Originally posted August 15th 2013
This one guy got angry at me when I compared the Wii motion controls to the kinect and said "history will repeat itself, all the kinect will bread is shovelware and tacked on motion controls." He was all "no the kinect has much better tracking and has voice recognition." I was ready to comment but someone beat me to it. Here's what I would have said if they didn't create a big conversation, "it doesn't matter how good the screw driver is, they're all kind of equally useless when trying to drive a nail." lol
Originally posted August 13th 2013
Now about kinect costing as much to manufacture as the xbox one, basically saying microsoft is selling the bundle at a loss, and then the countless millions of dollars spent in R&D. Then here's a kicker. I heard that kinect for PC costs $500 USD, so at that price, kinect for xbox would probably also cost $500, so you're buying a kinect and getting an xbox for free. eye roll
Now I really do feel kind of bad for them, wouldn't you after spending probably over a billion dollars on something people don't want, but then again, anyone could have told them the kinect wouldn't be well received. Microsoft do a little consumer research next time, and maybe see WHY people bought the Wii in droves, and notice that after 1 year, NO ONE was buying one for the motion controls. You would have also noticed that no one was buying the play station move. You could have been like both Sony and Nintendo and just let home motion controls die and then people wouldn't hate you to much, but no, let's shove motion controls down your throat because "that's what you want right?"
Originally posted August 8th 2013 with this article Every XBOX ONE includes a chat headset
Well what do you know, Microsoft decided that maybe we should screw the customer less than what they were doing. For those of you who don't know, microsoft was origionally not going to include a headset with the xbox one because "you could use the kinect because the kinect is such an amazing piece of technology and we don't see any reason why anyone would rather have private conversations with people instead of having everything come through the TV speakers." Everyday Microsoft changes their tune just a little bit. Next step, GET RID OF THE KINECT REQUIREMENT!!!! Honestly. I couldn't care less about specks, advanced technology, cloud gaming, and even being pro-indy. I don't need a headset because I don't talk to people anyways. But what is keeping me from buying your console is the requirement to use a stupid peripheral that I will never use, no good games will be made for it and utilize it, and will likely be unresponsive unless you're in this one sweet spot. I'll buy a wii before I buy an xbox one, cause at least with a wii I could play gamecube games, trauma center, and hulu plus without having to pay nintendo for the privilege of being able to access the app. And if you want to know why I hate the wii, just ask zeldamaster93. He knows all my arguments. And many of the arguments carry over to the kinect.
Originally uploaded August 3rd 2013, there was an article called "Microsoft to let game makers self publish on XBOX ONE," but the article is dead now.
So looks like microsoft changed their tune again, making it closer to the PS4. Every time I hear about that, I think about that dorkly picture where they talk about "giving gamers options." Every time I think about that, I think, "well if the option is a giant turd with some gold scraps in it or a block of silver just sitting there, well most everyone is going to chose the block of silver instead of digging through the turd to get some gold." Now all they need to do is get rid of the required kinect. Not only are you losing customers by requiring it, I will never buy an XBOX ONE so long as that stupid thing is required, but I've also heard that you lose money because the kinect 2.0 costs as much to make as an XBOX ONE, and I'm not talking R&D, that might be, but in raw parts.
Originally posted August 2nd 2013
Sorry if I'm repeating myself, but I find it funny when people compare the old xbox one to steam because of the DRM. If there are PC gamers out there, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the reason people do PC gaming because of the ability to have the most up to date hardware on the market, the ability to output the frame rate at insanely high numbers, like close to the refresh rate of the monitor or projector, the ability to mod your games, and lastly the steam summer sales, and with all those features, you put up with the DRM found in steam. Sure, the XBOX ONE had all the DRM, but they would surely lack every other feature PC gamers love. Update the hardware; the XBOX ONE doesn't even have a removable hard drive, so you wouldn't be able to upgrade the video cards, ram, hard drive, video out, etc. without modding the console and then getting banned from xbox live. Output at insanely high frame rates; max I heard was 60 fps from xbox one, and if this was the days of CRT TVs, that would be the refresh rate of the TV, but now we have TVs with 120, 240, even 600 frame refresh rate TVs, so sorry, lost out again on frame rate. MOD your games, you have just been banned from xbox live, you're screwed. Sales, ehhhh yeah right. Since I don't PC game, I'll need some fact checks on this one, but I'd imagine that most of the games in the sale are made by Valve and there aren't many 3rd party games. Microsoft, what do you have to bring to the table in the form of 1st party games? Halo, every kinect game ever made, I don't think that people are going to be biting at the bit to buy either of them sale or no sale. Sure, maybe halo, but everyone who will want to play it will likely have already bought it new for $60. I highly doubt EA or Activision would participate in a 75% off sale. Again, I might be wrong on the sales thing so don't take that as fact unless I get someone backing it up in the comments, but I highly doubt that the sales would happen on XBOX LIVE. And last time I checked, steam doesn't require you to have a web cam connected at all time.
And because I buy games to keep, I might have been able to over look the DRM a couple years down the line in case it isn't really all gloom and doom, but the kinect is a deal breaker, and always will be. I hate motion controls, I've done a rant on them. I see absolutely no use for it. Any feature is stupid and any kinect game is bad. But that's a different topic.
