Fucking assholes. There can be only one Xbox 1! And that's the one which came out in 2001. Fuck you and your marketing team.
Fucking assholes. There can be only one Xbox 1! And that's the one which came out in 2001. Fuck you and your marketing team.
I have a few major beefs already, Microsoft:
A.) Why did you move the buttons around on the controller? The placement on the 360 was inferior to the controller-S, and this one is inferior to the 360. The guide button up top? What the hell? Looks as awkward as it probably is to use.
B.) No backwards compatibility? Why? The original Xbox was x86, so don't tell me incompatible architecture is the reason. You also emulated backwards compatibility on the 360, so that's even more of a nail in your coffin. Face it, all you want to do is sell me your streaming service. Well, I'm not buying; go fuck yourself.
C.) Kinect loves you, Big Brother loves you!
D.) Encouraging developers to use Azure for games...go fuck yourselves again, Microsoft.
E.) Too much focus on the living room, not enough on the games. People who already own home entertainment systems are going to look at this and say "Why?" They already have TV, they already have Blu-Ray (and thus DVD) capabilities, and chances are they've already got game consoles hooked up. Since many upcoming games are still going to be released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360, not to mention PC, I suspect that people are not going to be flocking to this thing.
F.) Speaking of PC, who the hell would buy this when they can take the cost of this, apply it to the PC they already own or are going to own shortly, and then have a much more versatile platform that costs less over time? This is the most complex "console" I have ever seen, so it's pretty much lost the "ease of use" advantage consoles had in the past.
G.) As far as looks...it's okay. I don't mind that it's square...I'm cool with and actually like that. What I don't like are the clashing halves; that's not even retro, that's just shoddy design work. If this is supposed to blend in with a modern home theatre set-up, they have some changes to make because it's going to stick out. Badly. Aside from all of that, the original Xbox has more pizazz, even for a brick...
Ok, I lied, I have more than a few beefs. I have lots of beefs. This is not a console, this is a closed PC that is attempting to kill the consumer PC. Watch, you'll eventually see Microsoft Office on this thing...
All I have to really say is this: the more the large corporations continue to push their fucking subscription-based bullshit, the further away I run. I'm not doing it. I refuse to do it. You have no right to be making such easy money at the expense of features and usability when compared to the older, product-type versions of whatever shoddy service you fuckers are peddling. Take your cloud and go shove it up where the sun don't shine, cock-bites.
R.I.P. actual consoles.
Edit:
H.) Requires an internet connection once every 24 hours. So much for not being always online! I use my Xboxes to play single player games and they are thus not usually plugged into the internet. So not buying this shit...
Last edited by Warsaw; May 21st, 2013 at 06:51 PM.
Not sure I can blame them for not trying to emulate a tri-core PPC CPU on an x86 CPU in software. The Xenon is far more complex than the Pentium 3 that the Xbox used.Originally Posted by Warsaw
Still hasn't been confirmed. May want to wait a bit longer to make a judgement call on it.
@Btcc22: then at least let me play my original XBOX games on the new console, which is what I'm more concerned about considering that the console is ancient and won't last forever (will probably outlast any 360, though). I honestly don't have many, if any, 360 favourites so no love lost there, but damn. Talk about getting greedy.
But it has been.
Also, they will probably be offering incentives for developers to take advantage of Azure, which would mean their games are streamed rather than played locally. This would compel users to pay subscription fees. Nuts to that. Even for Arcade games, nuts to that.
Man I got into the PC game at the right time.
Oof, thats a bit of a tough thing to argue with. I still would hope that it gets retracted or someshit but I doubt it at this point :\
As far as the backwards compatibility is concerned, they may do something like the PS4 and make older games available on the arcade. I really hope so...
Edit: Some of the features are interesting, and the thought of 15 exclusive titles (8 of which are new IP's) in the first year is very enticing, but this other shit overshadows it.
Last edited by Bobblehob; May 21st, 2013 at 07:51 PM.
And what if the majority of those 15 titles are some stupid kinect game?
For me, they shot themselves in the foot. E3 will determine if they go the extra mile and stuff a primed grenade in their pants.
Microsoft upon exiting the conference and being asked about incentives for gamers:
"What are games?"
But PS4 will do so with streaming, something I am vehemently opposed to on principle. I will not pay a subscription of something that will see only occasional use. They are banking on the majority of people signing up using the services occasionally, which means they can rake in money while not having to deal with clogged pipelines. Even if the demand and usage does go up, they simply add caps and/or jack up prices. These are the same tactics used by telecoms.
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