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Screw that. If that's true, I'm out.
I can just see it... a couple getting into an argument over the boyfriend playing too much Xbox and she yells out "take your fucking Xbox Home!" so it turns on and in a fit of rage over that, she puts her boot through the TV. Thankfully the cops that report to the scene can just play it all back from the audio and video recorded in Redmond.
Because Halo 4 JUST came out in November. Unlike the Call of Duty fucktards, Halo doesn't usually just pump out games every year. There have been more Halo games in the last 5 years, but Halo: CE Anniversary was pretty much just an HD version of the original game. Halo Wars and Halo 3: ODST were side games. The true releases, it was three years from Combat Evolved to Halo 2, three years from Halo 2 to Halo 3, three years from Halo 3 to Halo: Reach and two years from Halo: Reach to Halo 4. So unless they put out another shitty little "bridge" game, of course they're not going to have another Halo ready to go for the launch. And I don't want them to have another one ready for launch. Halo 4 is still fun, I'm still putting in plenty of hours, and I don't want them to take Halo and turn it into another fucking COD where they're pumping out shit every 11 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
I'll bet you one of those 15 exclusives is Halo 2 Remastered and it launches with Xbox One. There HAS to be some kind of Halo game launching with the Xbox. It just wouldn't make any sense not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
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Originally Posted by gschwendt
I know you guys were really busy deleting a bunch of my posts but I did actually mention this a few pages back.
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Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Yeah, a remake or remaster of Halo 2 I could see, similar to what they did with Halo: CE Anniversary. But definitely not a brand new game. Halo 4 has only been out for a half a year. They're not even done releasing map packs for it (I don't think). No way would they release a brand new Halo game from scratch in that short of a time frame, and at the same time cut off any profits they will still make from Halo 4.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Hey now who wouldn't want to be the favorite of IRAN; SERBIA (?); SRI LANKA AND NICARAGUA! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
I said a few pages back the shizzle creeps me out. Especially in light of recent gov't scandals where companies freely give up the "private" information of their customers to the gov't at the drop of a hat.Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
Update the Iranians and everyone else jumped of One's ship. PS4 = global domination! :nod:
Even though I am on the fence.......this can't be true but if it I am out also, the kinect is really something I will never use unless for my kids and I see all kinds of legal issues (CLW Speak to this) with the kinect always listening, though I guess if you put it in your house...your fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
I am seriously thinking about buying some of my favs on PC and going over to the "dark" side of exclusive PC gaming.
I haven't had a playstation console since 2000, but by the look of things I will be purchasing a PS4!!
Who's getting a next-gen system ASAP and who's waiting a year or 2?
I will wait at most a few months before I get one.Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
PS4 as soon as possible. :up:
Typed by thumbs.
There are indeed a whole host of legal issues with this.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
First the easy one: Can MS make me do it? - Yep they can sell their product as they see fit and you either accept it or don't.
Then there are a whole host of what I'll call "privacy" concerns.
First apparently you will be giving MS unprecedented access to your home. I don't know how powerful the camera/mic is but theoretically they can store and then categorize and use "data" about you for their benefit; sell that info to others; etc...
Then there is the government issue. A fairly solid legal argument can be made that anything you are willingly giving to Microsoft can be seized by the government WITHOUT even having to get a warrant.
The 4th Amendment provides The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The 1st issue in 4th Amendment cases is whether a "search" has occurred. Supreme Court came up with a test that an action by the government is a search if (1) a person expects privacy in the thing searched AND (2) society believes that expectation is reasonable. (the case this occurred in was a wire tapped phone booth - my how times have changed)
Recently the Court added to this holding that a search occurs if the government trespasses on your property. (cops put a tracking device on your car while it is parked in your yard).
The Supreme Court has not addressed issues re: technology/internet. The Courts of Appeal are all over the place. (Some Courts hold you have no reasonable expectation of privacy when you send out e-mails;data;etc... to 3rd parties - Other courts say you do).
Theoretically, the government could/would argue that once you send out the images/sound from your home to Microsoft via XboxOne anything that is captured you no longer have any reasonable expectation of privacy to that information.
As such, the government could capture any video/sound coming from your home and store that information/use it against you in Court again without having to get a warrant.
I have NO CLUE how an "XBoxOne" case would turn out. It most likely would be 5-4.
Finally, the Government could simply ask MS for all info they have on you w/o a warrant and MS would likely cough it up. Verizon, Google, etc... all claim they value your privacy but when Big Brother comes knocking they generally fork it all over w/o much of a fight.
If upheld by using XboxOne you would effectively be giving up your entire "right of privacy" allowing the Government to listen/watch anything they wanted to thanks to Kinect.
I probably will get both systems, but the Xbox One article at IGN is rather depressing. Mind you, I'll always have internet so the Xbox One can update itself, but it still sucks for those who want to play it offline. Kinect needing to be on all the time is creepy indeed, I don't need the camera and microphone to be on all of the time to hear me. I'm not a believer in Big Brother, but still. Also, the used game system is going to be complicated I can already tell. The fact we just can take games to our friends' house & play it offline, or online is wild to me. I do like the controller, as well as the upgrades to the online capabilities and upgrades. At the end of the day, I want to play games, and it seems that the Xbox One complicates that when you play your own games away from your own system. PS4 reveal is on June 10th, so I'll be interested to see how the system looks, prices etc. Right now, I'm leaning towards the PS4 to get first.