And though this has nothing to do with gaming, didn't want to lose this. Originally posted July 25th 2013
On a much brighter note, this actually happened. I'm watching Nicktoons Network, because I like cartoons, and they're doing this promo for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They're about to show a sneak preview for the upcoming season, and they do a 5 second count down, and right as they're about to show the preview, a test for the emergency broadcast system comes on. At first I thought "this is a joke, it's part of the funny," but then I see my county and city, and being a cable channel, there's no affiliate networks to make custom joke emergency tests. Then I thought "ok something is really happening," but then a lady says "this has been a test of the emergency broadcast system. Had this been a real emergency, further information would have been given." Then as it ends, the guys that were hosting it were all "wow that was amazing, I can't wait for the next season." That really happened. I've never heard of it happening in real life. I'm laughing uncontrollably and for 30 seconds I start talking to the camera's that had to have been there. I went on for a solid 10 minutes.
BR
Originally posted July 13th 2013
Did you know that someone actually complained about sony removing the new playstation camera from the PS4 and made it an optional accessory, saying that "while the kinect is very poorly received for gaming, it did do wonders with robotics when hacked and kinect 2.0 is quite a marvel of tracking capabilities, and now maybe gamers will miss out on multiplat features in some xbox one and ps4 games that utilize kinect." Lets break this down, very poorly received by gamers, so make it optional and lower the price since many gamers won't use it. Did wonders when hacked, well then people can just buy it if they want to hack it, it's an optional accessory. Amazing tracking capabilities, makes no difference if the games are stupid, which they will be. Miss out on features, like what? the ability to yell commands at your game or wave your arms like an idiot? spongebob rainbow nobody cares. If they manage to make it good, I doubt it, but lets assume for the moment that there is a game that utilizes the power of the kinect and move in a way that is fun and engaging, then gamers have the option to buy a move for the one game that utilizes it and isn't required to function instead of being forced to buy it for the console to work. But here's the thing, kinect being useful won't happen. Only tech demo games like just dance will use it. Unfortunately with the kinect being required, we might have another wii on our hands where developers feel compelled to tack on some form of motion controls or voice commands and it actually ends up hindering gameplay. Any wii fan feel compelled to try to tell me otherwise? And this isn't "there were good games for the wii." This is "the motion controls were an asset to the wii and many games utilized them in a way that made sense and immersed me in the game." I don't want someone telling me how great galaxy, monster hunter, metroid, DKCR, or brawl was and you could overlook the tacked on motion controls, I want someone to tell me why those games would have sucked without those "tacked on" motion controls.
Originally posted July 13th 2013
Stop the presses, I am actually having a rational discussion with someone on youtube about if requiring kinect is a good idea. There's no CAPSLOCK and no mention of a promiscuous mother or lack of sexual encounters. We're actually bringing vallid points to the table about if the kinect is a stupid gimmick and microsoft is wasting their time with it or if the mandatory adoption will lead to good games. I think my nail in the coffin was how the Wii required motion controls and only 2 first party games actually gave an in depth experience while fully utalizing the motion, trauma center and skyward sword. Everything else was just a tech demo like wii sports or had tacked on motion controls like DKCR. I'm interested to see what he has to say in response to that.
Originally posted July 11th 2013, not really xbox one specific, but "all digital" was definitely a thing of the pre-launch xbox one days.
I've been hearing a lot of people talking about how "digital distribution of games is the way of the future and the used game market as we know it will be a thing of the past." As a collector, I sure hope that isn't the case. 1: a picture of a full 1 tera hard drive is far less impressive than a wall of games. Another is that, of the 10 consoles I have, only 4 I bought new; the other 6 I bought used, mainly because they're old school and weren't supported anymore when I bought them, and now 2 of the new consoles are last gen and/or old school. So if I want to buy games for 8 of my consoles, and soon all 10, I need to buy used physical copies, because even if I could buy digital games on that console, I can't buy digital after the servers are off line, so all I can do is buy the digital. I could pay through the nose for a factory sealed copy of an old school game, but at that point, I'm just paying the reseller and none of the money is going to the publisher, so to save $200 on a game that's just for the collection, I buy it used. I've even ran into problems with wanting to get the full version of a demo I had on my xbox, mainly the teenage mutant ninja turtles arcade game remake, but it was off the marketplace when I finally had the microsoft points to buy it. It's an xbox arcade game so I can't get a physical copy anywhere, and it sucks because the demo is really fun. I'll make an in depth video on the subject explaining every aspect once I can get access to my nerd cave, but here's a little taste of my full feelings. Since many of you are gamers, what's your take on the matter?
Originally posted July 5th 2013
I know it's kind of died down since they released that xbox one won't be the always on DRM machine that we all hated, but lets look at another glaring problem, and that is the requirement for kinect. Lets get one thing strait, I am not a "they're going to watch us" conspiracy theorist like everyone else that hates this kinect requirement. Why this sucks, is because the kinect is garbage and I laugh every time I see someone with it. Sure, it can track motion much better than all the other motion controllers on the market, or so Microsoft asserts. But here's the problem, HOME MOTION CONTROLS SUCK AND ALMOST EVERY ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT WORK FAILS!!!! Kinect adventures, a couple of lame mini-games that show off what the kinect can do. All the Zumba games, it's just dancing, and while fun for a little while, gets old kind of quickly for me at least. Close to every wii game in existence, tacked on motion controles that add nothing to the game like in DKCR and Galaxy, or stupid mini-games that don't engage me, or racing games where steering controls are far to clunky to give good handling. 2 games are the exception in my experience, skyward sword with the 1:1 motion tracking with the weapons and trauma center with it's precision medical tools. "You can use voice commands to turn it on or go to things," or I could just turn it on with my controller and use my controller to select things. I hate kinect and all home motion controls since no one can consistently do them right and I'm so glad that Nintendo dropped that with the wii u. Microsoft, you still lost me as a customer, not because the sting of DRM always on left a huge scar, but because you still have the kinect knife lodged in my gaming hand. If I were to get an xbox one, I'd hack the kinect to mute the mic and have the kinect always stuck behind the console, and if that doesn't work, I'd hack the camera as well. Sell me a console without the kinect for $100 cheaper than with kinect and then we can talk. Again, I'm sorry Nintendo tricked you into thinking motion controls would catch on and everyone would get it, but get over it, admit they tricked you, and move on and get people back.
