From Xbox Evolved:
"Microsoft wants to assure users that the ads will "enhance, not interfere" with their experience.
Posting on his blog, Microsoft's Larry Hryb had this to say:"
The gaming industry has drifted away from offering full-fledged games to putting unfinished titles that are jam-packed with microtransactions on the market.
It's not the fault of the gaming industry. Gamers were told what was happening, were warned about where this would lead, did nothing, and now are acting like it's the fault of publishers that they kept buying these games and investing in MTX. If only those gamers at that time felt as strongly about these things as they do Helldivers 2.
This is what amazed me the most when playing hours upon hours of stellar Blade version 1.00.00 no bugs, no crashes, no sudden drops in frames, no screen tear, no falling from the world, just a complete package on a game under 50GB.
I think Korea will play a major role in gaming in the long run , because they're releasing banger after banger.
Still pretty common to find if you stay away from the AAA publishers, in the last 10yrs ive probably only bought like 3 games combined from EA/ACTIVISION/UBISOFT. Even now i still buy games that work right out the box perfectly fine. Just recently got like 6hrs into Alone in the Dark, and not a single sign of any of that bs, really enjoying my time with it.
And we as gamers have to accept our role in that. Constantly never being satisfied. Constantly demanding more while paying less. Constantly demanding better frame rates, better graphics, more modes and faster faster faster…. Then review bombing the product when a demand isn’t met. Meanwhile those same demands are making games more difficult, complex and more expensive to create than ever before, on shrinking timelines that burn out employees and make their lives miserable.
You wanna know why so many games get delayed? Cuz the original release dates weren’t realistic to begin with, but you can’t tell a gamer their game is further away than they want to hear. Some dev or game designer will be threatened physically. That builds even more pressure and rushing. We are officially squeezing water out of rocks and still complaining about that how hard you have to squeeze the rock be just waiting for rain. Most of the time we take it out on the developing studio, when it’s the publisher making the calls.
All you need to do is read the comments on most websites and social media to see how toxic, entitled and petty the gaming community at large is, and realize how that transforms into impossible expectations on the parts of game makers.
This is one battle that gamers have never won, hahaha. They were parading recently for their "win" against Sony. Where's the energy for this one, guys? LMAO!
With the Perfect Dark reboot set to launch later this year, it's time to look back at Perfect Dark Zero, nearly 20 years later.
At the rate xbox is going you'll have another 20 years to play the original before the reboot arrives
"The most important games event of Latin America, gamescom latam, has unveiled the finalists for its flagship award ceremony, the gamescom latam BIG Festival, which celebrates the best in the global market of games." - Gamescom.
Your money is going towards getting MORE ads put on the dashboard rather than taking them away. XD
I'm glad I don't have any ads on the XMB.
I say BS. Ad's do not enhance anyone experience by any means. These ad's should not be on anyone dash board who is a Gold member. Silver member, I have no problem with because they are not pay a dime. So the should be expose to all these ad's and leave the Gold Members out of it.
Most Xbox users don't know you can
1)Press the Guid button
2)Select PROFILE
3)Then select EDIT PROFILE
4)Next select PRIVACY SETTINGS
5)opt in or out of a number of things.
Has anybody tried BING SEARCH! makes google look like its from the stone age.
big F'n MC donalds ad on there dashboard ha ha ha ha!
I'm in the UK and I can't say I've ever seen this advertisements on the dashboard. Are they US-Only?
I think it's absolutely ridiculous that they enforce such things on paying members. Ridiculous greed. Watch the backlash. This will only refuel debates on whether the Live Membership should be a subscription.