(05-23-2013, 06:50 PM)Xelon Wrote: And I liked how they said that 15 games will be exclusive to the Xbox.
I fully expect at least half of those to be either timed exclusive, or not that good in the first place.
15 exclusives? Let's see...
- Forza
- Gears of war
- Quantum Break Interactive TV
- Kinectimals 2
- Kinect: Star Wars 2
- Kinect: TV
- Kinect: Laundry
- Kinect...
You get it.
Quote:Realize that the Xbox 360 is now 8 years old. Yes, it was released in 2005. I remember that well, because I was a Microsoft retail rep then. So it cost you $300 USD then. How is spending $300 one time in 8 years cheaper than spending $400 every two years on a PC upgrade (since that's, you know, $1600)?
Perhaps it is cheaper because in those 8 years, Microsoft also expects me to pay $600 dollars for online multiplayer after buying a first-party wireless adapter for over $100.
I also think $400 every two years is way above what's necessary to keep up with the performance of consoles.
Quote:According to him [Xbox head Don Mattrick], only 5 percent of customers actually played older games on a new console, making it a low priority. "If you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards," he said.
Dropping backwards compatibility is nothing new, and I figure it has something to do with them going from whatever they used in the 360 to a new architecture, but statements like this make me think they're actively trying to piss off customers.
Quote:Microsoft has filed for a Kinect-related patent, and it’s a doozy of an application. The abstract describes a camera-based system that would monitor the number of viewers in a room and check to see if the number of occupants exceeded a certain threshold set by the content provider. If there are too many warm bodies present, the device owner would be prompted to purchase a license for a greater number of viewers.
With this concept patented 6 months back, I wonder what they're going for next to make their console less attractive.
Edit: Here we go!
Quote:ConsoleDeals.co.uk has exclusively learnt that Microsoft intends to charge up to £35 for an additional license for a second hand game. The leak emerged from a senior employee at one of the UK’s largest video game retailers.
The source revealed that game retailers will be forced to sell second hand games at just a 10% discount on the original RRP. This news will come as a shock to consumers who are currently used to purchasing trade-in games at up to 50% of the retail value.
With the new Xbox One being announced this week, Microsoft have stated that each game will use a code that locks it to the owner’s account – giving the tech giant complete control over the second hand games market. Such control has been widely speculated but no specifics have been released until now.
Microsoft were quick to counter-act these rumours at the launch event however, stating that they had a trade-in plan in place, and would reveal more about it at 2013′s E3 convention.
Now that this £35 price tag has been revealed, it would mean that your friends and relatives would not be able to borrow your copy of a game and play it, unless they were either playing alongside you logged in as your gamer profile, or willing to shell out £35.