Originally posted July 4th 2013
I've heard someone complain that "without xbox one's DRM, I won't be able to play without having the game disk in the console." You want that, go back to PC and leave the good stuff to us console gamers. That or buy the digital copy, which is just about every game available. You want "no disk gaming," go to the DRM machine that is PC or get the digital. You want the ability to get it used, get the physical, that's why we have them.
Originally posted May 26th 2013
I've heard someone complain that "without xbox one's DRM, I won't be able to play without having the game disk in the console." You want that, go back to PC and leave the good stuff to us console gamers. That or buy the digital copy, which is just about every game available. You want "no disk gaming," go to the DRM machine that is PC or get the digital. You want the ability to get it used, get the physical, that's why we have them.
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The Wii U was a dumb name (Google Plus Reupload, 2013)
Originally posted July 15th 2013, some context, the Wii U was not moving at the time, but Nintendo was into trying to be the next big thing.
So anyone else here think that if nintendo wanted to really move Wii Us, they shouldn't have called it "Wii U" and make it look so much like a Wii? Now I've read articles saying that the Wii U is doing really well in foreign markets and stuff, but not close to the hype of the PS4. I know some of you will say "I don't know what you're talking about, the Wii was amazing and drew circles around PS360," *cough zeldamaster93, but when it came down to it, people preferred PS360 as a gaming console they will play day in and day out over the Wii, primarily because of the motion controls and focus on casual gaming. Now nintendo pulled a complete 180 and with Wii U, they're all "no we changed our ways. We're back to making hardcore games for hardcore gamers." Unfortunately, "but we liked the Wii so much, we're keeping the name and the design, but trust us, this is not a casual game console with strong emphasis on motion controls despite what the name and design says, we made a hardcore machine." I don't hate the Wii U, it's a nice console without DRM, good controls, no fee for online gaming and video services, and no CoD, and I might get one once more games come out for it, but they aren't winning gamers over with the name and cosmetics.
Could you imagine "don't want to deal with DRM or paying a monthly subscription for online gaming and video services, want an experience that rivals nothing you'll experience next generation? Want a console built for the hardcore gamer? Then you need the brand new NStation. It gives you the next generation gaming experience you demand from your next console, in stunning HD. Don't settle for bad business practices. Get an NStation." Sure, they can't call it "NStation" because of Sony PlayStation, but it's not a Wii.
Now for the comments, which continued the rant.
zeldamaster93: Was it a bad marketing idea on their part? Yeah, maybe. Will it matter in the long run? Probably not.
Me: Long run as in next console generation, not next gen but the generation after wii u, ps4, and xbox one? No it won't, it'll be a joke stain like the virtual boy. It might not even matter 3 years into the generation. But right now, with the first release and wii still vivid in every gamer's mind, it was bad on their part. I look forward to the next console name and design, so long as it's not "Wii U 2" with the same wii look. All the nintendo consoles have really differentiated themselves from the last generation or added a name to let you know "it's all you loved about the last gen, but better and super." Nintendo Entertainment System. Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo 64 Bit. Nintendo Game Cube. Nintendo Wii (still wondering where that name came from). But then we get "The Wii College Edition, or Wii U." It's not a Nintendo, because this one is "Super." It's not a SNES because of the 64 Bit graphics. It's not an N64, it's a next gen cube. It's not a gamecube, it's a wii, no not that kind. It's not a wii, just trust us on this one.
And now for some hindsight in 2019 thoughts. I was right, I was right I was right I was right. The Wii U was a giant flop, worst selling Nintendo console next to the virtual boy. Ultimately it was the "no games," but it was mainly the poor marketing that lead them to not having games and ultimately failing.
So anyone else here think that if nintendo wanted to really move Wii Us, they shouldn't have called it "Wii U" and make it look so much like a Wii? Now I've read articles saying that the Wii U is doing really well in foreign markets and stuff, but not close to the hype of the PS4. I know some of you will say "I don't know what you're talking about, the Wii was amazing and drew circles around PS360," *cough zeldamaster93, but when it came down to it, people preferred PS360 as a gaming console they will play day in and day out over the Wii, primarily because of the motion controls and focus on casual gaming. Now nintendo pulled a complete 180 and with Wii U, they're all "no we changed our ways. We're back to making hardcore games for hardcore gamers." Unfortunately, "but we liked the Wii so much, we're keeping the name and the design, but trust us, this is not a casual game console with strong emphasis on motion controls despite what the name and design says, we made a hardcore machine." I don't hate the Wii U, it's a nice console without DRM, good controls, no fee for online gaming and video services, and no CoD, and I might get one once more games come out for it, but they aren't winning gamers over with the name and cosmetics.
