Just relaying what people I know were saying. I understand they are keeping the model exactly the same, and pledging for first party titles to not use any DRM other than disc validation.
I hate it when people claim Sony is backtracking on their statements. They aren't. Things are remaining exactly as they were with the Ps3. If publishers want to add online passes or other DRM it's their choice just as it is in the current generation.
lol, gamers are really an enraged bunch.
lol, gamers are really an enraged bunch.
I certainly hope MS knew they would be this mad, as it was easy to predict (people have bitched about used games for a long time insofar as how next gen would treat them), so I guess they just made a calculated decision on the matter.
I found it interesting that Japan isn't one of their launch countries. Microsoft seemed to suggest that they weren't giving up on Japan, but that certainly doesn't look promising.
Articles like this is not helping Microsofts cause. Eventually things like this spread word of mouth and end up in the back of peoples mind. Microsoft needs to invest in PR.
New Xbox by NSA partner Microsoft will watch you 24/7
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/07/n...r-microsoft-will-watch-you-247/#ixzz2W2I2dQ2R
NSA Domestic Spying Program Makes Xbox One Even Scarier
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...c-spying-program-makes-xbox-one-even-scarier/
Possible privacy violations by Microsofts upcoming Xbox One have come under new scrutiny since it was revealed Thursday that the tech giant was a crucial partner in an expansive Internet surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency and involving Silicon Valleys biggest players.
One of the consoles key features is the full integration of the Kinect, a motion sensing camera that allows users to play games, scroll through menus, and generally operate the Xbox just using hand gestures. Microsoft has touted the camera as the hallmark of a new era of interactivity in gaming.
What Microsoft has not promoted, however, is the fact that you will not be able to power on the console without first enabling the Kinect, designed to detect both heartbeats and eye movement, and positioning yourself in front of it.
Based on what we know so far:
PS4's GPU ~50% more powerful
PS4 has access to more memory - 7GB vs. 5GB of XBone
PS4 has upgradable HDD
PS4 allows the sale/trade/sharing of games
PS4 doesn't require 24 hour internet check-in
PS+ is $10 less a year and offers better perks than Xbox Live
Most likely PS4 will sell far better too which means most likely more exclusives on PS4 long-term.
MS needed Xbox One at $299 and yet they priced it at $499.
I also bet most Xbone exclusives will be XB1/PC, which means if you get a PC + PS4, the XB1 is completely redundant unless you can't live without Gears and Forza.
Nintendo will likely drop the price of Wii U to $249-279 once PS4 launches, leading the way for casuals/budget gamers while PS4 will capture the hardcore gamers, leaving XB1 in no man's land. It's hard to comprehend how MS messed up this badly. If anything they could have made the most powerful console, with the most features and undercut Sony without trouble since they can afford to, while Sony is losing $ which means it's much harder for them to undercut a financially strong company like MS.
Facepalm MS.
You forget that it's only the gamers on the internet who are crying foul over the DRM and such. The real war will be waged when mom and dad walk into the store to buy one for their kid.
If the X1 fails, it'll be because of the price, not because of DRM, used games policies, Kinect, etc.
PS3 was a year late at 599 US dullahs with weaker hardware and lousier multiplayer yet it still managed to catch up to X360 sales at ~77M Q1 2013.
This time MS is gonna get absolutely slaughtered.
My prediction is, the game industry as a whole is going to take another year of beatings(year over year decline).
Its not a good thing for the industry, the market or for gamers that the WiiU and XboxOne are going to struggle for the foreseeable future, possibly the entire generation.
The Wii U isn't even in the conversation. Nintendo will have to go the route of Sega and just make games and also possibly stick with the mobile/potable gaming front. The Wii brought them back from the brink because it was a huge gimmick that everyone bought into, the Wii U is an utter failure and could spell the end for Nintendo as a console maker.
Based on what we know so far:
PS4's GPU ~50% more powerful
PS4 has access to more memory - 7GB vs. 5GB of XBone
PS4 has upgradable HDD
PS4 allows the sale/trade/sharing of games
PS4 doesn't require 24 hour internet check-in
PS+ is $10 less a year and offers better perks than Xbox Live
Most likely PS4 will sell far better too which means most likely more exclusives on PS4 long-term.
MS needed Xbox One at $299 and yet they priced it at $499.
I also bet most Xbone exclusives will be XB1/PC, which means if you get a PC + PS4, the XB1 is completely redundant unless you can't live without Gears and Forza.
Nintendo will likely drop the price of Wii U to $249-279 once PS4 launches, leading the way for casuals/budget gamers while PS4 will capture the hardcore gamers, leaving XB1 in no man's land. It's hard to comprehend how MS messed up this badly. If anything they could have made the most powerful console, with the most features and undercut Sony without trouble since they can afford to, while Sony is losing $ which means it's much harder for them to undercut a financially strong company like MS.
Facepalm MS.
They aren't even trying to spin. They are being bullheaded and down right stubborn about the whole thing. Apparently they haven't watched the history channel.
Wii outsold PS3 and 360. While profiting. Then factor in DS? Nintendo has *plenty* of money unlike Sega.
They can affort to "squat" on the Wii U until games come out financially, but their reputation and user base will have moved on.
Besides games, the biggest problem is consumers aren't stupid. They dont care for Wii U for the same reason they dont like Windows 8: they see through the finicky money grab attempt to cash in on tablet popularity.