Microsoft caves on Xbox One requirements

[Zundfolge]

In what way? Not being confrontational, just curious.

In sales. The PS4 is just as powerful, cheaper and has more games (and is backward compatible). Add all the angst and anger generated in the gaming community by the release of the Xbox One and you have the makings of a major revolt against MS here. Too bad because I still think Sony is more evil than MS.

[RblDiver]

The PS4 is just as powerful, cheaper and has more games (and is backward compatible).

No. PS4 is NOT backwards compatible.

[akumadiavolo]

No. PS4 is NOT backwards compatible.

This is correct. Both platforms will have a limited selection of the older games available for download, but both systems architecture is far too different from their predecessor to do hardware emulation. I bet we see 30-40 of the most popular titles released before it is killed off. Software emulation or completely re-writing the code of the game(essentially it would be porting it to the new systems) is very hard to do, so it won't be worth it for them to do it on a large scale.

I am really sad for the lose of the Xbox Family feature, as I think that would have been the best thing to happen to a game console ever. We also lost the ability to have a disc-less system while maintaining the ability to have a physical backup. Both of those features outweighed the downside of the security features to me. I think it's funny because a few years ago one of the things people most wanted was a physical media free console, then those same people complain when they put in security measures to prevent people from exploiting it. People just want to have their cake and eat it too.

[Zundfolge]

No. PS4 is NOT backwards compatible.

Ah, well that sucks. I still think the PS4 is going to outsell the Xbox One by a large margin.

[RblDiver]

Ah, well that sucks. I still think the PS4 is going to outsell the Xbox One by a large margin.

Perhaps at first. Just hope Sony's learned from their previous venture in not making enough to sell! http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=211

[coldaudio]

This sucks, I really liked the sharing plan they had proposed, share a game with up to 10 friends with up to 2 people playing it at a time, would have saved so much money by not buying the play-it-once-through single player games.

[RblDiver]

This sucks, I really liked the sharing plan they had proposed, share a game with up to 10 friends with up to 2 people playing it at a time, would have saved so much money by not buying the play-it-once-through single player games.

I think it wasn't "share with 10 friends," I think it was "Share with your family, which can have up to 10 people." I could be wrong :P

I'm actually still rooting for the XB1. I suppose my time as a tester for the 360 has biased me somewhat, but I prefer MS. Do remember, while MS has indeed likely cooperated with the NSA, Sony was the one which was hacked and had stored passwords in the clear.

[coldaudio]

I think it wasn't "share with 10 friends," I think it was "Share with your family, which can have up to 10 people." I could be wrong :P

I'm actually still rooting for the XB1. I suppose my time as a tester for the 360 has biased me somewhat, but I prefer MS. Do remember, while MS has indeed likely cooperated with the NSA, Sony was the one which was hacked and had stored passwords in the clear.

They actually stated that it can be 10 "anybody's" in one of the press releases/conferences I'm rooting for them too, I'm a big fan of the current setup. PS getting hacked last year also took their online service down for weeks!

[Squeeze]

I'm not surprised they caved. I'm still not convinced they won't revert back to the original set-up once they've conned everyone into buying it. I'm on the fence if I am going to switch to PS-4 or stay with Xbox. If I have to use that shitty "connect" thing, I'll just turn it around and have it face the wall looking at a picture of some fat guy with an NSA shirt on railing Obama in the tailpipe. See how much they like spying on that! On a side note, I think they did make a wise choice listening to the gamers. From what I hear they really got blasted with e-mail and YouTube bashing videos.

[RblDiver]

If I have to use that shitty "connect" thing, I'll just turn it around and have it face the wall looking at a picture of some fat guy with an NSA shirt on railing Obama in the tailpipe.

That's what they'll see if they watch me, no turning around needed