So if I buy a full price game, I should be able to let my friend get the same game for £10? not sure how you think that makes any sense.
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So if I buy a full price game, I should be able to let my friend get the same game for £10? not sure how you think that makes any sense.
That's odd - I'm finding the opposite. Virtually everything I want to play on the consoles is also released on the PC these days - which I play on my tv with a pad, just looking and running betterIn addition to that I'm finding there are more PC exclusives worth playing than on the 360 and PS3 combined. The Steam sales and GMG deals mean a lot of decent games can be picked up for under a tenner too. If I wasn't general gaming fan and didn't just want new gadgets to play around with, i'd find it hard to justify picking up a Xbox1 and PS4 (the WiiU is essential for the next MArio and Zelda games!)
Looking back to 10 years ago I feel the PC as a platform is a shadow of what it was but maybe I'm looking back with rose tinted specs. The xbox one has 15 exclusives I expect the PS4 will have at least that many too so that's 30 premium titles we will probably never see.
I expect Sony and Microsoft will be a land grabbing mentality for a while too buying up any promising looking titles to push their own sales.
Mean while I'm stuck with f2p games of which I've never played one for more than a few hours.
I'll stick with PC though. I'm a fool really, once a year or so I get tempted by the consoles. I buy one realize why I prefer the PC and after a few weeks sell it swearing never to make the same mistake again.
Caporegime
Illumiroom was the only thing that genuinely excited me, I'm all for more immersion, better graphics for me don't really add much currently.
Wow volumetric smoke, its like I'm totally there, not.
Wow volumetric smoke, its like I'm totally there, not.
Soldato
Has this announcement tempted anyone back to PC?
They must add the same support for Sky and Freeview here in the UK as it does in the south. Its needs to match the same level off service otherwise I wont be buying one.
It would if I had room for a desk in my house.
Caporegime
What price would I have to put into a PC to be running everything the same? for gaming services which are constantly complained about.
Some of the stuff being said here is beyond stupid.
Considering most complaints are about not being able to sell your games then I don't see how going to PC would help
Soldato
It all depends on how they do it really.
If you buy ownership of the game from somebody else then it should be a small fee as the other person can no longer play the game. But if you just buy the disc and the other person keeps ownership then the fee should be higher.
Which is where the problem is going to lie. Somebody could sell a game and keep ownership and then whoever buys that game will get shafted as they'd pay a lot more for a used copy than they would a new copy.
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The way I see it anyone who has an interest in HTPC's or already has one, install a 150 quid GPU and use Steam Big Room mode. Make the Xbox One (get that from HTC how original!!) extinct and it's not even launched....
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Compared to previous consoles it will. I can fit my ps2 in my jacket pocket.
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I'm thinking of getting a Wii U.
At least you can still play your Wii games on it.......
As usual, it's the exclusives that make the difference. You can't play Forza 5 on your HTPC for instance. Apparently they have 15 exclusives in the works.
Soldato
Exactly what I thought.
Yeah, because then you'll still be able to play any new Halo, Forza, Gears of War etc. game won't you?
Is it just me thinking this or are you lot running before you can walk on here.
There is more to follow with regards to used games. I doubt Microsoft will not allow used games. They will probably put something in place like when you buy a used game you will need to by an activation key form say Game and it will work. Say that key costs £5 the game will cost say £25 instead of £20.
I like the look of everything. I am rather old skool though. I will be getting the Xbox one as I really like kinect and that its not built in the console is a much better idea meaning you dont have to have the console under your TV.
There is more to follow with regards to used games. I doubt Microsoft will not allow used games. They will probably put something in place like when you buy a used game you will need to by an activation key form say Game and it will work. Say that key costs £5 the game will cost say £25 instead of £20.
I like the look of everything. I am rather old skool though. I will be getting the Xbox one as I really like kinect and that its not built in the console is a much better idea meaning you dont have to have the console under your TV.
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https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/336928914377175040/photo/1
I thought that was someone trolling at first.
Then noticed it was official.
Are MS trolling us?
So confused.
I thought that was someone trolling at first.
Then noticed it was official.
Are MS trolling us?
So confused.
The console uses HDMI in as a passthrough for your existing DVR, the theory seems to be you will be able to use your existing reception equipment, just with the Xbox being a fancy overlay.
That's how I saw it anyway? There's not necessarily any need for Sky, Virgin etc. to have to "support" it as such. It will be like a glorified Harmony remote.