XBone: Microsoft releases information on what goes.

[RchUncleSkeleton]

I just saw in the news that there's gonna be another landfill out in the desert next to the E.T. one.

No, they're going to dig up the E.T. games and throw all the XB One's in the hole before they cover it up again.
I don't know what the hell is going on in the heads of Microsoft employees and executives or some of the tempers here for that matter...really? "we're all always online anyway?" Just because you have the luxury of having an internet connection at all times doesn't mean everyone does! I don't have internet at my home and I can only get online when I go to the library or I am at my G/f's house. There's no way in hell I'd buy a console that need internet access to function the way it should....even if it needed it once a week. Fuck M$ and the lame ass Xbone!

I'm sorry, but I have always classified people who keep anything "in box" for years and years as such. It just seems pointless to me. (And I'm sure there are reasons which justify it to you, but they won't win me over )

You don't know any collectors, do you?
How much do you think a sealed NES with a few sealed games is worth these days?

 

[mthrnite]

If MS decides to charge Steam prices for their Steam games, then I might consider the XB1, otherwise, I'll wait and see what Sony do.

 

[dgwillia]

The Xbox conspiracy unfolds further. Apparently someone who works for a 3rd party firm that was at a Microsoft office directly witnessed employees on Reddit mass downvoting people and making obvious "Corporate" responses about how awesome the products are.

Here's a link in case anyone is interested. It does make a bit of sense after seeing how hard some fanboys are defending it (Like its actually their job)

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fv5yj/i_saw_microsoft_employees_monitoring_this/

 

[the_randomizer]

The Xbox conspiracy unfolds further. Apparently someone who works for a 3rd party firm that was at a Microsoft office directly witnessed employees on Reddit mass downvoting people and making obvious "Corporate" responses about how awesome the products are.

Here's a link in case anyone is interested. It does make a bit of sense after seeing how hard some fanboys are defending it (Like its actually their job)

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fv5yj/i_saw_microsoft_employees_monitoring_this/

Those are suppose to be responders of Microsoft? Poor sods, they don't even have brain cells.

 

[Deleted member 329676]

While I do have internet in my apartment (controlled/provided by the apartment complex), it's shoddy at best. There were a few titles I downloaded from XBLA (Castle Crashers, Assassins Creed II) on my 360, and it would bug the crap out of me that I could only play them for 20 mins before the connection would drop and Xbox didn't trust me so it would force me to quit. And these were single player games. The only consolation I had was that I could pop in a disk and play something else. And while I would love to upgrade my internet, I'm stuck with the crap I have for now. So while I've thrown money at M$ for years, I won't be anymore.

We'll see how Sony handles things this generation, but retro gaming just gets more and more appealing.

 

[the_randomizer]

While I do have internet in my apartment (controlled/provided by the apartment complex), it's shoddy at best. There were a few titles I downloaded from XBLA (Castle Crashers, Assassins Creed II) on my 360, and it would bug the crap out of me that I could only play them for 20 mins before the connection would drop and Xbox didn't trust me so it would force me to quit. And these were single player games. The only consolation I had was that I could pop in a disk and play something else. And while I would love to upgrade my internet, I'm stuck with the crap I have for now. So while I've thrown money at M$ for years, I won't be anymore.

We'll see how Sony handles things this generation, but retro gaming just gets more and more appealing.

My connection sucks balls, and states that the contract meets the "basic" needs of the students. However they're failing at that, so they are in a sense violated their end of the contract. I refuse to download big games.

 

[Mars_x]

I just wanted to say, I don't have any problem with all this stuff.
I never sell or borrow my games and I have a good, constant connection at home.
However, this is definitely anti-consumer and I don't support that.
I won't be purchasing the Xbone until they decide to cut the bullcrap.

 

[Rydian]

I'm sorry, but I have always classified people who keep anything "in box" for years and years as such. It just seems pointless to me. (And I'm sure there are reasons which justify it to you, but they won't win me over )

Maybe I just don't have infinite free time.

Like, I just got a Wii maybe a month or so ago. Well after the release of the Wii U, and shortly before the loss of WiiConnect24... but I've had a ton of other games to play in the meantime. I've never even physically touched a PS3, if I want to pick one up later and play the games on it, it's not nice of you to call me an idiot for not having played things in a certain timeframe of when they came out.

What if I want to buy a Master System next year and play a bunch of games I never got to play before? Am I a retro gamer or am I an idiot?

 

[Thomas83Lin]

-snip-
I can see shit loadsa kids nationwide gutted that there xmas pressie doesn't actually work because well M$ didn't print "only works with a net connection" on the side of the box.

I sure it will say just that, except in really small print Sounds about like my luck too, buying something than realizing I have to purchase something else just to use it. It will be interesting to see how things go when this system gets released.

