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LordofHats wrote: Its not an attitude PC gamers have been very happy with. Not sure why so many people fall back to the "PC has always been this way therefore there's nothing wrong with it" logic.
Because PC gaming is awesome. So what if you don't own the rights to software? I have plenty of other stuff that's way more important. Warhammer, money, sex etc
Amazon Germany might have just accidentally leaked the price of the new Xbox One. Listed on the site as 599 euros, or around £510, this could be confirmation of the next-generation console's cost.
It could be real. You're trying to work on converting the currency across. What usually happens is they change the GBP or Euro symbol for a $ sign. It could very easily be priced around $500 at launch.
It's closer to $775 USD...and if my memory serves me correctly, the expensive PS3 was running for $600 when it was first released, so I can completely believe this.
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There's no way they're charging that much. The PS3's high initial price tag was a huge hindrance to the system. In my mind, Microsoft is pretty dumb but not that dumb. It's a place holder.
LordofHats wrote: There's no way they're charging that much. The PS3's high initial price tag was a huge hindrance to the system. In my mind, Microsoft is pretty dumb but not that dumb. It's a place holder.
I have no problem beveling that they are in fact that dumb.
Amazon Germany might have just accidentally leaked the price of the new Xbox One. Listed on the site as 599 euros, or around £510, this could be confirmation of the next-generation console's cost.
Considering some of the other "features'' this console has right now, it would not surprise me one bit if this thing costs 500 bucks.
Remember, you're buying a Kinect with it. That's an extra hundred, easy.
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Guys, the price on Amazon is a placeholder. It started at 999€ and then went down to 600€. Amazon usually does this when new consoles or other expensive, hyped stuff is about to come out. No leak
Perkustin wrote: Microsoft have been playing around with the same price model as phones. You can currently get a 360 for $99 aa long as you buy two years xbox live.
You may be looking at $200-$300 with 2 years xbox live ($100-200).
That is actually not a bad idea.... Or really a bad price if you think about it... the question is will they fix all of their foul-ups with what they announce at E3 and make the brick worth getting, or do i give Sony my money?
Sigvatr wrote: So...did they announce yet that Xbox Gold is mandatory now? Because I sure as hell assume it is.
They have Xbox Live Silver, which you don't often hear about.
It's free, is very stripped down, but will let you get updates, use certain apps, etc.
I'd imagine they'd still keep that service around. Forcing your customer base to get Gold with no "free" option seems like suicide.
But this is the Xbox One we're talking about...
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Oh, thank God. Between my computer, my tablet, my phone, my TV, my car, and my fething refrigerator, I don't have enough multimedia devices that let me social network. I really need my FIFA machine to do it, too.
Sigvatr wrote: So...did they announce yet that Xbox Gold is mandatory now? Because I sure as hell assume it is.
They have Xbox Live Silver, which you don't often hear about.
It's free, is very stripped down, but will let you get updates, use certain apps, etc.
I'd imagine they'd still keep that service around. Forcing your customer base to get Gold with no "free" option seems like suicide.
But this is the Xbox One we're talking about...
Sony did that too, but guess what, people got FREE GAMES with their "gold" subscription. I was aware of Silver, never bought gold for the Xbox as it had no value for what you pay. And...suicide? Like forced online 24h and getting rid of the 2nd hand market?
They've added a bit to that Kotaku article at the bottom, seems Microsoft is already backing up on any confirmations.
Until this thing is sitting under my TV, I'm not taking any of these comments for granted, as both companies have backed down/changed plans based on gamer reaction in the past.
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They put out a super stringent check-in number to start with, saw the outrage, and will predictably back off on it to engender goodwill amongst the community before release.
This has totally happened before with other things.
It's a placeholder (though a slight price increase wouldn't shock me).
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Microsoft continues to seem out of touch.
After delivering confusing messaging with their Xbox One reveal, you’d think Microsoft would finally clue in and realize they need to give people solid answers about the console’s rumoured always-online and used game fee features.
Now it seems Microsoft has cancelled its post E3 round table session with the media. Why? Who knows. It seems Microsoft enjoys creating confusion these days.
On the bright side, maybe Microsoft is just trying to avoid the mixed messaging it experienced after Q and A sessions with Microsoft reps. Depending on who each journalist spoke to, they all got different responses.
Hopefully Microsoft will clear everything up during their E3 presentation at 9:30 a.m. PT on June 10. I’m tired of all the speculation.
This change has further stocked skepticism that Microsoft will provide concrete details concerning the XBone and many of the controversial rumors flying around it.
On top of this, there are now rumors that the beta stage XBones suffed (here it comes) from a high failure rate due to faulty chips! It's also been rumored that the TV feature doesn't actually work (and the show at the reveal was in fact faked as the Basketball game and Price is Right episode were not airing at the time of the show).
This video has hit the net via Wired about TV integration and careful viewing shows you something interesting. Watch a 1:13 when they switch to live tv and watch the feed move at 5 frames a second (or alternately there is no feed at all and they're just throwing up stills).
On the funnier side, the video also provides one of the greatest (edit: out of context quotes that is) quotes ever: "You don't have to remember what channel it's on anymore. You can just say "Xbox, Channel 13!""
*Keep in mind that these are just rumors/conjecture.
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Well I wish I could say its been fun but it really hasn't. I'm not impressed with the news on the new xbox. I don't like the always online or the 24 hour check. I really don't like the Kinect. I didn't buy one when it came out and I'd rather not have one on the new one. At this point it really is Sony's game to lose for me, but then again I wasn't a big fan of the ps3 mainly because they didn't really have as many games that I wanted to play.
The mention of charging you more when kinect detects another person is news to me. Even without that, I can say for certain that I will not be getting an xbox at launch, even if they fix everything.
Microsoft is going into EA territory. Do something truly horrible, then fix it after people get outraged, and expect people to still be friendly with them afterwards.
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