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XBox One; Because Microsoft couldn't think of a better name.
Topic Started: Feb 12 2012, 10:55 AM (13,277 Views)
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Jun 12 2013, 10:43 AM
I think the consumers shot themselves in the foot to some extent; whenever I got on the 360, at least one to two thirds of the people on my friends list came on to watch Netflix, or Hulu, or Youtube, or browsed Facebook, or whatever. I always asked myself why people went through all the trouble to get on their consoles to do that, when they have perfectly working TVs or computers that were made for these things.

This is the end result of that.
Netflix and Youtube were only watchable on my tv with my 360 until I got my new TV last November, even then I used it when I was waiting for my group to come online. It was a nice compliment, I didn't agree with it always being behind the paywall but I paid for gaming so it didn't bug me as much.

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Capcom is dumb dumb dumb dumb stupid, trying to steal CoD fans with Dead Rising 3.

No, it's not Microsoft news per se, but considering it's an Xbone exclusive I'd say this is close enough.
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Jun 12 2013, 05:14 PM
Capcom is dumb dumb dumb dumb stupid, trying to steal CoD fans with Dead Rising 3.

No, it's not Microsoft news per se, but considering it's an Xbone exclusive I'd say this is close enough.
As if Capcom needed any more reason to be dead to me.
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Microsoft says: "If you don't have internet, buy an Xbox 360."
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Microsoft fulfills yet another prophecy, makes the Xbone completely unplayable in certain regions at launch.

There's a few other interesting tidbits in there too, such as confirmation that publishers can actually control whether or not you can trade or sell games even through Microsoft's shitty power-freak network.

EDIT: Xbone games at E3 aren't actually being run on Xbone hardware.

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MS needs to stop faking their shit, it keeps coming back to bite them.

EDITEDIT: Someone even tried to take pictures, only to be held by Microsoft for 10 minutes and forced to delete them despite there being no actual rules for pictures. Apparently journalists have hit a really sore spot here.

IT KEEPS HAPPENING: Hardware is region locked. Not software, hardware. If you take it with you on a cross-continental holiday, you won't be able to play it. Figures.
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Oh my God...Microsoft, stop your bullshit!
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This makes falling over to Sony easier.
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Blacklightning
Nov 14 2011, 02:48 AM
I like it when people use the word "gay" in any context other than a homosexual one - it only proves that they have the maturity of a five year old, as if their obsession with shooters didn't already do a good job of pointing that out. It's also pretty amusing that he pointed out Skyrim considering the fact that, y'know, it's set in the bloody medival era and doesn't even have muskets, let alone generic modern firearms.

But just for fun, let's play around with his logic a bit.

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game + gun = -gay
game + gun + Arem = ???


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Final Fantasy 15 and KH3 will be on the Xbone.

If Microsoft can get their act together, this will be an awesome thing.
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Yeah, but people who don't keep up with post E3 news will think they're exclusive, so Sony is still in the favor from those fans.
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I was originally surprised at Kingdom Hearts III's exclusivity, now I'm surprised it's going on the Xbox One.

(Despite the fact I'm not getting the Xbox One in the foreseeable future, I'm not calling it the Xbone. I don't say "Xbone" or "Xboner" offline, so I'm not going to say it online.)

And don't refer to the news as post-E3 just yet. There's still one more day of it.
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Blacklightning
Nov 14 2011, 02:48 AM
I like it when people use the word "gay" in any context other than a homosexual one - it only proves that they have the maturity of a five year old, as if their obsession with shooters didn't already do a good job of pointing that out. It's also pretty amusing that he pointed out Skyrim considering the fact that, y'know, it's set in the bloody medival era and doesn't even have muskets, let alone generic modern firearms.

But just for fun, let's play around with his logic a bit.

game - gun = gay
game + gun = -gay
game + gun + Arem = ???


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OH COME THE FUCK ON MICROSOFT.

This should be incredibly basic shit. Apparently your money has an expiry date now - if you don't use it within a year, Microsoft gets it all. I literally cannot fathom the level of undistilled bullshit the Xbone continues to pump out, and I don't understand how they can keep subjecting themselves to this even after the historic curbstomping Sony gave them at E3.
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This may be where I show my gaming side lacking, but I really don't buy MS points unless there is something specific I want, and there usually isn't.

I think the last thing I bought was the Halo Season Pass, and I got that with a preorder.
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Jun 13 2013, 09:59 AM
This may be where I show my gaming side lacking, but I really don't buy MS points unless there is something specific I want, and there usually isn't.

I think the last thing I bought was the Halo Season Pass, and I got that with a preorder.
So no indie ga---wait, there won't be any. Errr, no DLC for games?
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I think the article was pointing out that Microsoft didn't like that people could get around the Live Points price tag and basically undermine them...so they will still have it, but you won't be able to buy your converted funds, you'll just be paying whatever real dollar amount they deem acceptable.
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I never have held on to Microsoft Points after my account got targeted by a hacker in February 2012. At the time, there was 1920 MP sitting on there for at least a month. After that, I make sure to spend away any excess I have to make it not an attractive target. If I have extra, it often goes to the Mass Effect 3 purchase-able reserves packs (ranging from 80-240 MP) for new or upgraded weaponry. Aside from that, I won't purchase any more points unless I'm aiming to get something the same day.

While many of you may keen the idea of my using extra points in such a fashion, it gives me a bit more piece of mind that my account won't look so attractive. To that extent, I'm thankful I had that option.
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Blacklightning
Nov 14 2011, 02:48 AM
I like it when people use the word "gay" in any context other than a homosexual one - it only proves that they have the maturity of a five year old, as if their obsession with shooters didn't already do a good job of pointing that out. It's also pretty amusing that he pointed out Skyrim considering the fact that, y'know, it's set in the bloody medival era and doesn't even have muskets, let alone generic modern firearms.

But just for fun, let's play around with his logic a bit.

game - gun = gay
game + gun = -gay
game + gun + Arem = ???


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