Just how badly does Microsoft want the Xbox One to fail

**Beskar** · 06-24-2013, 23:38

Originally Posted by lars573

These will both be less than half the price of a good gaming PC. No arguements.

Same price for a Good Gaming PC Box for me.

Last Gaming box I bought was 6 years ago and still use it. I am still playing a lot of games on High settings (and Ultra on older games). I like to think that in 6 years, technology has progressed where I can buy a box for the identical price, it would show a significant improvement.

If you were wondering for specs, that is 8gig DDR2 Ram, Quad Core Q6600 2.4ghz, Nvidia GT8800 (all released late 2006/early 2007)

**Greyblades** · 06-25-2013, 05:15

Jesus, that's almost exactly what I have. Except I have a GTX 560 Ti.

Evidentally, Beskar is my stalker.

**Beskar** · 06-25-2013, 18:09

Originally Posted by Greyblades

Jesus, that's almost exactly what I have. Except I have a GTX 560 Ti.

Evidentally, Beskar is my stalker.

Just realised why I joined the forum only ten days after you, now? Dum dee dum~

Actually, the Q6600 ended up being a very robust piece of kit, thus it was widely popular and used in many gaming configurations. I haven't really felt "the need" to upgrade, even though I would desire to replace my system. I am still awaiting the 25nm(?) processors to be released.

**Mongoose** · 06-30-2013, 06:59

I'm all for the always-on Kinect. I live in the US, so the government can already listen to what I say through my phone (even when it's turned off as long as the battery is on) or through the cable box, so ... I have no privacy anyway, so whatever. Besides, I mostly trust Microsoft not do do anything wrong with their ability to spy on me, and one can always just put a cover over the Kinect or even just turn the Xbox off.

What you get from an always-on Kinect is incentive for developers to actually incorporate it into games as something more than a sideshow or gimmick, since they can be confident that the entire user base will have one ready to go. I suspect that this will lead to more innovation in how game controls are set up. Yes, controllers are very nice, but I believe we can find better (or at least different and refreshing) ways to interact with games.

In my opinion, the privacy threat more worth focusing on would be Sony's poor security record. My family had a PS 3, and a bit after PSN got hacked, we ran into some fraud issues with our credit card. Fraud protection means that we didn't lose any money, but it's really not something I want to worry about. That experience really soured me on the PS 3 and Sony in general.

Also, I remember hearing all that "PS 3 is a super computer!" stuff back in the day, and after playing some PS 3 games that I've also seen on Xbox 360, I couldn't say I noticed much of a difference. I expect that the current crop of hype will prove disappointing as well.

For the record, I'm not super invested in the "PS 4 v. Xbox One" spat. I'd be okay with owning either.

Microsoft failing at media and marketing is really nothing new : p It's funny to watch though.

**Beskar** · 07-23-2013, 15:41

http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/19/lann...-indie-stance/

Looks like another gaff by the Xbone team.

**Fragony** · 08-22-2013, 06:39

Hilarious http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ng-message-dig

I agree with just about every comment there.

**Papewaio** · 08-22-2013, 09:33

We heard people valued some of the existing generation's disc-based DRM, so we said we're going to add that to the digital ecosystem we're building.

Which people like disk based DRM? Who likes DRM full stop? Yes not being connected to the Internet to play a game is great. Having to have disk based DRM is better but not valued.

I prefer a flea bite to a shark bite. I do not value flea bites.