Microsoft Respond To Concerns Over Xbox1

[RunwayMafia]

People REALLY need to see this for what it really is. Forget for a moment if your a Sony fan boy or a Microsoft/Xbox fan boy. The direction that Microsoft just attempted to take the "future" of gaming is very radical and quite frankly scary. Taking away choices and freedoms IS NEVER DESIRABLE for any human or consumer. I mean...not being able to play the console WITHOUT internet is like going back 40 years as opposed to being progressive.

Look at this as if it were two different politicians (or dictators, for that matter) offering up Healthcare. Politician A is telling you this is FANTASTIC healthcare but you can only go to this ONE location, you must check in with us every 24 hours, and here, plug in this "kinect" and it must be on at all times. Politician B says "here is fantastic healthcare, you don't have to do all of that, and it's cheaper". Anyone with a brainstem will go with B.

And for the people who aren't bothered by the constant monitoring (being forced into constantly signing on, having the kinect PLUGGED IN AND ON at all times) needs to wake up. All over the news are the scandals involving the IRS abusing power, the AP being monitored by the government (which is a violation of the 4th amendment) and now this scandal with the whistleblower that fled to Hong Kong. Having your every move/use of the console monitored and stored as "data" for "market research" is VERY bad. Market research should be voluntary and should be a private study conducted among VOLUNTARY participants.

Regardless of your preference (Sony or Microsoft), this is INCREDIBLY bad business and wreaks of corporate/government control. This is why competition (cell phone providers, computer software/hardware) is always a good thing. It probably wont be long before this becomes the standard (which is frightening) it's just Microsoft jumped the gun and didn't expect so many people to be, well, less like zombies. /end rant

 

[RYX]

Probably not cost beneficial for them... more important things than video game systems in the world anyways herp derp... n64 is better anyways

Why bring up that point? We know there are bigger issues.

Doesn't mean we can't discuss the little stuff.

 

[lebanese boy]

They might if you keep triple posting. (just kidding)

Ah wot I'm answering what people saying in my thread lol

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[JaredL]

3rd edit

Man, microsoft keep taking that video down. Its like... they fucked up and are doing damage control.

 

[Peckapowa]

Why bring up that point? We know there are bigger issues.

Doesn't mean we can't discuss the little stuff.

So shall we discuss your penis?

seemed people were pretty outraged in that other thread

p.s. scorpion is supposed to be for mentally handicapped thirteen year olds

 

[MorbidAltruism]

Ah wot I'm answering what people saying in my thread lol

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I am not sure if you knew this... just for future reference you can quote multiple people in one post. You just have to hit reply to another person once you are done.

Why bring up that point? We know there are bigger issues.

Doesn't mean we can't discuss the little stuff.

See. I am quoting RYX in the same post. (Mostly because he hates notifications)

Yes. RYX. I agree.

I don't think you'll get banned lol.
Threads get locked all the time

This. You have nothing to worry about. They wont ban you.

Free post

IKR?

 

[Saint Op Omen]

found it

I love how he says It's a "games box" like the terminology is foreign to him....

 

[DownfouralitY]

LMFAO that guy is such a fucking prick!

 

[lebanese boy]

So shall we discuss your penis?

seemed people were pretty outraged in that other thread

p.s. scorpion is supposed to be for mentally handicapped thirteen year olds

I use bb tapatalk
Can't use that

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[Ilthuain]

I think the stagnation in PC gaming is a good example of what not to do, and M$ is failing to notice that.

You have it backward. The console market is shrinking, while PC and mobile are growing. The PC and mobile markets sell games as a service, while consoles are tied to physical media.

 

[RYX]

So shall we discuss your penis?

seemed people were pretty outraged in that other thread

p.s. scorpion is supposed to be for mentally handicapped thirteen year olds

What does my penis have anything to do with anything? :16Bit

P.S I don't play Scorpion so eat squid.

 

[Onilordasmodeus]

Look at this as if it were two different politicians (or dictators, for that matter) offering up Healthcare. Politician A is telling you this is FANTASTIC healthcare but you can only go to this ONE location, you must check in with us every 24 hours, and here, plug in this "kinect" and it must be on at all times. Politician B says "here is fantastic healthcare, you don't have to do all of that, and it's cheaper". Anyone with a brainstem will go with B.

