I really wasn't impressed with it. I mean, first and foremost the fact that basically it installs every game from the disc to the HDD and then if you want to buy a used game you have to pay a fee to use that disc again is just plain bad. I know that they probably plan on this thing being digital release only by the end of this generation or the start of the next, but I just can see myself wanting to do things that way. The always on connection is a big issue as well, they are wordplaying that to make it sound like that's not what it is, but some single player games will even require internet connection to play them, I don't like that.

Aside from that, I mean not much else shown besides TV stuff and multimedia features which don't interest me that much in any console. Frankly I think the PS4 is going to come out stronger than this, Sony seems to have gotten their shit together this past year.

Yeah, it is a pretty shitty name. Lmao.

Seriously though, they better be planning to aggresively market their games cause if they are thinking people are going to all buy new games or pay fees on top of used games they are crazy. I expect they are going to be trying to go the Steam route here, with sales and all that. Still, I think for a home console this is going to be a tough sell for people, there is a culture of buying and trading games out there, it's going to be tough for them at first.

Sony on the otherhand seemed to only gain steam from the Xbox announcement, their stock soared 8% the same day because the public reaction to the new Xbox was pretty lackluster. In the end I think Microsoft might be doing the right thing, I really expect all games to be digital only at some point, I think they might just be one generation early though, and it could cost them this time around, where next time they will be ahead of the curve.

All this sorta makes me glad I ditched console gaming for the most part.

Post edited 2:29 am – May 25, 2013 by kefo

The last sentence addresses the lack of any Wii U Discussion: DOA, no interest. There you go.

“ Xbox one will not require an extraneous monetary fee in order to play games purchased secondhand. Instead, the console will leverage its pathology of requiring a persistent Internet connection to perform periodic authentication checks on discs in the tray.

Each Blu-Ray disc for an Xbox One game is embedded with an encryption code that’s read by the console. Xbox One installs a game, code-and-console information uploads to a Microsoft database, and the database checks in automatically from time to time to confirm that the game hasn’t exchanged hands.

When it does — when a disk being installed is “used” — the game simply deauthenticates itself on the original owner’s console and conforms it to its new home. No additional fee will be part of the process. “

A little tidbit I read today. Microsoft blocked comments on their official YouTube channel because they were getting so much negative feedback. That is not a good sign, and silencing the users isn't going to make it any better for them.

I lol'ed

That's the longest GIF of all time.

Apparently Microsoft is removing the DRM and all other policies that has been putting Xbox in a negative light. Nothing has been confirmed yet just rumors for now.