Really meant to have public results in the poll. But yeah...MS finally got a vote!

Seriously...46 to 1...putting the One in Xbone.

Going with PS4. I love the Infamous games. there downloadable games are always great and Naughty Dog has had a great track record with every game i buy from them. And I'm guessing we're getting Little Big Planet 3 eventually?

I paid $299 for this console with wired controllers and no internal memory. $399 for what we will get these days isn't shit in comparison.

PS4 for me.

Right now, it looks like PS4 for me at launch and then an Xbox One after the first price drop, or whenever the first must-have Xbox One exclusive game comes out. I can't justify the cost of getting both at launch, so I'm opting for the cheaper and more consumer-friendly of the two.

PS4. I just got back from E3 Gaming Expo. Going back again this Thursday. Tired as f*ck!

Head of Xbox Don Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360," Mattrick said. "If you have zero access to the Internet, that is an offline device."

Sounds like full-blown ego explosion, we'll ride 'em roughshod, they'll take what we give 'em mode to me. I doubt that we'll see a reversal until we see Don Mattrick tender his resignation. Last I heard MS was planning on expanding his role in the company.

I've said that I hated the Wii. What I really meant was that I hated the controls. The Xbone is the first console that I've ever felt loathing for. That loathing has spilled out onto the entirety of Microsoft. I've been a pretty steady customer, on a variety of fronts, until now.

Honestly I've really hated the direction they've taken video gaming since they started back in 2001. It's not entirely their fault that the gritty grey & brown military shooter fad caught on so hard with gaming, but they are certainly the most directly responsible for it and the rise of bro gamers.

but I certainly think they're the most responsible of the three for some of the most loathsome industry trends today (FPS, TPS, online-centric, DLC)

just my opinion

Don't worry MS will be giving them plenty of invasive work 6 months from now.

How so? Halo? Halo is one of the more colorful shooters out there with vivid forests, lush landscapes, snowbound levels, lots of blue & purple interiors, etc. I think you need to point that misplaced aggression to CoD.

aggression? i'm not mad lol, just my opinion on it tbh. Like I said I think you can say Microsoft is partially responsible without necessarily being to blame. hell they're only trying to sell consoles, just like Sony and Nintendo, faulting them for wanting to make money would be a fool's errand

I believe Microsoft set the stage for a COD audience with their heavy focus on FPS's, military shooters (Tom Clancy anyone?), and online focus. Now you could argue that their decisions have led to many good innovations, and they have, but I also feel Microsoft is in part responsible for what I said earlier, and gaming becoming more mainstream and as a consequence, developers becoming more risk averse. Not really an intentional result so much as a byproduct.

the original Halo's (1+2 mainly) were awesome for their time, I had loads of fun running through co-op with friends and jumping online for the first time back in 2004. I hate to say it but that's a novelty that's worn off, I personally do not enjoy online much anymore unless it's with friends and everyone else muted.


I was just more of a ps1 and ps2 guy, and that era of gaming already seems radically different from today

Yeah, agression was a poor word choice.

That can't be true. Nobody is that stupid.

ONe thing you can't deny is the PSX had the greatest startup theme of all time, no matter your allegiance


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I would kill to have the PS4 bring that back

Nevermind...video in one of the other threads:

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That is simply stunning. How does this douche even have a job? And did they seriously hire Phil Harrison???

He's the guy who said "people who want backwards compatibility are backwards" too right?

Yes.

There was video of him saying but it seems to have mysteriously vanished off of the internet...

Yes he is. He runs Xbox. Came from Electronic Arts.

Recent reports were that MS was planning to restructure. He'd be one of the ones gaining even more power at MS.



From Wikipedia: "Don A. Mattrick[1] (born 13 February 1964) is currently the President of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft.[2] In this role he is responsible for a collection of consumer businesses including Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Kinect, TV Music and Video services, Mediaroom, as well as PC and mobile interactive entertainment. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2007, Mattrick served as the President of Worldwide Studios for Electronic Arts, where he worked for 25 years."

Yeah, I posted it above.

That douchebag is quite the contrast to Jack Tretton, who has been humbled by this generation:



"You've gotta earn consumer trust every day"

"We want to give consumers flexibility"

And to give equal time and context:

Dying to know who the one vote was.

Explain yourself!

This is where I'm at as well. You don't even have to be a "traditional" PC gamer now, the kind that clings to a mouse and keyboard for any type of game. The PC has gotten quite a few console-like games in the last several years, perhaps facilitated by MS establishing the 360 controller as a standard. Of course you also get access to games that would rarely be released on the consoles as well, like RTS and MMORPGs.

While I'm not happy about what MS is doing (with consoles and other areas like Windows 8), I'm actually kind of hoping the PS4 doesn't completely dominate the console war. If the PS4 gets a PS2-like share of the market, it could cause developers to develop many exclusive games for it. While that would be great for PS4 owners, I believe the lack of a dominant console may have helped the PC this generation, since developers had to go multiplatform and couldn't just focus on one system.

They've got two votes now. They don't have to explain themselves at all, but I am curious if the appeal would be for Xbox exclusives or strict brand loyalty (or something else like controller preference).

Don't expect an explanation. Those two made a mistake in voting and don't realize it.

I don't know about that. I remember having far more options in PC gaming 10 years ago than there are today. I mean you can't buy sports games on the PC anymore, which is one of the reasons I bought a PS3.

I do think that Steam has helped the PC market more than anything else.