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You're an MS fanboy...face it. You probably love Windows 8 too!!!! Jeordam Send a noteboard - 14/06/2013 06:52:21 PM

View original postInternet connections are ubiquitous and reliable these days, and, as I understand it, the Box only needs to check in once a day. I've never known anyone whose internet was out for 24 hours (except in the case of a power outage), nor have I known anyone who owned a game console but didn't subscribe to internet service.

Except if someone in the house is attempting to get their net-flicks on or something. In my home, we've got no fewer than 5 devices running on the interwebs at any given time. As long as no one is doing anything too labor intensive, we're all good. But if two different devices decide to get working on something....we're all gonna loose. I'd rather not be hours into some quest when it wants to authenticate & I'm screwed.

And then, It's not unheard of me to pack up my PS3, the spare TV, and "rough it" when I'm up at my Grandma's house. She has no internet for being miles into the other side of the middle of no where.


View original postMicrosoft is cool with loaned games, and will have a system for selling used games. Without details of that program it's a little too early to make the call on this one. It seems pretty clear that the early panic over fees to transfer games has been vastly overblown, however.

It's not too early to say that it's gonna suck. Used game sales mean they don't get any money. MS isn't gonna put up with that non-sense. As for the loaned games, only if its a friend. By by Red Box games.


View original postTrue, but it's not quite apples-to-apples. Sony sells their (inferior) Playstation Eye camera separately, for $60. It's nice to have the option of not buying it, sure, but if it's something you want, you're getting as much hardware for your money with Microsoft as you are with Sony.

See...this is where I'm old school gamer. I don't want to stand up & game. I want to sit on the couch, with a gallon of ice tea & a pizza right next to me. Besides which, the last thing I need is some camera observing me at any given time. Let alone, all the drama when I brother walks into the room and reaches up to turn the fan on. Instead of me getting off the perfect stealth kill to save the princess, the camera interprates his motion as me slitting the princess's throat.

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Welcome to the Sony Family Jeordam - 13/06/2013 11:24:56 PM 1255 Views
I didn't see one game that made it look worth it. MightyYT - 14/06/2013 01:14:35 AM 772 Views
What makes Titanfall and Project Spark so great? A Deathwatch Guard - 14/06/2013 08:59:58 AM 763 Views
Titanfall looked like it was amazing. MightyYT - 17/06/2013 04:40:48 AM 694 Views
Ah, I think I see why our reactions are so different A Deathwatch Guard - 18/06/2013 01:06:19 AM 759 Views
Tom Clancy's: The Division Fox and Ravens - 14/06/2013 03:11:27 PM 865 Views
Exactly, its for both. MightyYT - 17/06/2013 04:42:11 AM 687 Views
Launch Games?!? Ninja please Jeordam - 14/06/2013 06:42:08 PM 742 Views
This post made me think... j-whitt987 - 15/06/2013 01:51:23 PM 945 Views
So talk straight up system MightyYT - 17/06/2013 04:46:04 AM 837 Views
Other than not having horrific and unjustifiable new DRM practices, you mean? *NM* Ghavrel - 17/06/2013 05:59:56 AM 408 Views
I'll probably get a Wii U eventually. Fanatic-Templar - 14/06/2013 04:44:50 PM 1025 Views
Bite your tongue... Jeordam - 14/06/2013 06:54:20 PM 895 Views
Oh, I know there are many games that don't come out on PC. Fanatic-Templar - 14/06/2013 07:48:57 PM 823 Views
I tried that once... Jeordam - 14/06/2013 08:02:46 PM 804 Views
I can understand that. Fanatic-Templar - 14/06/2013 10:29:59 PM 1006 Views
I'm not really a Microsoft fanboy, but I have at least a couple of points to make in their defense. Aemon - 14/06/2013 04:46:48 PM 992 Views
You're an MS fanboy...face it. You probably love Windows 8 too!!!! Jeordam - 14/06/2013 06:52:21 PM 1107 Views
Re: You're an MS fanboy...face it. You probably love Windows 8 too!!!! Fox and Ravens - 14/06/2013 07:26:14 PM 755 Views
I'm a definite Google/Android fanboy. Microsoft, not so much. Aemon - 15/06/2013 06:17:52 AM 1215 Views
That article actually made me pretty psyched for xb1 Fox and Ravens - 17/06/2013 07:37:24 PM 736 Views
That's basically just a way of adding more buttons without adding more buttons A Deathwatch Guard - 18/06/2013 07:35:47 AM 771 Views
That number is skewed. MonCul - 19/06/2013 09:05:04 PM 728 Views
Maybe. I can't remember all the bundles they've had, but based on current options... Aemon - 19/06/2013 10:15:59 PM 925 Views
I'd love to see numbers on how many people actually use it. Wibble - 19/06/2013 10:56:00 PM 791 Views
That would be interesting MonCul - 19/06/2013 11:26:03 PM 753 Views
That sounds like that time I bought a Super Scope for the SNES :p. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 20/06/2013 01:05:54 AM 521 Views
You're such a city dweller, it hurts. Ghavrel - 15/06/2013 03:22:58 AM 710 Views
Well, suburbanite, but yeah, same idea. Aemon - 15/06/2013 05:58:54 AM 901 Views
I think you're overestimating the reliability of the Internet. Ghavrel - 15/06/2013 04:46:15 PM 760 Views
I dunno, I'm pretty well informed on that subject. Aemon - 15/06/2013 05:14:59 PM 932 Views
I'll be surprised and disappointed if the PS4 doesn't outstrip the Xbox1 by far. MonCul - 18/06/2013 07:51:02 PM 722 Views
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