Could you imagine "don't want to deal with DRM or paying a monthly subscription for online gaming and video services, want an experience that rivals nothing you'll experience next generation? Want a console built for the hardcore gamer? Then you need the brand new NStation. It gives you the next generation gaming experience you demand from your next console, in stunning HD. Don't settle for bad business practices. Get an NStation." Sure, they can't call it "NStation" because of Sony PlayStation, but it's not a Wii.
Now for the comments, which continued the rant.
zeldamaster93: Was it a bad marketing idea on their part? Yeah, maybe. Will it matter in the long run? Probably not.
Me: Long run as in next console generation, not next gen but the generation after wii u, ps4, and xbox one? No it won't, it'll be a joke stain like the virtual boy. It might not even matter 3 years into the generation. But right now, with the first release and wii still vivid in every gamer's mind, it was bad on their part. I look forward to the next console name and design, so long as it's not "Wii U 2" with the same wii look. All the nintendo consoles have really differentiated themselves from the last generation or added a name to let you know "it's all you loved about the last gen, but better and super." Nintendo Entertainment System. Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo 64 Bit. Nintendo Game Cube. Nintendo Wii (still wondering where that name came from). But then we get "The Wii College Edition, or Wii U." It's not a Nintendo, because this one is "Super." It's not a SNES because of the 64 Bit graphics. It's not an N64, it's a next gen cube. It's not a gamecube, it's a wii, no not that kind. It's not a wii, just trust us on this one.
And now for some hindsight in 2019 thoughts. I was right, I was right I was right I was right. The Wii U was a giant flop, worst selling Nintendo console next to the virtual boy. Ultimately it was the "no games," but it was mainly the poor marketing that lead them to not having games and ultimately failing.
If the 8th Generation were girlfriends (Google Plus Reupload 2013)
Originally posted August 8th 2013.
This was in response to this unboxing video made by XBOX.
Gamers, this is worth the read. And it also gives you a little idea into my thoughts of each company.
All I have to say is, how dare he call the kinect beautiful?
The kinect is pretty at best, like a 7/10 would still bang, sort of deal.
However, the kinect is super ugly on the inside. It's overly attached, puts meaning into every little thing you say, won't let you have any fun unless it's their, and watches you constantly, with the possibility of telling her parents every thing you do. I'm not to worried about her parents actually listening, but she still has everything else I just mentioned.
And worst of all, she isn't even the one you have a relationship with, it's her fraternal twin sister. And it's not like with the parents, kinect tells everything to XBOX and XBOX takes it all to heart.
Now XBOX was always an expensive girl. If you wanted to play with friends, she asked for shopping money. Then when she had a makeover, she wanted even more shopping money for the things she could do in addition to letting you play with friends. Now, in her 3rd make over, even more things that she boasts about costs shopping money. She was a fun bad girl that you had fun fighting aliens with back in high school, but nothing to build a relationship off of.
Now on the other hand, we have play station and Nintendo. We've known Nintendo the longest, and even though she went through many different phases, she's still a lovely girl. She's mostly over her fitness kick and realizes that not everyone likes jumping around and swinging their arms like crazy. Though she's might still hold many of the fitness tendencies, she decided to lay off bugging you and forcing you to do all sorts of crazy work outs in order to have a little fun. A nice girl, and some people are in a nice relationship, but others have friend zoned her saying "it was fun, but I want more, but I'll still hang with you when I'm with your fitness friends."
Now last we have the new girl next door, the playstation. Nintendo initially introduced you to her, but she started competing for your affections, and not to far after, they were bitter rivals. Nintendo always offered you a good time, but playstation could do many of the same things. After a make over montage and the adaption of a 2, she became super sexy while keeping all the things you loved about her before. She became a little demanding after her second make over, asking you to spend $600 for her beauty shop bill, but soon she found a cheaper shop and offered so many other features.
OK, enough console fan fiction for tonight.
This was in response to this unboxing video made by XBOX.
Gamers, this is worth the read. And it also gives you a little idea into my thoughts of each company.
All I have to say is, how dare he call the kinect beautiful?
The kinect is pretty at best, like a 7/10 would still bang, sort of deal.
However, the kinect is super ugly on the inside. It's overly attached, puts meaning into every little thing you say, won't let you have any fun unless it's their, and watches you constantly, with the possibility of telling her parents every thing you do. I'm not to worried about her parents actually listening, but she still has everything else I just mentioned.
And worst of all, she isn't even the one you have a relationship with, it's her fraternal twin sister. And it's not like with the parents, kinect tells everything to XBOX and XBOX takes it all to heart.
Now XBOX was always an expensive girl. If you wanted to play with friends, she asked for shopping money. Then when she had a makeover, she wanted even more shopping money for the things she could do in addition to letting you play with friends. Now, in her 3rd make over, even more things that she boasts about costs shopping money. She was a fun bad girl that you had fun fighting aliens with back in high school, but nothing to build a relationship off of.
Now on the other hand, we have play station and Nintendo. We've known Nintendo the longest, and even though she went through many different phases, she's still a lovely girl. She's mostly over her fitness kick and realizes that not everyone likes jumping around and swinging their arms like crazy. Though she's might still hold many of the fitness tendencies, she decided to lay off bugging you and forcing you to do all sorts of crazy work outs in order to have a little fun. A nice girl, and some people are in a nice relationship, but others have friend zoned her saying "it was fun, but I want more, but I'll still hang with you when I'm with your fitness friends."
