Xbox One

Actually thrid place or not, the Game Cube was much more of a success in terms of important than the Wii was. I remember it getting much more multiplatform games then the Wii did.

I recall with great fondness playing Golden Eye on my friend's gamecube. Bastard always picked Samedi though.

This time, it's not a joke article.

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Yeah, this is nothing new. Valve and Sony have similar measures in store against class-action lawsuits. Still sucks, true, but in MS's case where there are probably more legit reasons to make a lawsuit, this comes off as defensive.

so I thought this was funny.

edited 16th Jun '13 2:10:02 PM by OdieFromTheOz

What competitors? If the One utterly tanks Sony will be the clear winner and Nintendo will remain in their (albeit large and steadily growing) iron bubble (Iron Curtain? ). It'll be like the N64 during the PSX/Saturn generation all over again.

Go Nintendo if you like their exclusives. For everything else, It's A Sony.

edited 16th Jun '13 2:20:31 PM by Recon5

SCOTUS ruled that corporations are allowed to blog class action lawsuits in their licenses. Since then many, many companies have taken it up.

The reason the market has been able to support three different consoles for so long is because they each find a good niche to settle inside. Of course there is a winner and loser in terms of competitive profit but everyone has survived so far.

The X-Box, PS 2 and Gamecube were fairly homogenous but the X-Box specialized in power, the PS 2 had the sheer amount of game selections while Gamecube had the established franchises. The PS 2 won out because of the game selection while the X-Box made due with the handful of Killer Apps, the Gamecube more-or-less puttered along with a higher game quality.

The following generation the 360 settled into their franchises, the PS 3 had the raw power and the Wii had the party games that made it a college staple. The 360 won out because of the early lead while the PS 3 stayed in because of the new features like the Blu Ray, while the Wii had huge console sales their market was flooded with generic sports and game show titles that hurt game sales.

This new generation is hard to tell what is going to happen. PS 4 certainly has the lead at the moment given their adherence to the old standbys while the Wii U has an early lead to work out the kinks of their new system. I think the X Box One is going to be a lot like the Dreamcast, revolutionary for the time but the market is not quite ready for it. The Gamestop manager I talked with yesterday mentioned that game sales in general are not matching the output (think about all the games in production and how many devs have gone out of business in the last few years) and it won't be long before physical game discs are no longer the standard. The XB One is anticipating this but it may not be strong enough to support it.

edited 16th Jun '13 3:22:38 PM by KJMackley

Actually the Gamecube was stronger then the Xbox, but it had the lowest amount of disc space.

As far as the new generation goes, the only real wild card is whether or not the Xbone's flaws will be public knowledge before release, as that'll be a major factor in it's sales. Even if it isn't, with so many countries not applicable for Xbone's I think the PS 4 will take the global sales regardless.

The Xbox reminds me of a common myopia among city dwellers.

They tend to have always lived in a city and dont realize that outside a city, internet connectivity isnt something you find on every street corner and diner.

edited 16th Jun '13 3:34:04 PM by midgetsnowman

internet is actually less reliable in cities then out of it, as there's more users connecting to fewer outlets and sharing data.

I'm pretty sure that the physical distance between your house and your nearest telecommunications relay centre also plays a role in how fast your broadband is. Those kinds of places are more likely to be around suburbs than in city centres, so there's that, too.

Maybe the One will become the Bragging Rights Machine, PS 4 the plebian garbage and Wii U the novelty/interesting footnote.

@Odie: its far more available though.

Out here in rural parts of states, Internet is spotty unless you're near a big enough town to support the existence of a middle class.

The Sheer Fanboyism in this Opinion piece hurts.

Trust it if you want.

http://www.neowin.net/news/anonymous-xbox-engineer-explains-drm-and-microsofts-xbox-one-intentions

the engineer sounds rather butthurt about the whole deal and conspiracy theoriest about sony.

I think that was posted already, just not sure which thread it was posted in.

Except no. You could try limiting your marketing budget instead, neh?

I get games for cheaper than 59.99 already. I buy them used.

Kekekekekeke.

Yarr harr fiddle dee dee

I buy most of my stuff new.

Mostly because it's a series I want right away. Games I won't play much I buy used.(special exception goes to Sonic Battle, which I have two copies of)

I usually buy new just to be part of the community. When i get extra cash and don't really want anything I sometimes dip into used stuff.

I am poor, so I wait three or four years and then buy used games.

And still pay $40 because Mario Kart: Double Dash is freakin' expensive.

PS 3's power was barely used (The Last Of Us is a good exception) because it was hard to develop for and less successful than 360. The Cell caused issues.

The PS 4 and Xbone are both x86-64 CP Us, so they'll be easy to develop multiplatform for and also to make PC versions. (The 360 is Power PC. P Cs are x86-64.)

edited 16th Jun '13 6:48:10 PM by occono

So, all things considered, the PS 4 will have games a hell of a lot more broad than the PS 3.