I found this comical because the "fantastic healthcare" we'd be getting with plan 'B' would just be the same "healthcare" we get now just repackaged.

Plan 'A' would be more like them saying, "though it is more expensive, and WE do have to check in on you, you can go anywhere, and share with anyone, on this plan, and on top of your family is covered - both near and far - with no hassle or paper work."

Am I sugar coating? I don't think so. Family sharing on you home console and theirs? Access to you library on any conected X1 device? Even you saying that the kinect having to be plugged in at all time is strange downside to me as what is the downside to doing that? How does the Kinect infringe on your civil liberty's, or weigh you down at all when playing any game?

 

[MorbidAltruism]

What does my penis have anything to do with anything? :16Bit

P.S I don't play Scorpion so eat squid.

He is calling your penis a baby dick...

On Topic: I think it is funny that put a list of countries that they do support. It is probably 10X smaller than the list of countries they don't support.

 

[JaredL]

lol fuck off xbox

 

[JaredL]

Official list of countries.

 

[PopRock123]

60-70% of the world does not have internet, this must be really unfair to them(if they can afford one).

 

[Onilordasmodeus]

You have it backward. The console market is shrinking, while PC and mobile are growing. The PC and mobile markets sell games as a service, while consoles are tied to physical media.

Thank you.

I've said it multiple times in this thread but people just don't want to see or hear it.

• Sony is selling you a box with an attached service.
• MS is selling you a service with an attached box.

Buy what you want, but I believe MS will be the one that is most prepped for the future...and I say that not to say that I won't buy a PS4 as somepoint, some time.

 

[RYX]

He is calling your penis a baby dick...

On Topic: I think it is funny that put a list of countries that they do support. It is probably 10X smaller than the list of countries they don't support.

Did you quote and tag me in the same post?

 

[MorbidAltruism]

Did you quote and tag me in the same post?

It gives you twice the notifications... so yes.

 

[Peckapowa]

What does my penis have anything to do with anything? :16Bit

P.S I don't play Scorpion so eat squid.

calamari is a very refined meal, and from a Freudian perspective what doesn't your penis have to do with anything?

 

[RYX]

It gives you twice the notifications... so yes.

And then you like every fucking post ever made for triple likes.

calamari is a very refined meal, and from a Freudian perspective what doesn't your penis have to do with anything?

You're not the first Internet stranger to ask me about my penis. I won't fall for it this time!

 

[JaredL]

Thank you.

I've said it multiple times in this thread but people just don't want to see or hear it.

• Sony is selling you a box with an attached service.
• MS is selling you a service with an attached box.

Buy what you want, but I believe MS will be the one that is most prepped for the future...and I say that not to say that I won't buy a PS4 as somepoint, some time.

What the fuck does it matter if its a service or if its a box? What matters to me... is prices... rights and gaming. I have no idea what any of what you are saying means in the real world. Probably nothing. Why is it an advantage to sell a service? Does it help me that I can't trade in used games? Does it help me that I have to be forced to connect?

 

[RunwayMafia]

I found this comical because the "fantastic healthcare" we'd be getting with plan 'B' would just be the same "healthcare" we get now just repackaged.

Plan 'A' would be more like them saying, "though it is more expensive, and WE do have to check in on you, you can go anywhere, and share with anyone, on this plan, and on top of your family is covered - both near and far - with no hassle or paper work."

Am I sugar coating? I don't think so. Family sharing on you home console and theirs? Access to you library on any conected X1 device? Even you saying that the kinect having to be plugged in at all time is strange downside to me as what is the downside to doing that? How does the Kinect infringe on your civil liberty's, or weigh you down at all when playing any game?

It was a generalized comparison showing that more options and less restrictions ARE ALWAYS more desirable. And why must the user have a kinect to begin with?

 

[Alexandru Pascu]

My favourite bit is how they announced the 360 to be the next gen console for people that don't have a steady Internet connection. It takes a special kind of asshole to basically say ' you know what we don't give a fuck about your predicaments' might as well have said get a PS4 which is what most people will do anyway

 

[SRP]

Thank you for further proving the point. Physical books are what keep prices high.

My only point was that Digital is big business, a growing business, and to not embrace is it folly.

Physical books don't keep prices high. Greed does. Why do digital games cost as much as physical copies right now?