Microsoft has a lot to prove with its new console. After announcing controversial decisions such as making the Xbox One always online and not allowing it to play used games (the company later backpedaled on those plans), as well as a steep price ($499 versus the PS4’s $399) and a confusing name (it’s not the first Xbox), fans need something to convince them to get excited for Microsoft’s next generation.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
I found this video painful to watch. Can someone list them out?
Top 10 for me from are:
1. 2013 reveal presentation
2. Bundling Kinect 2 with Xbox One
3. RRoD or why rushing to market with hardware is always a bad idea.
4. Buying studios only to close them.
5. Ads on the Home Screen
6. Letting Halo die.
7. Letting Geard of War die.
8. Every console name
9. Charging for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 when Sony let PS3 players play online for free.
10. Cancelling release of OG Xbox games after the Xbox 360 launched.
Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.
F*** AI
"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...
Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.
It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.
Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.
Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
"The console is a bit smaller than the Xbox 360, but just as sleek."
I thought it was bigger. Everyone else says it is bigger
"Ryse: Son of Rome...the action feels a bit stilted and scripted."
So it's not just me then. I thought this when they showed off the demo at E3. There was an awkwardness about the characters as they lurched around in combat, a clunkiness about how they switched from one character animation to the other before suddenly moving unnaturally to the next objective. Quite frankly, I thought the whole thing looked like ass and I haven't been able to figure out yet how anyone was impressed by what this game had to show. I was far more impressed by the Dead Rising 3 demo.
Not much of an article here. The author seems to have liked the controller and the look of the console which he sums up in one paragraph, then bashes the game being shown off. I was hoping for a little more from someone that went hands on with the console. This is hardly an article at all. He seemed much more impressed with his coverage of the PS4 at Comic-con, and certainly had a lot more to say. That article hasn't been approved yet due to some formatting issues.
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The fact that its bigger or smaller is pointless. In two years both consoles will be smaller.
deposited on the PS4 already, but really thinking hard about getting the ONE as well. Spose it will be hard paying for both since in Aus PS4 is $550 and Xbox is $600, but anyway.
Only thing im concerned about is microsoft not having more exclusives down the line, I really want them to have as many as sony. Any news on potential news on this at gamescon?
If it needs to be big to keep quiet and not overheat then let it be bigger. I don't see why this size is a problem. My pc i 5x as big as XO and I don't cry about it.