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There was some pretty massive fallout from last night's Sony E3 conference. It's amazing how 1 single event can make you the hero again.
PSN+ has a better customer experience than XBL (today).
PS4 has better hardware than Xbox One (on paper).
Gaikai cloud streaming is coming to PS4. This means the entire catalog of PSX, PS2, PSP, Vita, and PS4 games will be available over an internet connection (think of what Netflix did to videos).
PS4, region free.
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PS4, game acquisition model is not changing.
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PS4, $100 less.
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PS4, works without an internet connection / check-in every 24 hours.
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With all of that being said, here's a shot of Xbox One's new slogan ...
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Microsoft is fucked.
PSN+ has a better customer experience than XBL (today).
PS4 has better hardware than Xbox One (on paper).
Gaikai cloud streaming is coming to PS4. This means the entire catalog of PSX, PS2, PSP, Vita, and PS4 games will be available over an internet connection (think of what Netflix did to videos).
PS4, region free.
OFsEg4c.png
PS4, game acquisition model is not changing.
ymUneDP.jpg
PS4, $100 less.
nb4IWK0.jpg
PS4, works without an internet connection / check-in every 24 hours.
9eg5snR.jpg
With all of that being said, here's a shot of Xbox One's new slogan ...
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Microsoft is fucked.
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From: glass case of emotion
(All comments based after the E3 Microsoft and Sony conferences)
Apple is operating in the gaming space now. To the public, their games can't be shared and that's okay. Again, I get what Microsoft is doing ... only because Apple is just printing money at this point.
The biggest factor here is game price. A new console game is $60. A new app game is $1 to $10. If Microsoft were to go all digital and slash their pricing model ... the idea of sharing titles / used games just goes away.
It can play games just fine. Microsoft will have games. They'll have killer graphics. They'll have Halo, Gears of War, etc ... but, as of right now ... they have nothing to show. I'm sure they're behind the development of all games.
My concerns with the Xbox One primarily revolve around two things. The first is buying used games. If used games cost as much as new games than that is crap. I should be able to purchase a game and then sell it if I am done with it. I expect to make back some of my money. I don't know that I agree that the developers should make any money off of used games because they already got paid once but I don't think I would care about a $5 activation fee. Say I bought a game for $50 and played it for 2 months. I could then turn around and sell it for $30. The person who buys it then has to pay $5 for activation. They get the game for cheaper and I got to play the game for 2 months and only spent $20. This seems fair to me. Anything more than a cheap activation fee is crap.
The biggest factor here is game price. A new console game is $60. A new app game is $1 to $10. If Microsoft were to go all digital and slash their pricing model ... the idea of sharing titles / used games just goes away.
I am concerned that they are veering away from a gaming platform and spending too much time on TV and Video. No matter how good the TV and video features are I am not going to buy a new Xbox unless the games are substantially better. It seems to me that the gaming aspect is the more technically complicated to develop anyway. Any high end gaming device should be able to play HD movies. I like these features on my current Xbox and don't think they need to be improved much. If they are going to put out a subpar gaming machine and try to market it as a mediacenter I really doubt I will purchase it.
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As long as the PS4 offers at least as good of a social gaming aspect as the 360 did, I may purchase one. I've hated microsawft for a while, and it really made my skin crawl when I purchased my 360. But I love the hell out of it. I'll have it until they shut the servers down.
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