 

[Ray Lewis]

Anyone I describe this to wants to throw up. I found the answer, the NSA sponsored MS to make this, lmfao. Enough sods as Randomizer said will buy this (sods part, not the other parts, lol). If anyone knows of the movie, the Holy Grail (Monty Python). The Killer rabbit, youtube this, lmfao. Everyone comes up, sees what they want, the "Nice cave of gaming to get lost in." They go running for it only to find it is absolute death. I told a guy at work who LOVES all things gaming (has a Meat Boy figure at his desk, like a foot high), "Expect a patch before or just after launch to stop a lot of this...unless MS wants this system to die." A LOT of people are going to feel like the poor sod who went to take on the Killer Rabbit at first. YOUTUBE this, "Killer Rabbit" and it will likely come up. Well worth the laugh. I have a picture in my desk at work as I say my daughter is the Killer Rabbit. Sorry guys, Randomizer went all random and took me to that line, "You silly sod!!" ROFLMAO. This info is changing and I wonder if they are going to charge a new game price for a used game if somebody else goes to use it? Some twitter posts were cited as evidence to this like two weeks ago. Wow, reading this makes me smile at my Wii U;-)

EDIT: If it is hacked and all that BS is removed, maybe I get one only to hack it and play Halo and maybe some other games on there. Otherwise, steering wayyyyyyyy around this pos.

 

[Veho]

But seriously now.

Access your entire games library from any Xbox One—no discs required
Share access to your games with everyone inside your home
Give your family access to your entire games library anytime, anywhere: Xbox One will enable new forms of access for families. Up to ten members of your family can log in and play from your shared games library on any Xbox One.
Trade-in and resell your disc-based games
Give your games to friends: Xbox One is designed so game publishers can enable you to give your disc-based games to your friends.

This sounds reasonable and convenient, all that's left to be seen are all the strings attached (and there will be strings). But overall it doesn't sound like a despotic user-screwing system, except for the part where all your gaming is dependent on the availability of their servers and the internet. That bit is still iffy.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Do you have a proper source for that?

Nope, but I don't think anyone who says otherwise has a source either. They're just speculating like me, but they seem to be making their speculations as negative as they can be. I mean, if they let you stay offline for 24 hours at a time, I'm pretty sure they won't require you to then be online for 24 hours before you can go offline again.

 

[blaisedinsd]

It looks bad. It looks like arrogance. If Sony was planning any of this stuff they would be wise to drop it and they will be guaranteed to crush this box.

Heck, maybe it they launch at $150 they can overcome this but I am predicting a spectacular failure and possibly a backtrack where they get rid of all this anti-consumer nonsense and try to make up for it somehow to those who put up with it in the beginning.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Give your family access to your entire games library anytime, anywhere: Xbox One will enable new forms of access for families. Up to ten members of your family can log in and play from your shared games library on any Xbox One.

Anyone want to adopt me as a "son"? ;o;

 

[Nebz]

Time to play the Devil's Advocate.
If you just want to play games, have friendly chats with people online, and fiddle with other features (most likely features that require you to be online), why is this a problem for you? You need to be online to chat online.

You're looking at it wrong or I phrased it incorrectly. It's a problem because I just want the same features I have now with a better experience. If I wanted a PC w/ limited features and/or restrictions then I'd buy one. It should be a gaming console... I should be able to bring it with me on trips regardless of an internet connection or play a single player game offline without having to run through an extra step so that BigBrother Microsoft can check up on me for whatever unspoken reasons. I can Skype, watch TV, browse the internet, and bounce between open windows on my phone and... OH YEAH! My Windows PC.

I've already felt this way down the line with my 360 but figured maybe things will change next gen... but nope. It just seems to get worse.

Is it really too much to ask for a gaming console that focus' on good games and continuously challenges my interest with a diverse library and groundbreaking, game related features?

EDIT: I like this gif more :3

 

[SifJar]

You don't know any collectors, do you?
How much do you think a sealed NES with a few sealed games is worth these days?

Know them? Not that I can think of, but that's not relevant.The point is I don't understand them. As for how much it's worth; meh. (Part of) the point I'm trying to make is I don't see why something like that is worth a huge amount of money. And yes, I know people have their reasons, and no, you don't need to explain them to me - I just disagree with those reasons.

On a side note, I don't much care about money so that argument in itself is meaningless to me.

Maybe I just don't have infinite free time.

Like, I just got a Wii maybe a month or so ago. Well after the release of the Wii U, and shortly before the loss of WiiConnect24... but I've had a ton of other games to play in the meantime. I've never even physically touched a PS3, if I want to pick one up later and play the games on it, it's not nice of you to call me an idiot for not having played things in a certain timeframe of when they came out.

What if I want to buy a Master System next year and play a bunch of games I never got to play before? Am I a retro gamer or am I an idiot?

Again, that is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about people who buy something and keep it themselves, in box. Sure, buy old stuff. I bought an original Xbox at a car boot sale about year ago. If I see a cheap 360 or PS3 in the next year or two I'll probably consider grabbing it. The point I was trying (and apparently failing) to make is I don't get people who buy stuff and keep it for years just for the sake of it. ("Woo, collector's item"). I don't think anyone is going to buy an Xbox One and some games, and keep it for 50 years because they haven't had time in that 50 years to use it. My main point it that it is a lame argument against the obvious (and inevitable) shift towards digital content, and not something Microsoft should care about in the slightest because their target audience is not those people.

 

[Rydian]

I was under the assumption that buying one in ~5 years (let's be reasonable) is the same whether it was you that had it for that time or not.

Because it's not like there's Type A people that infuse consoles with otherworldy magic that make it work better if they've been holding onto it opposed to Type B.

 

[jonthedit]

Sweet! XBLive is free!

 

[GameWinner]

Sweet! XBLive is free!

Was this confirmed?

 

[jonthedit]

Was this confirmed?

No. Just speculation.