Quite possibly the weirdest thing I've read so far. You mean to tell me that buying a device to play video games is less enjoyable than having injured testicles? You do know that folks that never bought a Sony machine that wanted to play SFV in fact, did so to play the game. Why would this be any different if MS owns MK?Just saying I'd rather slam a brick into my balls repeatedly than buying an Xbox.
I'm so glad I'm not like this anymore. I'll game on whatever plays my favorites. If that means getting a console or building a gaming rig, I'm there. I can understand your point, but if you have the means to buy one and the desire to play, why not just go for it?If MK became an Xbox exclusive then I'd be done with with the series.
I can't justify buying a whole console to play my favorite fighting game and besides, PS has some of my favorite franchises of all time.
I don't miss out on anything by not buying an Xbox. My girlfriend has a PS4 and will get a PS5 so we got God of War, Spider-Man, Persona, Horizon, Nier, Bloodborne/Demon's Souls, Yakuza and whatnot covered and I own a Switch so Donkey Kong, Zelda, Mario, Metroid and various RPGs are in the house as well.Quite possibly the weirdest thing I've read so far. You mean to tell me that buying a device to play video games is less enjoyable than having injured testicles? You do know that folks that never bought a Sony machine that wanted to play SFV in fact, did so to play the game. Why would this be any different if MS owns MK?
I'm so glad I'm not like this. I would miss out on so many experiences like so many uninformed gamers do. I'll game on any device. Allegiance to a console maker is just..... well, limiting. I'm not calling you out in particular because I've seen a lot of people doing and saying stuff like this. I used to say this kind of stuff when I was a teenager in the late 80's.
I used to be a Sega Genesis fan boy. I would show people what I thought were compelling reasons hate Nintendo and NEC. Boy was I an idiot! I only did those things because I could only afford to have one console. I had to make myself feel better about my purchase somehow and becoming a fan boy did the trick. Again, I was a complete fool. That all changed the day I bought an SNES in 1992 after receiving some money as a gift from my grandfather. I was almost 18 at that time. All that trash talking I did about Nintendo had no real basis after playing their games. I vowed never to be that narrow minded ever again.
Well it seems you don't know what you don't know.I don't miss out on anything by not buying an Xbox. My girlfriend has a PS4 and will get a PS5 so we got God of War, Spider-Man, Persona, Horizon, Nier, Bloodborne/Demon's Souls, Yakuza and whatnot covered and I own a Switch so Donkey Kong, Zelda, Mario, Metroid and various RPGs are in the house as well.
What do I miss out on again by not buying an Xbox ever?
Mortal Kombat perhaps?
That's completely subjective though, and one can easily say the same thing for the Xbox platform.I don't miss out on anything by not buying an Xbox. My girlfriend has a PS4 and will get a PS5 so we got God of War, Spider-Man, Persona, Horizon, Nier, Bloodborne/Demon's Souls, Yakuza and whatnot covered and I own a Switch so Donkey Kong, Zelda, Mario, Metroid and various RPGs are in the house as well.
What do I miss out on again by not buying an Xbox ever?
Mortal Kombat perhaps?
You might not be missing out, but to some degree you are willfully enabling a fairly consumer unfriendly practice so you can have that rounded experience.Quite possibly the weirdest thing I've read so far. You mean to tell me that buying a device to play video games is less enjoyable than having injured testicles? You do know that folks that never bought a Sony machine that wanted to play SFV in fact, did so to play the game. Why would this be any different if MS owns MK?
I'm so glad I'm not like this. I would miss out on so many experiences like so many uninformed gamers do. I'll game on any device. Allegiance to a console maker is just..... well, limiting. I'm not calling you out in particular because I've seen a lot of people doing and saying stuff like this. I used to say this kind of stuff when I was a teenager in the late 80's.
I used to be a Sega Genesis fan boy. I would show people what I thought were compelling reasons hate Nintendo and NEC. Boy was I an idiot! I only did those things because I could only afford to have one console. I had to make myself feel better about my purchase somehow and becoming a fan boy did the trick. Again, I was a complete fool. That all changed the day I bought an SNES in 1992 after receiving some money as a gift from my grandfather. I was almost 18 at that time. All that trash talking I did about Nintendo had no real basis after playing their games. I vowed never to be that narrow minded ever again.
