tmonson78
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Bears fan who grew up in the Chicago suburbs, but now lives near Denver.
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They haven't. Nor has Sony announced a price for the PS4.
However, most market analysts think that the consoles will be released in the $400 dollar range.
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I've got a NES, SNES, and my old Genesis.
The best part about the Genesis is I can still play NHL '94 on it. Love that game.
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There is talk of Valve making a so-called "Steambox" that could be a hybrid console/PC that hooks up to your television.
a lot of people made fun of Sony for going the social route with the PS4 (especially the share button), but I think that they understand that deep down gaming is a social activity.
Microsoft seems to be trying to make a buck on that social aspect.
It most likely is trying to eliminate the second hard market. The same article I linked below talks about how they are trying to implement a system where you can sell your purchased Xbox One games online. There are no details as of yet, but it definitely appears that Microsoft wants to control all used sales on its next console.
However, in doing so they are killing any and all rentals for the console, and ruining a gaming tradition of 30+ years of bringing your game to a friend's house to play with him.
Ah, gotcha.
Yeah, the Xbox One is not sounding so great right now. Granted it's early, and there are probably misunderstandings/misinformation out there. But still.
PS4 won't be BC out of the gate either, but there is talk of being able to stream all past titles through their cloud service Gaikai.
How quickly that gets implemented (or if it does at all) will be interesting to watch.
I've always been a Sony guy (owned a PS1, PS2, PS3 and a Vita), but never owned an Xbox. I never thought they were bad consoles, they just didn't interest me.
However, if it is true that you have to pay to play any borrowed/rented game on the Xbox One, then I think that is a bad console. It is needlessly punishing consumers.
How many jabs at Tiger?
" But what if you want to bring a game disc to a friend's house and play there? You'll have to pay a fee—and not just some sort of activation fee, but the actual price of that game—in order to use a game's code on a friend's account. Think of it like a new game, Harrison says.
"The bits that are on that disc, you can give it to your friend and they can install it on an Xbox One," he said. "They would then have to purchase the right to play that game through Xbox Live."
"They would be paying the same price we paid, or less?" we asked.
"Let’s assume it’s a new game, so the answer is yes, it will be the same price," Harrison said."
From here: http://kotaku.com/you-will-be-able-to-trade-xbox-one-games-online-micros-509140825
Not a good move on Microsoft's part. This basically kills the rental service (like a Gamefly) for that console. Ridiculous if true.
Get some Daleks.
Or just have them tattoo "EXTERMINATE" across your back in Old English letters.
Tardis tattoos?
Riley Reiff tried to break a brick on his face, but his arms were too short.
Is that your own design?