Now last we have the new girl next door, the playstation. Nintendo initially introduced you to her, but she started competing for your affections, and not to far after, they were bitter rivals. Nintendo always offered you a good time, but playstation could do many of the same things. After a make over montage and the adaption of a 2, she became super sexy while keeping all the things you loved about her before. She became a little demanding after her second make over, asking you to spend $600 for her beauty shop bill, but soon she found a cheaper shop and offered so many other features.
OK, enough console fan fiction for tonight.
The Most Popular Arguments for XBOX ONE's DRM and My Response To Them (google plus reupload 2013)
Originally posted August 9th 2013.
I found this article on the most popular arguments for XBOX ONE'S DRM. Here are my responses.
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Anyone looking for a good laugh? Well you'll probably get more of a chuckle, but still rich. Google "xbox one drm arguments" and you will read some of the stupidest reasons ever that you can't help but laugh at. Here's one article, and quick reasons why it's wrong.
"Xbox One would have solved the problem of buying a game on disc and then not being able to store it digitally or download it from the cloud."
1. I don't trust the cloud in the long run, especially long after the console has lost support from the developers. Also, it's not a problem. We've been swapping physical media for years and aside from super lazy lard butts, no one actually thinks it's a problem. And there is a reason why we buy physical. If we didn't want to swap the cartridge or disk, we'd buy the digital.
2019 thoughts, cloud gaming and digital only is a problem. The wii shop channel closed down, and now there are many games that can no longer be purchased.
"Publishers could charge less for games."
2. Uhhhh, yeah right. Physical and digital copies of the same game on the same console cost EXACTLY THE SAME, despite how there isn't the middle man and physical production costs.
"You could make more money from your trade-ins."
3. Or you could make even more selling it yourself through eBay. I sell things all the time on eBay, and things in DVD cases or cartridges are one of the easiest things to ship since all you need to do is put it in a bubble wrap shipping envelope. Never sell your games to gamestop or any other retailer. Digital licenses probably wouldn't be much better.
"Everyone used to hate Steam, but everyone loves it now. Xbox One could have been the same."
4. HAHAHAHAH Now that's rich. PC gamers like steam because of the sales, the ability to MOD the game, have the best hardware available, and output at maximum possible frame rate. Price, see #2, MOD the game, you've been banned from XBOX Live, best hardware available, you can't even remove the hard drive on the xbox one, so upgrading would count as modding, and then get banned from xbox live, max possible frame rate, no they boasted 60 fps at E3 and PC can get up to 100+ fps.
"Sharing games with your 10-person family plan would have been so much better than the total lack of digital sharing we have now."
5. Yes that's cool, if your family has more than 2 XBOX ONEs. My has one shared console between the entire family. Now what if 11+ people use the XBOX? Without the DRM, there's no problem, just 11+ profiles on the console, but everyone could use it, physical or digital. With the DRM, well then only 10 people could use it, meaning 1+ people are out of luck.
"The 24-hour online check-in was a necessary evil because it allows games to run entirely off the hard disk and be shared digitally."
6. Are you stupid? Like really stupid? We didn't need 24-hour check-ins with the physical or digital games before. We didn't need them to share our physical games before. It's been convention that you don't share digital games or DLC, but always share your physical, and physical is superior because it's unlimited storage limited only to your available shelf space.
"DRM makes stuff more affordable." 7. Since when? DRM only means you CAN'T buy affordable used games that you want only for a dust collector in your collection. Yes, I do buy games to further increase my collection and don't have much intention of playing much. I can get them for cheap at garage sales and through ebay and amazon. Can't do that any more with DRM.
"Now all we have is Xbox 360 2.0. How is this progress?"
8. And screwing the customer IS? Yes, people tend to generally not like change, but sometimes that change is just a bad idea, like deciding you're going to "improve" your life by "changing" your daily intake of cigarettes from 0 (not smoking) to a pack a day. The xbox 360 is a nice console. Sure the PS3 is better, but it's still good. Why take a step backwards?
I found this article on the most popular arguments for XBOX ONE'S DRM. Here are my responses.
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Anyone looking for a good laugh? Well you'll probably get more of a chuckle, but still rich. Google "xbox one drm arguments" and you will read some of the stupidest reasons ever that you can't help but laugh at. Here's one article, and quick reasons why it's wrong.
"Xbox One would have solved the problem of buying a game on disc and then not being able to store it digitally or download it from the cloud."
1. I don't trust the cloud in the long run, especially long after the console has lost support from the developers. Also, it's not a problem. We've been swapping physical media for years and aside from super lazy lard butts, no one actually thinks it's a problem. And there is a reason why we buy physical. If we didn't want to swap the cartridge or disk, we'd buy the digital.
2019 thoughts, cloud gaming and digital only is a problem. The wii shop channel closed down, and now there are many games that can no longer be purchased.
"Publishers could charge less for games."
2. Uhhhh, yeah right. Physical and digital copies of the same game on the same console cost EXACTLY THE SAME, despite how there isn't the middle man and physical production costs.
"You could make more money from your trade-ins."
3. Or you could make even more selling it yourself through eBay. I sell things all the time on eBay, and things in DVD cases or cartridges are one of the easiest things to ship since all you need to do is put it in a bubble wrap shipping envelope. Never sell your games to gamestop or any other retailer. Digital licenses probably wouldn't be much better.
"Everyone used to hate Steam, but everyone loves it now. Xbox One could have been the same."
