New Xbox

[Spider]

[John Galt]

the faux rage will settle down and when it's all said and done, i think ms will win versus sony. 500 is a lot of justify on a toy. if mom and dad can be convinced because it's also got some neat functionality because of it's aspects as a home entertainment center and can allow them to be lazy and say "XBOX!!! GIVE ME ESPN NOW!!" and they dont have to scroll through their channel listing and it just changes the channel to ESPN they will buy it. and the kincent is a lot better. sure it's not for intense gaming but it's good for party games (like the wii) and for mom's yoga. gotta think about not jsut the target market of basically kids and young adults who play the majority of the "game" video games but everyone else. i think microsoft will clean house with what i've seen. i might even get one if i dont get a smart tv before hand; i'm lazy and want to yell at something to tell it to do things

ive always hated dual shock and as a consequence never really got into ps games. while pretty and i've wanted to play them their controller just sucks imo and i don't want to spend so much money on something i doubt i'd even play. i don't play many console games at all tbf though but ps always seemed like the luxury gaming system for people who already had the other ones and a few ps fanbois like spider

nintendo is it's own thing. it's not anywhere near the price range and it's target market is really even more towards kids. kinect is the only thing that competes with it, no one gets a ps move crap for party games. it's way too expensive. but still, their IP keeps nintendo going along for a long time. spider you're one of the only people i know who has a ps3. i know lots of people that have xbox 360s, and lots of people that have wiis. i know people that aren't gamers that have both. yeah yeah yeah, they make games. and when they dont make a ps5 you'll say "but they make games!!!". sure. but not gaming systems

edit: you prefer pepsi? makes sense, i suppose, you weren't even born in america. GTFO

[eric]

Well, the offer stands. Whenever you want to come sit at the big boys table and quit acting like a cry baby d-bag I'll be happy to grant you the opportunity.

Meanwhile, just be quiet and quit ruining the thread with your dribble.

Also, no offense taken. See we're not in a thread discussing the two brands, and you're not arguing in favor of one with personal bias getting in the way of objective discussion.

[Spider]

[eric]

[John Galt]

i lol'd

[Spider]

[Kane]

[Spider]

There can be ups and downs. Could be a good way for the consumer to return fire on DRM. The games would have no secondary market, and as such would be worth less. Publishers insisting on DRM could pick up a bad rap quickly, and their business could suffer. Which is as it should be. Note the hate @ EA. What's your take?

For me personally its all about rentals. I rarely buy console games. If the rental market is screwed up, I'm washing my hands of them, most like.

[Kane]

My take? Sony is going to piss off publishers with this move who will then implement DRM on a case by case basis that will clutter the f**k out of their console. The primary reason Apple products work so well is the closed market benefitting from universal standards. This is a move in the opposite direction which sacrifices stability for consumer choice.

Even the PC is riddled with these safe guards. STEAM, EA, Ubisoft, etc. all developed this shit and that's exactly what it is, shit. If you're going to do DRM Microsoft's proposal here seems the least painful and the most streamlined method available. You want to make it slick and nearly transparent.

Sony is inviting the opposite.