I haven' taken the time to read all that you've wrote (maybe I should be for I respond, but...ehh...this is the internet )You might not be missing out, but to some degree you are willfully enabling a fairly consumer unfriendly practice so you can have that rounded experience.
I'm a long typer for sure.I haven' taken the time to read all that you've wrote (maybe I should be for I respond, but...ehh...this is the internet )
How would you suggest going about NOT supporting this practice? Literally every platform does this, and literally the only platform that has stated that this practice isn't ideal (Microsoft) is sort of being bullied into doing it as Sony leads the way on this, and the majority of consumers demand that they (MS) "get more exclusives".
I would love for there to be a "one console future" and for everything to be on everything, but SOOOO many people like the "console wars", and every generation there are a new crop of "warriors" ready to defend there preferred corporation over another.
I did too, but I kind of don't regret it. It was still in my dad's closet up until a couple years ago when he gave it to someone so they would have something to play.I chose to back the Sega Saturn, so I lost at the console wars a long time ago.
The launch of the Xbox One. Surely you remember this? One of the worst launches in the history of consoles.Serious question to all those Xbox haters: What exactly is the problem you have with the Xbox?
Not about allegiance. People don't want to spend $4-500+ just to play MK. I bought an XB1 just to play Killer Instinct and I wish I hadn'tQuite possibly the weirdest thing I've read so far. You mean to tell me that buying a device to play video games is less enjoyable than having injured testicles? You do know that folks that never bought a Sony machine that wanted to play SFV in fact, did so to play the game. Why would this be any different if MS owns MK?
I'm so glad I'm not like this. I would miss out on so many experiences like so many uninformed gamers do. I'll game on any device. Allegiance to a console maker is just..... well, limiting. I'm not calling you out in particular because I've seen a lot of people doing and saying stuff like this. I used to say this kind of stuff when I was a teenager in the late 80's.
I used to be a Sega Genesis fan boy. I would show people what I thought were compelling reasons hate Nintendo and NEC. Boy was I an idiot! I only did those things because I could only afford to have one console. I had to make myself feel better about my purchase somehow and becoming a fan boy did the trick. Again, I was a complete fool. That all changed the day I bought an SNES in 1992 after receiving some money as a gift from my grandfather. I was almost 18 at that time. All that trash talking I did about Nintendo had no real basis after playing their games. I vowed never to be that narrow minded ever again.
Ironically, the always online is common place today, and digital purchases in the console space are also now huge. They were actually ahead of their time with what they were doing, but the way they communicated it and dealt with their customer base about it was atrocious.The launch of the Xbox One. Surely you remember this? One of the worst launches in the history of consoles.
-the online checkin
-no used games
-kinect required (not included)
The ps4 was the first PlayStation product I've bought. Before that I was always getting an Xbox. But after that fiasco I lost trust in them and will avoid switching back. Now granted they reversed some of these things that made me switch, but I don't support what they did at launch which is why I'm sticking it out with PS. I'm definitely not the only one who switched current gen from Xbox.
And I'm also aware that PS could do the same type of thing. But they haven't so far.
People don't seem to have that issue buying a PS4 to play God of War, SFV or some other exclusive. What's the difference?Not about allegiance. People don't want to spend $4-500+ just to play MK. I bought an XB1 just to play Killer Instinct and I wish I hadn't
One has lots of great exclusives, the other has big men with guns, lol.People don't seem to have that issue buying a PS4 to play God of War, SFV or some other exclusive. What's the difference?
Yeah I meant to say that the Kinect was required to play. Poor choice of words. And I noticed that too about online everything. The difference is PS gave you the option and Microsoft tried to force it.Ironically, the always online is common place today, and digital purchases in the console space are also now huge. They were actually ahead of their time with what they were doing, but the way they communicated it and dealt with their customer base about it was atrocious.
Kinect was also required at launch, but it was included. There was no Kinect-less option for the first half-ish year.
But yeah, a lot of people switch at that time, and rightly so. Keep in mind though, we're coming into a different generation, so we'll have to see what happens. Lots of people switch from the PlayStation 2 for an Xbox 360.
