2013-06-13, 10:00 | Link #1341 |
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I actually don't recall where I read that the IR Blaster would be a separate purchase so I'll add the caveat that I may be wrong on that fact but both The Verge and Eurogamer have pretty extensive writeups about the XBox One covering the TV functionality written back when Microsoft made the original announcement in May.
The Verge Eurogamer
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2013-06-13, 10:38 | Link #1342 |
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Remember how Spencer forgot to switch off his mike off stage? Someone noticed what he said after he announced the prices for the MS console: from 0.33 sec. "I thought they'd be happy about the new price". That's right; the MS console was actually meant to be MORE expensive, the $499 was the discounted price.
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2013-06-13, 11:17 | Link #1343 | |
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I heard : I thought they took out the UK price, which made sense since he stuttered when he talked about the UK pricing.
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2013-06-13, 14:33 | Link #1346 | |
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Not that I promote monopolies, but if Microsoft is going to shoot themselves in the foot despite so much negative feedback, I don't see what more we can do except "vote with our wallets", as AngryJoe likes to put it. Hopefully this will spur Microsoft to pull its collective head out of its collective ass. I've been an XBOX gamer for almost 8 years now, but I see no reason to stay loyal to a company that doesn't stay loyal to its customers.
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2013-06-13, 18:14 | Link #1347 |
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http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mis...any-ten-people
Now THIS is interesting. If they go by these rules it will absolutely make up for the DRM thing. Sharing games with a friend of mine in Chicago this easily is insane. I'm eager to hear more news about this. |
2013-06-13, 19:00 | Link #1350 |
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It's interesting, yet the same time, they cannot put themselves in a position to explicitly push the benefits of that feature.
Publishers would rather have the used-game market than risk 60-80% of their revenue 'lost' by legal 10-friend sharing.
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2013-06-13, 19:31 | Link #1352 | |
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Ah just had the most brilliant thought.
Killer instint is being made not by rare, but by double helix games; Sunset overdrive is an exclusive for Xbox one, Its published by MS and developed by insomniac; this move means insomniac is willing to make exclusive games for MS. What does this all mean? MS actually COULD and seems like they should be willing, to ask insomniac to make a banjo Kazooie game. As the makers of Rachet and Clank i have no doubt in my mind that Insomniac probably could create a great Banjo Kazooie game. Now if only MS has the imagination to do it Quote:
But ofcourse, the real reason that 24 hour check in exists is for MS's benefit so that they can better control the used game market and control how you share your games.
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2013-06-13, 22:19 | Link #1359 |
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If this is true, it can't even be call sharing anymore. The "family" member pretty owns it. Seems too good to be true.
There must be a catch that Microsoft isn't revealing. Taking the policy above and the comments at face value, I don't see how games sales would not go down when people can just leech off a friend's shared game library instead of buying a new copy of a game. http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mis...any-ten-people Last edited by Sassarai; 2013-06-13 at 22:54. |
2013-06-13, 22:25 | Link #1360 |
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Fine print is important when it comes to these things.
Publisher opt-in? 10 or 'up to 10'? Commitment that it'll stay that way. These features already existed for PSP and PS3, but it was dumbed down within a few years.
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