4. HAHAHAHAH Now that's rich. PC gamers like steam because of the sales, the ability to MOD the game, have the best hardware available, and output at maximum possible frame rate. Price, see #2, MOD the game, you've been banned from XBOX Live, best hardware available, you can't even remove the hard drive on the xbox one, so upgrading would count as modding, and then get banned from xbox live, max possible frame rate, no they boasted 60 fps at E3 and PC can get up to 100+ fps.
"Sharing games with your 10-person family plan would have been so much better than the total lack of digital sharing we have now."
5. Yes that's cool, if your family has more than 2 XBOX ONEs. My has one shared console between the entire family. Now what if 11+ people use the XBOX? Without the DRM, there's no problem, just 11+ profiles on the console, but everyone could use it, physical or digital. With the DRM, well then only 10 people could use it, meaning 1+ people are out of luck.
"The 24-hour online check-in was a necessary evil because it allows games to run entirely off the hard disk and be shared digitally."
6. Are you stupid? Like really stupid? We didn't need 24-hour check-ins with the physical or digital games before. We didn't need them to share our physical games before. It's been convention that you don't share digital games or DLC, but always share your physical, and physical is superior because it's unlimited storage limited only to your available shelf space.
"DRM makes stuff more affordable." 7. Since when? DRM only means you CAN'T buy affordable used games that you want only for a dust collector in your collection. Yes, I do buy games to further increase my collection and don't have much intention of playing much. I can get them for cheap at garage sales and through ebay and amazon. Can't do that any more with DRM.
"Now all we have is Xbox 360 2.0. How is this progress?"
8. And screwing the customer IS? Yes, people tend to generally not like change, but sometimes that change is just a bad idea, like deciding you're going to "improve" your life by "changing" your daily intake of cigarettes from 0 (not smoking) to a pack a day. The xbox 360 is a nice console. Sure the PS3 is better, but it's still good. Why take a step backwards?
My Reaction when Kinect was No Longer Mandatory (Reupload from Google Plus 2013)
(Originally posted August 12th 2013)
Look who might have my business now. The kinect was the only thing keeping me from getting an XBOX ONE. I would have looked into the modding community to see how I could manually remove the parts so that it wouldn't work but would trick the XBOX into thinking it was working. Now if I do end up getting an XBOX ONE and they don't make a bundle that doesn't have it, I can just throw the thing into my controller milk crate. Here's the article if you want to read the source.
http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-wont-actually-need-kinect-plugged-in-microso-1113142909?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
Oh man, you have to read the comments. So many people are saying "but that was the only thing differentiating it from the PS4." Yes, that giant turd on the lawn was the only thing differentiating it from the PS4, but who in their right mind would be proud of a giant turd on their lawn. I would never use it, even for IR blasting and skype. I hate motion controls, like REALLY HATE THEM. I passed on a $50 Wii at a garage sale because I just don't believe in them and hate them with a passion, and as such would never play the kinect games. And as the guy in the video says, "if it's no longer required to make it run, why would you still require me to buy it?" Also the thing with the whole "the more I used it the more I loved it" thing, yeah no. I played many games that used motion controls, and only twice were they good and I thought "I would play this on a regular basis because the motion controls add to the experience." Skyward Sword and Trauma Center. Just get rid of the thing.
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And for an update, I have an XBOX ONE S. They ended up winning me over. And then they completely discontinued the Kinect.
Look who might have my business now. The kinect was the only thing keeping me from getting an XBOX ONE. I would have looked into the modding community to see how I could manually remove the parts so that it wouldn't work but would trick the XBOX into thinking it was working. Now if I do end up getting an XBOX ONE and they don't make a bundle that doesn't have it, I can just throw the thing into my controller milk crate. Here's the article if you want to read the source.
http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-wont-actually-need-kinect-plugged-in-microso-1113142909?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
Oh man, you have to read the comments. So many people are saying "but that was the only thing differentiating it from the PS4." Yes, that giant turd on the lawn was the only thing differentiating it from the PS4, but who in their right mind would be proud of a giant turd on their lawn. I would never use it, even for IR blasting and skype. I hate motion controls, like REALLY HATE THEM. I passed on a $50 Wii at a garage sale because I just don't believe in them and hate them with a passion, and as such would never play the kinect games. And as the guy in the video says, "if it's no longer required to make it run, why would you still require me to buy it?" Also the thing with the whole "the more I used it the more I loved it" thing, yeah no. I played many games that used motion controls, and only twice were they good and I thought "I would play this on a regular basis because the motion controls add to the experience." Skyward Sword and Trauma Center. Just get rid of the thing.
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And for an update, I have an XBOX ONE S. They ended up winning me over. And then they completely discontinued the Kinect.
XBOX ONE's Policy Changes, a Tale of 3 Neighbors (google plus reupload from 2013)
Originally posted August 12th 2013
With the latest 180 by Microsoft with the kinect no longer being required to run the XBOX ONE, and all the fanboys complaining about how "we no longer have the future and now there's nothing separating the xbox one from the PS4," let me tell you a little story.
Once there were 3 houses on a street. One was the oldest there and the owners had many kids, and the owner didn't care too much about what the other houses were doing. Well, he cared a little after people didn't care for him exercising outside infront of everyone. But this house isn't what the story is about. So lets go to the other 2 houses.
Now the 2nd house came a while later after the first house, and the owner competed some with the first house, but it was nothing when compared to the competition once a third house was built. The neighbors would admire both houses, and people would argue over who was better, especially the owners of the 2 houses. They would constantly try to out do each other with flashier lawn ornaments, new paint, and all sorts of things.