Speaking personally, I feel like Microsoft has dogshit exclusives and I love that. I love that I don't have to buy an Xbox because there's nothing on there I want to play. I don't care about any exclusive Microsoft has, but if they bought MK I'd have to spend $400 just to play it. I mean I got a PC too but I hate playing fighters on PC lolPeople don't seem to have that issue buying a PS4 to play God of War, SFV or some other exclusive. What's the difference?
I also go all the way back to the 2600 console era. I was born in 1974. I remember those days well in the early 80's. I know all about the technical differences between say the old Coleco Vision that my cousins had vs the same game running on my Atari 2600. Burger Time and Popeye were vastly different. That practice continued in to the SNES and Genesis era via games like Aladin and X-Men. If you are referring to me buying consoles to experience exclusives as willfully enabling consumer unfriendly practices, I personally don't think so, but that's just my opinion. Me buying all consoles to get that experience will not stop consoles from making experiences that differentiate themselves from one another. That is unless I'm missing your point. There will always be exclusive stuff that you can only get via some console be it a control mechanism or software.You might not be missing out, but to some degree you are willfully enabling a fairly consumer unfriendly practice so you can have that rounded experience.
I go all the way back to the 2600, and was very into having all the console stuff, had the magazines, and did all the reading to compare which version of what was better in what ways.
Back then there were very distinct technical differences between consoles. The tech was quickly evolving in very noticeable ways, and same gen consoles weren't really released in lockstep they way they have been. On several occasions a game would turn out totally different, and even be a completely different game entirely from one system to the next. Having more than one consoles really opened up doors that didn't exist on another console.
None of that exists today. There are good and bad versions of things, but they are differences generally imperceivable to audiences at large, and more often seen between console vs PC instead of console vs console. You don't have say 256 colors and good audio on SNES squaring off with 64 color pallets on Genesis for example. You don't have a more arcade perfect version of X-Men: COTA on Saturn because it had a RAM cart, but a library that generally fell short on other games sitting next to the original PlayStation.
Now you are more likely buying the stuff around the console itself. The UI experience, the community you are plugged into, some other perk like MS offering Console and PC versions, or free PSN games. Switches portability and all in one aspect that is great to just toss to your kids. That stuff. (obviously Switch is under powered and kind of running against the argument at large, but it has a strong outer console perk that fits here)
There is just not been a real compelling reason, from a technical standpoint, for consumers to be investing on more than one console in the last couple of gens. Any enticing consumers to do so, is purely at the company's favor to get some pie. All it really does is get someone to drop hundreds of dollars they could otherwise spend on something else to have one or two unique experiences, just because someone deliberately crafted a situation for no other reason than their own benefit.
In house games are probably something of an exception. KI really could only have ever existed as an MS exclusive since it was their idea, vs paying Capcom to not make an Xbox version of SFV.
I'm not against owning all the toys, but I'm also not going eagerly embrace console exclusives as some benign practice when there is rarely any meaningful justification for it that empowers me as a consumer.
So I assume out of the 760+ games I have installed on my HDD's connected to the Xbox One X, they are supposedly all shooters? Honestly, I don't think so. Out of the exclusives that I have on my PS4 Pro, only a few are really worth the price of admission. Games like Spiderman, God of War, Last of Us (part 1), Street Fighter V, Detroit Become Human and Horizon Zero Dawn really captured me. The others that I bought I could seriously live without. They are good, but not as memorable as the other games that I mentioned.One has lots of great exclusives, the other has big men with guns, lol.
you nailed here, but , it's exactly due the exclusives, and, we can say that there are normally pretty good, GOTY material and very decent on Playstation, that people prefer to buy the console over anything MS do on and for Xbox .....Most people here seem to be fans of Sony's platform, and I have an honest question: Outside of the exclusives that everyone keeps mentioning, what exactly does the PlayStation 4 platform do better than the Xbox One platform?
Or more to the point, if someone doesn't have much interest in Sony's exclusive games, why should they get a PlayStation 4 Pro over an Xbox One X?
Not trying to start a flame war or anything, I'm honestly curious what it does better, because when it comes down to it, I really only ever see "they have more exclusives" as the be-all-end-all reason.