Next Xbox to be Revealed May 21st

BreakABone · 04-25-2013, 12:23 AM

Just about a month from now.

TheGame · 05-21-2013, 12:37 PM

I'm surprised it's 10AM PST lol

Vampyr · 05-21-2013, 01:29 PM

I think that the guy basically just confirmed they will continue charging for Xbox Live. He said "with the same membership you have now."

Pretty sure if it was going to be free they would have said so.

So....that's probably enough for me to get a PS4 instead.

Vampyr · 05-21-2013, 03:13 PM

So it's sounding like you will be required to install games from disc to the hard drive. once done, you won't need the disc any more.

However, if someone else wants to use the disc, they wil have to pay a "fee" (probably the price of the game).

If that's true, than the Xbox One is basically eliminating used game sells for their system.

BreakABone · 05-21-2013, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

I think that the guy basically just confirmed they will continue charging for Xbox Live. He said "with the same membership you have now."

Pretty sure if it was going to be free they would have said so.

So....that's probably enough for me to get a PS4 instead.

From what I've been told, PlayStation Plus will lock online multiplayer behind a paywall as well
But at least they give you free games with it!

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

So it's sounding like you will be required to install games from disc to the hard drive. once done, you won't need the disc any more.

However, if someone else wants to use the disc, they wil have to pay a "fee" (probably the price of the game).

If that's true, than the Xbox One is basically eliminating used game sells for their system.

Yeah really not feeling a lot of MS' decisions in regards to games and stuff

Vampyr · 05-21-2013, 04:26 PM

I haven't seen anything about PS+ locking multiplayer behind a subscription. Could be true, I just haven't seen anything from a credible source.

Either way I probably won't get either at launch. Launch games tend to be kind of crappy, and the hardware is especially fragile at this stage. Give it about 18 months and I may buy into one.

Bond · 05-21-2013, 04:39 PM

All of the new consoles look rather terrible.

Also, apparently the new Xbox isn't backward compatible.

Vampyr · 05-21-2013, 04:51 PM

Neither is the PS4.

Honestly backwards compatibility isn't a big thing to me. I so very rarely go back to older games anyway, and if I do I can just hook up my old system.

The PS4 is going to do something weird with that streaming service that they say will allow you play PS3 games. Not much details on it yet though.

TheGame · 05-21-2013, 04:58 PM

I never had any intention of buying the next Xbox, and this conference didn't change anything. The voice control and hand gesture technology is very impressive, but I'm not a fan of either. The fantasy sports thing will be awesome for football season though

Angrist · 05-21-2013, 05:04 PM

"Fantasy sports!"
And the whole world except NA was like "fantasy wut? o_O"

Bond · 05-21-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

Honestly backwards compatibility isn't a big thing to me. I so very rarely go back to older games anyway, and if I do I can just hook up my old system.

Actually, I agree. It's an important issue in the abstract, but in practice it is rare to play a game from a previous generation.

Jonbo298 · 05-21-2013, 06:33 PM

I hope E3 makes this more compelling. It all just felt 'meh' to me. Way too much focus on the non-gaming aspects. That's where the PS4 conference greatly excelled in. I can't get past the look of the Xbox One. A generic looking box and a controller that looks like Madcatz could have made it.

BreakABone · 05-21-2013, 07:21 PM

I think all 3 offer some interesting ideas, but they are burdened with a lot of dumb/questionable design/choices.

Angrist · 05-21-2013, 07:54 PM

Am I the only one who thinks Xbox One sounds silly?
"What did you get? A Playstation Four? Oh wow... I only have an Xbox One."

But yeah, what they offer looks good... but I won't miss this in the coming 10 years. To me it looks like they're trying to pioneer this interactive TV thing... and I'm not sure it will pay off for them.
By the way, I didn't finish the conference so... does this thing still play games? Or is it just about TV now?

Jason1 · 05-21-2013, 09:33 PM

WHY DO WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR ELECTRONICS! I hate this stupid shit. I don't want to have to tell my car to play a fucking song or tell my videogame console what I want to do. Its retarded, and I hate it.