PS4 and XB1 sold over 2 million units in less than a month, the best console launches ever.I've heard recently that lots of analysts have called on MS to sell the Xbox division. That, and Bing.
Like, from the start, MS stated that the Xbox was about getting a foothold into people's living rooms. Except, right now MS has a box which costs $500 upfront, and even the last gen consoles still go for like $200. Meanwhile, the AppleTV is like $100 and the Chromecast is $35. Apple and Google are MS's biggest enemy, not Sony.
So basically, the Xbox's high cost means that it's only going to appeal to rich gamers, and not so much everyone else, and so it isn't doing so well in its overall purpose of taking over the living room for MS. Also, my impression is that right now there is less excitement over this next-gen of consoles than there was over the ps3/360 or the ps2/xbox.
Eh?
I fail to see how there is less excitement for the new generation of consoles since both PS4 and XB1 sold over 2 million units in less than a month, the best console launches ever.
I'm less excited about gaming in general and I guess I've grown out of being a gamer? I use to game a decent amount. But now I prefer to train and to coach.
i do find it kind of odd that you think video games are a waste of time but have no problem playing a board game. in the end they are both forms of entertainment coming in a game format.
Lol, sounds like you are pretty jaded. I do a lot of "meaninful" things during the evenings with my kids, and then enjoy gaming with some friends in a party during the night, after my kids have went to bed.
To be fair, playing a board game with your kids is very different than playing a video game by yourself.i do find it kind of odd that you think video games are a waste of time but have no problem playing a board game. in the end they are both forms of entertainment coming in a game format.
To be fair, playing a board game with your kids is very different than playing a video game by yourself.
But, what is the difference between playing a board game with your kids and playing a video game with them? While I can understand certain games might be more educational and help develop quick math skills, pretty much every other pro I can think of (besides perhaps imagination building?), a video game accomplishes the same as a board game.
Oh, it's definitely different... It's just a very different level of interaction. I can't really think of a better way to explain it.But, what is the difference between playing a board game with your kids and playing a video game with them? While I can understand certain games might be more educational and help develop quick math skills, pretty much every other pro I can think of (besides perhaps imagination building?), a video game accomplishes the same as a board game.
My wife once played Just Dance with the girls on the Wii. She somehow hurt herself during one of the moves and was sore for several days afterwards.
Now, she only plays board games with them.
Oh, it's definitely different... It's just a very different level of interaction. I can't really think of a better way to explain it.
Again, don't get me wrong, I'm not at all on the side of anti-video games.
Yes. Have you never played board games and video games with kids you are invested in? I presume you aren't a parent, so how about nieces or nephews?Is it really different though? I mean, like playing Risk on the table vs on the TV.
Yes. Have you never played board games and video games with kids you are invested in? I presume you aren't a parent, so how about nieces or nephews?
Is it really different though? I mean, like playing Risk on the table vs on the TV.
I think what he's getting at is there is much more human interaction/conversation/back and forth with a board game than playing on TV. I know maybe to some it might seem subtle, but there is a large difference. When playing on TV you are staring at the TV, not the person you are playing with. Sure you might make a comment here or there during the game, but you aren't really interacting with "them" you are interacting with the screen.
It is hard to explain but I would say there is a level of intimacy that is missing in the interaction from a board game in which all participants face each other and a video game in which all participants face the same direction. In the former, the board game feels like a tool used to engage the other players, whereas, in the latter, the game feels like it has a more substantial status in the experience which in some way detracts from the engagement; like there is now another level of insulation that creates a slight disconnect between the players.
Well said. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.I think what he's getting at is there is much more human interaction/conversation/back and forth with a board game than playing on TV. I know maybe to some it might seem subtle, but there is a large difference. When playing on TV you are staring at the TV, not the person you are playing with. Sure you might make a comment here or there during the game, but you aren't really interacting with "them" you are interacting with the screen.
Many analysts have made the monumentally incorrect assertion that because mobile gaming is growing console gaming must die, as if the pie cannot grow. It can, and is. purebeast is right console gaming is bigger than it ever has been, and these new-gen sales are the best we've ever seen. As far as MS's strategy I'm not sure what their end goal was. If it was simply to get a piece of hardware attached to the TV yes the xbox is a terrible way to do it because there are many devices at a small fraction of the cost to do it.The launch lineup mostly sucks on both consoles. Just as it has on every console to ever come out going back basically forever. Games like Super Mario sold the NES (and for good reason, hot damn that was awesome back then), but with few exceptions like that, or Wii sports, I can't think of any killer must-have for xbox, 360, ps1, ps2, ps3.
yeah, but why does it have to be one or the other? why can't you play board games with your kid, AND play video games with your kid? BikeJunkie just came off as way too black and white.
"i dont waste my times on stupid things like video games, i have to better myself like go exercise or spend times with my kids at all times!"
i do all of those things, it doesn't have to be only one or the other.
yeah, but why does it have to be one or the other? why can't you play board games with your kid, AND play video games with your kid? BikeJunkie just came off as way too black and white.
"i dont waste my times on stupid things like video games, i have to better myself like go exercise or spend times with my kids at all times!"
i do all of those things, it doesn't have to be only one or the other.
Lol, sounds like you are pretty jaded. I do a lot of "meaninful" things during the evenings with my kids, and then enjoy gaming with some friends in a party during the night, after my kids have went to bed.
i do find it kind of odd that you think video games are a waste of time but have no problem playing a board game. in the end they are both forms of entertainment coming in a game format.
yeah, but why does it have to be one or the other? why can't you play board games with your kid, AND play video games with your kid? BikeJunkie just came off as way too black and white.
"i dont waste my times on stupid things like video games, i have to better myself like go exercise or spend times with my kids at all times!"
i do all of those things, it doesn't have to be only one or the other.
I know people who truly enjoy it and it's more than just a "kill the next two hours for me because I don't want to count the dots on the celing," but that's what's it's become for me: nothing but a time waster.