But don't forget that: According to Xbox's official site, "at Microsoft, we prioritize your privacy. We understand that your personal data and privacy are important. Xbox One and Kinect will provide tools to put you in control of your data."
Can they just give me an XBox without the Kinect at all. It would be much better in case they really prioritize my privacy.
Anyway, full embarrassing article is here: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06...line?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_source=facebook
Love it how Microsoft is fecking up. Not that I would have bought the Xbox as PS4 was always going to be my first choice but feck me they are really not doing themselves any favour are they?
They made such a mess with all the confusion following the launch, that they are now having to try and clarify things while putting a positive spin on it. I cannot believe that they tried to make the fact that anyone in your house (regardless of their relationship to you!!!) can use your xbox into a selling point!
You can't lend games? Am I missing a massive point here then? Isn't the idea that other people can play your games on their console? In which case that would basically be the same as...lending games. The plus to it is no disc bollocks. The only downside is needing an internet connection to do so (In fairness with no disc, that's a must though).
There's positives and negatives really. The online stuff is a negative (It won't effect me, but as an example, your net goes down for a week, you can't even play your console. And in all honesty, I rubbished the idea that this would happen, so I was wrong there). There are a few things that have my interest though.
If the television stuff and fantasy stuff will eventually cross over to the UK side of things, I'll likely go with this. That might not interest most, but as small as that might seem, it at least interests me. At the end of the day, this console will play most of the same games as the PS4. And the big thing for me is that I'm not somebody that buys games on a weekly basis or even monthly basis. My time is mostly spent on set games such as PES and Madden, which both consoles are always going to have. So realistically, it'll come down to which console has the more interesting side features for me and also which one any of my friends and family will be buying and I'd expect that'll probably lean towards the XBOX direction.
Still a way to go though, we'll see. Neither really have a massive advantage over for me personally, so any small thing could easily sway me.
The inability to buy and sell games is for the the primary reason I'll end up not buying an Xbox One. I have brought the majority of games for around a fiver and probably 95% under £10. It sounds like this will be a thing of the past. I simply refuse to pay big bucks for games.
Although, if you consider the PC experience, it's basically the same. Players don't really trade games, they don't buy second hand - and you could argue that PC sales of games are superior to console sales.
PC game prices are always at low prices. I'm hoping that losing the ability (mostly) to trade games and buy second hand, that game prices will drop faster.
Remains to be seen of course.
You can't lend games? Am I missing a massive point here then? Isn't the idea that other people can play your games on their console? In which case that would basically be the same as...lending games. The plus to it is no disc bollocks. The only downside is needing an internet connection to do so (In fairness with no disc, that's a must though).
There's positives and negatives really. The online stuff is a negative (It won't effect me, but as an example, your net goes down for a week, you can't even play your console. And in all honesty, I rubbished the idea that this would happen, so I was wrong there). There are a few things that have my interest though.
If the television stuff and fantasy stuff will eventually cross over to the UK side of things, I'll likely go with this. That might not interest most, but as small as that might seem, it at least interests me. At the end of the day, this console will play most of the same games as the PS4. And the big thing for me is that I'm not somebody that buys games on a weekly basis or even monthly basis. My time is mostly spent on set games such as PES and Madden, which both consoles are always going to have. So realistically, it'll come down to which console has the more interesting side features for me and also which one any of my friends and family will be buying and I'd expect that'll probably lean towards the XBOX direction.
Still a way to go though, we'll see. Neither really have a massive advantage over for me personally, so any small thing could easily sway me.
Finally understood what they really meant by "One"
Judging by the following link - it appears as though the PS4 may have a pretty sizeable advantage with regard to performance:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576869
It is already more powerful, but it appears as though MS might have to reduce the operating performance...putting it further behind the PS4.
Also, while both have 8gb of RAM, the Xbox has 3gb of that dedicated to the operating system - leaving only 5gb for gaming.
That'll matter for most, but as I said, not really me. I'm not somebody who buys massive stacks of games. Over the last year the games I've played have basically been PES, Fifa, Madden, Tiger Woods, UFC, WWE and the most recent GTA. The odd rental thrown in there when I've had time on my hands to really play (Final Fantasy, Splinter Cell and the odd other one), but mostly while I consistently have the most recent consoles, my gaming time is usually spent on the usual games that basically run the same on both consoles.
So for me, that's not really going to affect me a great deal, which is why it'll all come down to the side features that grab my interest or little things like that. Both consoles are pretty much going to run all of the games I play the same way and one having some extra power isn't even something that greatly bothers me, unless it suddenly shows me something that really excites me and interests me. As I said, still a way to go with E3 etc. I'm not sold yet, but I'm swaying in that direction.
Two things MS have royally fecked up, the used games and the obligatory once in 24 hours internet connection.At least for the second point Sony said you could play games offline without the need for a daily internet connection.
That point alone will make me a million times more likely to buy it than the xbox one regardless of the important issue of used games.More than ever, this tells me to invest in a very powerful computer made for gaming.
So you play mostly multi platform games but your not swayed by the fact they will (most likely) look and perform better on the PS4?
used games is a large revenue stream, they are trying take the market basically.
I'm pretty sure it's illegal, didn't the European court recently rule you have the right resell you license keys ?
but the best thing to do is vote with your money and just not buy one, X360 is the last console I'll ever buy.
An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences allowing the
use of his programs downloaded from the internet - The exclusive right of distribution of a copy of a computer program covered by such a licence is exhausted on its first sale.
...
By its judgment delivered today, the Court explains that the principle of exhaustion of the
distribution right applies not only where the copyright holder markets copies of his
software on a material medium (CD-ROM or DVD) but also where he distributes them by
means of downloads from his website.
Where the copyright holder makes available to his customer a copy – tangible or intangible
– and at the same time concludes, in return form payment of a fee, a licence agreement
granting the customer the right to use that copy for an unlimited period, that rightholder
sells the copy to the customer and thus exhausts his exclusive distribution right. Such a
transaction involves a transfer of the right of ownership of the copy. Therefore, even if the licence.
It is extremely dumb.Say your ISP is doing some maintenance work on their servers and it'll take a week for them to finish, it'll be a week without videogaming.Internet is still a luxury for millions of people.I was vaguely interested in this when it was just a concept and nothing was announced.
Now... no.
PC only from now on.
Oh also, "All Xbox users have access to a broadband connection" - I know about a dozen guys I play football with who live in student housing and own Xboxes that disagree.
You can't lend games but am I right in saying you can log into another users account and play their games like with Steam?
I must admit that everything coming out of MS at the moment seems quite dreadful
Apparently one of the (exclusive?) games being revealed at E3.