Well one day, after admiring the beauty of a farm, the owner of the 3rd house said he wanted to make his house look more like a farm, and to make it look more like a farm, he dumped hundreds of pounds of manure and cow pies on his lawn and said he's making a future farm. There was one problem, this was a residential neighborhood; no one wanted to live next to a wanna be farm, especially one where the "farmer" thought that hundreds of pounds of manure and cow pies would make his house a farm. Well, except for the next door neighbor who used his neighbor's screw-up to showcase how nice his house was.
The everyone said they didn't like the farm look, and hated the smell, but the owner of the 3rd house said "oh just wait till I get some crops and live stock in here, and you'll be really happy." Even after getting some crops and live stock, people still preferred the non-farm house. Even if he offered them farm fresh food, they just couldn't get over the smell and eye sore of a mini-farm in a residential neighborhood, plus the animals made noise at night.
After losing almost every admirer he had, the owner of the 3rd house decided that maybe he should change some things. He got rid of the animals, crops, and a fair amount of manure. However, there was still one section of the lawn that was covered in manure and it still made the house and lawn stink. Some people called that pile and stink a defining feature, but the owner got wise and removed that last pile. The lawn still stinks, but that might go away at some point.
Now you might think that everyone would see that the farm in a residential neighborhood would see that it was a bad idea. You may think that, but you'd be wrong. There were some people who actually wanted the farm. They thought that the farm was the best thing in the world. They even put all sorts of flyers on the 3rd house saying "bring back the farm." Though everyone in the neighborhood told them "if you want that, move out to the country and let us have our nice neighborhood."
Can you guess who the houses are? Oh, and though both the first and second house didn't have any of the farm crap, the first house still had a bunch of exercise equipment lying around and didn't have much in the way of lawn decorations. It will likely get some lawn ornaments, but right now it's pretty plain.
With the latest 180 by Microsoft with the kinect no longer being required to run the XBOX ONE, and all the fanboys complaining about how "we no longer have the future and now there's nothing separating the xbox one from the PS4," let me tell you a little story.
Once there were 3 houses on a street. One was the oldest there and the owners had many kids, and the owner didn't care too much about what the other houses were doing. Well, he cared a little after people didn't care for him exercising outside infront of everyone. But this house isn't what the story is about. So lets go to the other 2 houses.
Now the 2nd house came a while later after the first house, and the owner competed some with the first house, but it was nothing when compared to the competition once a third house was built. The neighbors would admire both houses, and people would argue over who was better, especially the owners of the 2 houses. They would constantly try to out do each other with flashier lawn ornaments, new paint, and all sorts of things.
Well one day, after admiring the beauty of a farm, the owner of the 3rd house said he wanted to make his house look more like a farm, and to make it look more like a farm, he dumped hundreds of pounds of manure and cow pies on his lawn and said he's making a future farm. There was one problem, this was a residential neighborhood; no one wanted to live next to a wanna be farm, especially one where the "farmer" thought that hundreds of pounds of manure and cow pies would make his house a farm. Well, except for the next door neighbor who used his neighbor's screw-up to showcase how nice his house was.
The everyone said they didn't like the farm look, and hated the smell, but the owner of the 3rd house said "oh just wait till I get some crops and live stock in here, and you'll be really happy." Even after getting some crops and live stock, people still preferred the non-farm house. Even if he offered them farm fresh food, they just couldn't get over the smell and eye sore of a mini-farm in a residential neighborhood, plus the animals made noise at night.
After losing almost every admirer he had, the owner of the 3rd house decided that maybe he should change some things. He got rid of the animals, crops, and a fair amount of manure. However, there was still one section of the lawn that was covered in manure and it still made the house and lawn stink. Some people called that pile and stink a defining feature, but the owner got wise and removed that last pile. The lawn still stinks, but that might go away at some point.
Now you might think that everyone would see that the farm in a residential neighborhood would see that it was a bad idea. You may think that, but you'd be wrong. There were some people who actually wanted the farm. They thought that the farm was the best thing in the world. They even put all sorts of flyers on the 3rd house saying "bring back the farm." Though everyone in the neighborhood told them "if you want that, move out to the country and let us have our nice neighborhood."
Can you guess who the houses are? Oh, and though both the first and second house didn't have any of the farm crap, the first house still had a bunch of exercise equipment lying around and didn't have much in the way of lawn decorations. It will likely get some lawn ornaments, but right now it's pretty plain.
XBOX ONE Kinect will fail like Wii motion controls (gogle plus reupload 2013)
Originally posted August 13th 2013.
The short, "full market adaptation of the kinect" will only bread shovelware and stupid tacked on kinect controls. The long, well read.
A message to all the Microsoft fan boys saying that Microsoft is moving in the wrong direction by not making the kinect required and developers will develop amazing titles and uses for it because of full market adaptation. All you need to do is look back 1 generation, and I'm not talking about Kinect 1.0, I'm talking about the Nintendo Wii.
Now all you Wii fans out there, I am NOT talking about the wii as a whole and am only talking about the motion controls. With that in mind, continue reading.