I have a PC but I'm still going to have to buy one of these consoles for my NCAA/Madden fix. I'm going with the lesser of 2 evils, and that's far and away Sony. There is absolutely ZERO chance I'll EVER buy anything that is constantly listening and watching me and can't be turned off. Screw that.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
I don't even care that it's watching and listening to me, but it's creepy as fuck that they are doing that. If that is truly the case (and Microsoft doesn't fix it with the incredible backlash they will have on their hands, if not already), I will definitely never be owning a Xbox One.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
i'll be buying one just for the fact that my 360 is 7 years old.
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That's atrocious and hilariously bad. It was one big subliminal message (the presentation itself, that is).
I'm amazed at the size of this bitch. But yeah, if you're not going to buy it based on how it looks, you're a dumbass.
Ha, joke's on you...I'm buying whichever one is prettier. :P
You would.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Well, if you think about it, the PS4 would have to make some catastrophic design decisions to somehow be uglier than Microsoft's VCR, so I'm confident I'll end up with the better looking one regardless.
In all seriousness, I'm buying a PS4 first regardless.
Ditto. Especially if PS+ starts to include PSN games for the PS4.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
MS has already said XBLA doesn't work on X-1, so have we heard yet about PSN games from the PS3?
I'm pretty sure it was already confirmed no backwards compatibility whatsoever for both systems.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
I'd imagine Plus would continue on PS4, although I'm sure the price will be raised. I was a little shocked the price wasn't raised for the Vita when support for it was added.
I'm going to have to get a bigger TV stand for just my gaming systems alone :DQuote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
I have a TV cart that has my Hauppauge, 360, and PS3. I can probably take the doors off the bottom and knock the back out to put my PS3 down there since I will still be playing a lot of PS3 even with the PS4 at first.
I am looking at getting a larger TV for when I pick up the PS4. Want to be set for NCAA in 2014! :nod:
I think 47" is good enough for me. Have had it for 2 years this coming football season.
I've decided I play worse when I'm playing on my 60" compared to playing on my 37" or 32". I just moved in with my fiance and the 60" is going in the living room and the 32 & 37 are going into my office along with my PS3.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryby6969
Completely agree. I have a 27" PC monitor that I use to play all my games on. I've always preferred PC monitors because of the much faster response times. My ability goes way down when I play on a regular TV, especially if it's bigger than 32".Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
I have a 32" but am looking to upgrade. I have a gaming chair right in front of the TV so I want to go bigger. It is in my "man cave" so I watch all my football games on it also. I am just looking to upgrade to a LED TV regardless.Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
http://stevivor.com/2013/05/microsof...one-questions/
“It’s also been stated that the Xbox One is ten times more powerful than the Xbox 360, so we’re effectively 40 times greater than the Xbox 360 in terms of processing capabilities [using the cloud].
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Yeah my wife got me a 27" PC monitor so I wouldn't hog the t.v. I occasionally bust out the PS3 on the 60" but honestly I almost prefer to just sit in my desk chair and play on the 27" monitor.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
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Retailers will be free to charge whatever they wish for pre-owned Xbox One games, but both Microsoft and publishers will take a percentage cut of every sale.
Retail sources have told MCV that Microsoft has this week briefed key retail partners on how it intends to take ownership of the pre-owned market.
This is how we’ve been told it will all work:
A gamer walks into a retailer and hands over the game they wish to sell. This will only be possible at retailers who have agreed to Microsoft’s T&Cs and more importantly integrated Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure pre-owned system into its own.
The game is then registered as having been traded-in on Microsoft’s system. The consumer who handed it over will subsequently see the game wiped from their account – hence the until now ambiguous claim from Phil Harrison that the Xbox One would have to ‘check in’ to Microsoft’s servers every 24 hours.
The retailer can then sell the pre-owned game at whatever price they like, although as part of the system the publisher of the title in question will automatically receive a percentage cut of the sale. As will Microsoft. The retailer will pocket the rest.
Unconfirmed reports on ConsoleDeals.co.uk suggest that retail’s slice will be as little as ten per cent. That’s a significant cut from what it has become accustomed to from pre-owned sales and more in line with what they would receive from the sale of a new game – hence, the value of the pre-owned market to the retailer is effectively destroyed.
These same unconfirmed reports also suggest that the activation cost for consumers buying or borrowing pre-owned software will be £35.
When contacted by MCV Microsoft responded with the following statement: “We know there is some confusion around used games on Xbox One and wanted to provide a bit of clarification on exactly what we’ve confirmed.
"While there have been many potential scenarios discussed, we have only confirmed that we designed Xbox One to enable our customers to trade in and resell games at retail. Beyond that, we have not confirmed any specific scenarios. Another piece of clarification around playing games at a friend’s house – should you choose to play your game at your friend’s house, there is no fee to play that game while you are signed in to your profile.”
UPDATE: Many readers are asking whether the £35 will be additional cost on top of the price of buying the game. No, we believe that the £35 figure – which is not our number, incidentally – would cover the entire transaction. If correct this would leave retail with a cut per sale of around £3.50.
LMAO that's confusing as all get out. It also doesn't explain GameFly....
I'm still not sure if I go and buy a used game do I still have to pay another "fee" once I get home. If the retailer's "cut" is only a 10% profit margin I gotta imagine that is < their profit margin for selling a new game. Thus why even bother???
This will be interesting how this plays out, if true they have basically said a big F u to the used game industry, which I can't say I blame microsoft or publishers for that. If the activation of a used game is rumored around 35 euros which is 45.00 greenbacks, then the actual retailer can't sell it for more than 20.00 to 25.00 and at 25.00 you are at full blown new game price point.
Microsoft is protecting the shit out of the developers and we will see if that equals favorable treatment in terms of exclusives.