New XBOX reveal

[Monky]

I've always flip flopped between console and PC gaming. One thing I like about the xbox is it seriously takes effort to cheat. You can't really run additional things. I know you can mod controllers and do things like that but cheating is cut way down.. where on PC games it is very common place (hell I've done it for fun).

I'll end up getting a new xbox when it's released I'm sure, maybe I'll give my current one away depending on backwards compatibility.

I'll continue to run both rigs till one truely is better than the other.

[Monky]

XBOX ONE? WTF kind of name.

[KestrelBike]

I played a lot of Nintendo, some genesis, then switched to full on PC games growing up. Quake I/II Doom 1-3 team fortress etc. then the next gen consoles came like PS2, Xbox, ps3, and gaming steadily has gone to shit.

By putting so many gaming devices in the households of kids who didn't know any better, the market has become so diluted with shittily made games that there's no reason for the massive companies these days to put out any quality besides the once-every-five graphics eye candy titles. What EA in particular has done has bought out the developers who used to make games for fun, then they point the legal cannons in any way they can at the competition who tries to make something for themselves. I hate consoles for this reason and the kids who play them.

[CroiDhubh]

I can't wait to spend an extra $60 a year in order to use the Internet in my Internet ready gaming station! Pay an extra $60 a year to watch my $8 a month Netflix? Fuck yes! Pay an extra $60 a year to play online with my friends? Fuck yes! Pay an extra $60 a month to get all achievements on a game? Fuck yes!

I'll stick with my Playstation...and wait for the second generation of the console

I've always flip flopped between console and PC gaming. One thing I like about the xbox is it seriously takes effort to cheat. You can't really run additional things. I know you can mod controllers and do things like that but cheating is cut way down.. where on PC games it is very common place (hell I've done it for fun).

I'll end up getting a new xbox when it's released I'm sure, maybe I'll give my current one away depending on backwards compatibility.

I'll continue to run both rigs till one truely is better than the other.

Not true. Consoles are becoming just as easy to cheat on as PC games. Actually, with moderated servers and the like, cheating on PC is becoming less common. Consoles, however, it's almost every other game on the FPS genre. Since you can't even vote kick people out of games, forget it.

Then there's the problems with Peer-2-Peer connections...with how close consoles are to low end PC's these days, there's NO REASON for this P2P bullshit! GIVE US DEDICATED SERVERS YOU ASSHOLES!

That said, it's much cheaper to get a console than a gaming PC which won't run games in 2 years. I love my PC and would really like to get a new one to play new games, but I just can't afford it.

[RblDiver]

XBOX ONE? WTF kind of name.

The idea is that it is your one-stop for entertainment etc. I agree, dumb name since everyone calls the original Xbox the Xbox 1, but *shrug*

(...they just announced a live-action Halo TV series....hrm...)

[Ronin13]

I played a lot of Nintendo, some genesis, then switched to full on PC games growing up. Quake I/II Doom 1-3 team fortress etc. then the next gen consoles came like PS2, Xbox, ps3, and gaming steadily has gone to shit.

By putting so many gaming devices in the households of kids who didn't know any better, the market has become so diluted with shittily made games that there's no reason for the massive companies these days to put out any quality besides the once-every-five graphics eye candy titles. What EA in particular has done has bought out the developers who used to make games for fun, then they point the legal cannons in any way they can at the competition who tries to make something for themselves. I hate consoles for this reason and the kids who play them.

I still haven't forgiven EA for spending all their time going after competition with their lawyers instead of using them for good- Like getting a non-shit MLB game released instead of letting 2K (aka 2Krappy, Take-Two Interactive) sports get the MLB license- last good baseball game I played was MVP Baseball 2005 (the one with ManRam on the cover), and it was for the original Xbox... Tried the MLB 2K series and I almost wanted to club a baby seal it was so awful. /rant. EA can suck it.

[KestrelBike]

I still haven't forgiven EA for spending all their time going after competition with their lawyers instead of using them for good- Like getting a non-shit MLB game released instead of letting 2K (aka 2Krappy, Take-Two Interactive) sports get the MLB license- last good baseball game I played was MVP Baseball 2005 (the one with ManRam on the cover), and it was for the original Xbox... Tried the MLB 2K series and I almost wanted to club a baby seal it was so awful. /rant. EA can suck it.

It's funny, but there really is a direct correlation between obama being elected twice and the state of shitty video games. Greed on the part of "producers" and stupidity/ignorance/no education on the part of the consumer/voters.

[Ronin13]

...they just announced a live-action Halo TV series....hrm...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_4:_Forward_Unto_Dawn
It's on NetFlix... a web series, but I might check it out, but seems pretty cool while we wait. Ever since the movie got cancelled (Peter Jackson was set to direct- Can you say "Epic" in your best Master Chief voice?).

Halo is running the risk of ending up like Final Fantasy- AKA- Another dead horse for the gaming world. Seriously, there must be 20+ FF games out there (although they call the latest 13, there are many more than that). I get it, Halo is popular, the concept is fantastic, but seriously, go too far and you run the risk of losing originality- I hope the next gen does it right and keeps it fresh... They could learn from one of my favorite series, the Elder Scrolls, they're gearing up for ES-Online, and I hope that they make a 6th game in the series, the mod community for Morrowind (the 3rd game in the series) is still going strong after 11 years. That's doing it right.

[Dave_L]

I still haven't forgiven EA for spending all their time going after competition with their lawyers instead of using them for good- Like getting a non-shit MLB game released instead of letting 2K (aka 2Krappy, Take-Two Interactive) sports get the MLB license- last good baseball game I played was MVP Baseball 2005 (the one with ManRam on the cover), and it was for the original Xbox... Tried the MLB 2K series and I almost wanted to club a baby seal it was so awful. /rant. EA can suck it.

Playstation has THE best MLB game. MLB: The Show? I think thats the name. Freakin amazing.

[CroiDhubh]

Meh...the only good coming out of Halo is Red vs Blue