Let's look at the Wii. By design of the freaking controller, every consumer had 100% market adaptation of the motion controls. By your logic, every game would have either used the gamecube controllers or utilized the wiimote in a revolutionary, immersive way that completely revolutionized gaming. Unfortunately, that is far from the truth. I can count the number of worthwhile games that fully utalized the motion controls of the wiimote or just used gamecube controls. Now I am not, I repeat, NOT, talking about if a game was good or not, just if the motion controls of the wiimote were fully utilized or if they just said "screw the motion controls, let's use the gamecube controller." And if someone can produce a list of over 6 games that are actually worth while, not a collection of mini games, that fully utilize the motion controls or just say no, I highly doubt you can produce a list of games that is larger than 31, and with counting in binary, I can get up to 31 on one hand.
But back to the subject of motion controls, aside from maybe 4 games, every other game had tacked on motion controls because developers felt they needed to put some kind of motion controls into their games, and this includes good games like Mario Galaxy and DK Country Returns. That, or they did utilize the motion controls but were not worth while and only fun for 30 minutes, like wario ware.
Now here's now I see the kinect. First, most developers are probably going to go the rout of "screw that, let's use gamecube controllers." If developers do decide to include some kinect controls into their game, it will likely be the "whack-a-mole" like controls we found in so Wii games. Sure, they won't be literal "whack-a-mole" like controls like with wii games, at least I hope developers won't make you suddenly put down your controller and start flailing your arms mid-game, but they won't be super useful and wanted by gamers and they'll just wish that it wasn't there and now you're shovel ware. There might be a hand number of games that fully utilize the kinect and are worthwhile, but for most people, that doesn't warrant an extra $100 to be "included" with the console.
Originally posted August 16th 2013
I decided to torture/laugh today by looking at articles about the kinect no longer being required and I cringe laughing at people saying "but the kinect 2.0 is awesome. Sure the original kinect didn't go over well, and neither did wii motion controls, playstation 2 eyetoy, playstation 3 move, and the PS4 isn't including the eye because people don't want it, but we know that full market adaptation will encourage developers to utilize the kinect in a great way." OK, it's more the just the thing about full market adaptation and then the comments bring up the other failed attempts, but really, it won't go over well. I heard one developer say it's like trying to program for a mouse with no click button. I wish people would realize that it doesn't matter how good the screwdriver is, they're all equally useless when trying to drive a nail and you're better off just using a hammer. That's how I see home motion controls. Home gaming is trying to drive a nail. I don't care how good your motion tracking hardware is, all I foresee is shovelware and tacked on motion controls.
You can use the thing about screwdriver driving a nail, just give me credit. It's a great analogy.
The short, "full market adaptation of the kinect" will only bread shovelware and stupid tacked on kinect controls. The long, well read.
A message to all the Microsoft fan boys saying that Microsoft is moving in the wrong direction by not making the kinect required and developers will develop amazing titles and uses for it because of full market adaptation. All you need to do is look back 1 generation, and I'm not talking about Kinect 1.0, I'm talking about the Nintendo Wii.
Now all you Wii fans out there, I am NOT talking about the wii as a whole and am only talking about the motion controls. With that in mind, continue reading.
Let's look at the Wii. By design of the freaking controller, every consumer had 100% market adaptation of the motion controls. By your logic, every game would have either used the gamecube controllers or utilized the wiimote in a revolutionary, immersive way that completely revolutionized gaming. Unfortunately, that is far from the truth. I can count the number of worthwhile games that fully utalized the motion controls of the wiimote or just used gamecube controls. Now I am not, I repeat, NOT, talking about if a game was good or not, just if the motion controls of the wiimote were fully utilized or if they just said "screw the motion controls, let's use the gamecube controller." And if someone can produce a list of over 6 games that are actually worth while, not a collection of mini games, that fully utilize the motion controls or just say no, I highly doubt you can produce a list of games that is larger than 31, and with counting in binary, I can get up to 31 on one hand.
But back to the subject of motion controls, aside from maybe 4 games, every other game had tacked on motion controls because developers felt they needed to put some kind of motion controls into their games, and this includes good games like Mario Galaxy and DK Country Returns. That, or they did utilize the motion controls but were not worth while and only fun for 30 minutes, like wario ware.
Now here's now I see the kinect. First, most developers are probably going to go the rout of "screw that, let's use gamecube controllers." If developers do decide to include some kinect controls into their game, it will likely be the "whack-a-mole" like controls we found in so Wii games. Sure, they won't be literal "whack-a-mole" like controls like with wii games, at least I hope developers won't make you suddenly put down your controller and start flailing your arms mid-game, but they won't be super useful and wanted by gamers and they'll just wish that it wasn't there and now you're shovel ware. There might be a hand number of games that fully utilize the kinect and are worthwhile, but for most people, that doesn't warrant an extra $100 to be "included" with the console.
Originally posted August 16th 2013
I decided to torture/laugh today by looking at articles about the kinect no longer being required and I cringe laughing at people saying "but the kinect 2.0 is awesome. Sure the original kinect didn't go over well, and neither did wii motion controls, playstation 2 eyetoy, playstation 3 move, and the PS4 isn't including the eye because people don't want it, but we know that full market adaptation will encourage developers to utilize the kinect in a great way." OK, it's more the just the thing about full market adaptation and then the comments bring up the other failed attempts, but really, it won't go over well. I heard one developer say it's like trying to program for a mouse with no click button. I wish people would realize that it doesn't matter how good the screwdriver is, they're all equally useless when trying to drive a nail and you're better off just using a hammer. That's how I see home motion controls. Home gaming is trying to drive a nail. I don't care how good your motion tracking hardware is, all I foresee is shovelware and tacked on motion controls.
You can use the thing about screwdriver driving a nail, just give me credit. It's a great analogy.
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