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The quest for Shadow of the Colossus' last secret
Introducing the secret seekers and their eight-year quest
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Sid Meier's cultural victory
"If there's anything in reality that's not fun, we will change it."
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Phil Harrison tries (again) to clarify game ownership, second-hand sales and always-online in Xbox One
Point out a single post where I have defended DRM. Just. One. Post.
Tell you what, I'll save you the hassle: I haven't. In fact I clearly stated further up the comments that I dislike it.
And please, not the brain-dead car analogy again. Do you have any idea how much Ford and other car manufacturers make from used cars? Fucking MILLIONS. Replacement parts, heard of them? Car manufacturers actually make MORE money from second-hand cars than they do by selling new ones.
Oh, and by the way: "There is no excuse for a corporation to treat it potential customers like walking wallets. "
Actually, corporations have a legal obligation to make as much profit as possible. I'd say being legally obliged to make as much money as you can is a fairly good excuse. Whether the behaviour is morally acceptable is another thing (I'd say it's not, and that the laws defining corporations need to be reformed), but the law says they HAVE to make as much money as they possibly can. They also have an obligation under the law to minimise their tax expenditures as much as possible within the law - which is probably why we've ended up in the ridiculous situation we have with companies like Starbucks, Apple, Google, Amazon etc exploiting (arguably deliberate) loopholes in tax law. Reply 0
They could just roll out a firmware update that removes the requirement to verify games every 24 hours. By the end of the console's lifespan, most of them would probably only get a quid or two second-hand anyway. Reply 0
"Games collectors are finished."
I'd be interested in knowing how you came to this conclusion? I'm a collector and whilst I'm hardly over the moon about the restrictions on second-hand (it will make games very hard to get hold of further down the road from ebay, or at least a bit more expensive), I don't see anything particularly that will prevent me from continuing to play games I already own. Reply 0
Read again. Further up. The comment where I explicitly say that I dislike DRM in practice, but understand the reasons on both sides of the argument.
See it? It's there. Quite a long post, copied from what I posted on another thread last night.
I've even just gone back and bolded the relevant bits, as people seem to be lacking in reading comprehension this morning. Reply -2
Totally agree. There was little to differentiate either conference in reality; as you say, it was simply the angle of the message that differed despite the message effectively being the same.
I'm also laughing this morning at the number of people who, before the Xbox One reveal, stated they wanted a non-descript black box that fit in next to everything else under the tv, who are now falling over each other to mock... a non-descript black box that fit in next to everything else under the tv.
No pleasing some people. Reply -2
Spec Analysis: Xbox One
Gutted that MS couldn't even measure up to the competition. And I am incredibly cynical about all this talk of computing and calculations done in the cloud. We've been there before with Simcity.
Looks like PC is now officially my platform of choice for the next gen, at least until MS and Sony substantially reduce the cost of their offerings and pull their act together.
Such a shame. Reply -5
Microsoft exec's Xbox One Rare game tease sets tongues wagging
I know, I absolutely LOVED Blast Corps and would love a sequel.
Even worse though is that Rare have said before they're not interested in making another one anyway, because they can't think of what they could do to improve it.
Yeah, I know :( Reply -1
99% certain Nintendo own the rights to Blast Corps. Reply -1
They didn't say they were all first-party exclusives, though. Reply -2
"I'll laugh if it's a sequel to Banjo: Nuts and Bolts."
Why? Nuts and Bolts was awesome. Reply -4
Xbox One shows flickers of visionary promise but misses an opportunity to prove it with games
Witcher 2. Reply -6
Are you 4 years old or something? Reply -6
You forgot Win 3.1, Win 95 and Win 2000, which sort of buggers up your logic slightly. Reply -3
Ah look, the old "EG IS TEH BIAS!" brigade have started banging their drums again. Reply -3
"What about people who owns a tablet, a smartphone or a PC and would rather use them to "multitask" rather than use a narrow vertical slice of their tv screen?"
That's what all the smartglass stuff was there for - using your phone as a remote, your tablet as a second screen, etc etc. Reply -2
Nonsense. Crysis 1 on PC still looks better, and that's over half a decade old. Witcher 2 on max settings also puts it to shame. Reply 0
How is that relevant in the slightest to the reveal of the new Xbox? Reply -7
"Why is everyone's jaw dropping at the Ghosts graphics?
PC gamers have had visuals like and better than that for years. You're acting like it's a whole new era of graphics."
I guess it is for consoles. On PC, we've enjoyed that sort of detail for more than a few years already now though. Reply 0
Crysis 1 was bloody brilliant (Well, it was aside from that one level... but that was so bad they even cut it from the 360 version.). So was Crysis: Warhead. 2 wasn't half bad either, just on a different scale - shame about the tacked-on multiplayer though. Not played 3 so I can't really comment. Reply -2
"I thought it said alot that we got no gameplay footage of any games at all. Not even first party."
Call of Duty says hi, if you like that sort of thing.
Also saw Fifa, Madden, Quantum Break, Forza 5, UFC... Reply -17
Battlefield 4 release date, Xbox One version announced
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Not sure how I missed the BF4 for PS4 announcement. Unless it was just announced today?"
At the end of the initial reveal trailer. Reply 0
Hands-on with Xbox One
"I've never seen so many compelling reasons to game solely on PC.. and maybe WiiU for my Nintendo fix. MS and Sony are both losing it, Sony to a lesser extent. But neither deserve my cash this generation."
Welcome to the club! Now wait until someone calls you a PC fanboy. It's going to happen, believe me. Reply 0
Oi! I LIKED the CDi! Reply 0
"What do we call the first xbox now? Xbox Zero? What a shit name. Why "One"?"
Because it's an "All in ONE entertainment system", according to MS.
In reality, it's just a load of extraneous bollocks noone asked for that they can already do on all the other appliances they already own. Reply 0