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12 years ago
I may be late to the party for this one, but I think that the console is just a horrible idea. I mean everyone and their mom is hating Microsoft for some of the stupid ideas that they have for the XBox One (so the first Xbox isn't the first one after all) and the stupid things that they have said.
Okay, I will say that the design of the console is pretty nice and I like some ideas like voice interaction and such. But that's just about it and nothing more.
First off the name, Xbox One. Why is it called that? I mean Xbox 720 and so many others sound better than this. Atleast the Playstation 4's name makes sense and hell the Wii U's name is much more appealing than "XBox One" and even makes more sense too.
Secondly, the fact that they're taking everything from the Playstation 3 up to even the fucking Blu-Ray feature is sad considering that Sony had that idea 6 years ago when Playstation 3 was announced. Hell, the Xbox 360 had the same power with a hard drive and even the same capabilities as the PS3. Why add a Bluray player? This is something that I don't understand about modern consoles. Why add a DVD Player feature or a Blu-Ray feature when you can simply buy a Blu-Ray or DVD player especially considering that the latter is much cheaper nowadays.
Thirdly, the fact that Microsoft was shoehorning the Kinect and trying to waggle it in our faces when it was first announced up until now is something that made Microsoft look very desperate and seeing Kinect being packaged with the new console is even more pathetic. It's bad enough that they had later 360s be packaged with Kinects to help boost the sales but having a Kinect being packed with the XBox One on first day of launch is showing us that Microsoft really loves this idea. I also have to mention that the console will be watching your every movement and that is a little unsettling.
Also, "People who want backwards compatibility are backwards"?! I mean I was pissed when PS4 said no PS3 or PSN titles were compatible with it but atleast they're letting you stream your older games and hell throughout this generation of consoles, the Playstation 3 did have some issues with playing PS2 games but atleast later there were HD Collections released on PS3 for several games like God of War, Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter and (in a few months) Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD and hopefully 2.5 HD. I can't recall an HD collection on your system, oh wait you were backwards compatible on the 360. It's a shame your console can't play every game on the XBox library and not to mention 360 owners had to wait a while until their favorite game was playable on the 360.
The last thing I want to bring up is the used game fee as well as the always online feature and how everyone is so up and arms about it. When there were rumors about how future consoles may always be online and whatnot, fans were pissed especially with that one asshole who had the "Deal with it" attitude was being a total douche towards people and possibly confirming it. I mean do we have to be online to play our fucking games?! I mean what if I was at a hose with shit Internet and there were lag issues? Then my games wouldn't even be playable at all! It makes it even worse with the confirmation of how you have to pay a fee for used games. I understand that developers want to get paid for their product and that's something I'll probably relate to in the future. But that doesn't give developers an excuse to be greedy which is something I start to feel with a lot of companies today. They make consumers pay extra for several thing that are unnecessary like Capcom and their bullshit with Street Fighter x Tekken. This is the case with this as well because the XBox 360's XBox live service has one issue with many gamers and that was the monthly fee to use that specific service which sucks because Playstation Network doesn't require any kind of fee to use it which is why I prefer the PS3. They don't require much money from you unless you want to buy a game on the PSN store and speaking of PSN, at least you are able to buy Playstation 1 and 2 games on there. But getting back on topic, this system may require the monthly fee and the fee for used games so that wallet will definitely be empty. What's sad is that if you borrowed the game from a friend, you can't even sign on to his or her account without getting banned yourself.
Which is why I may stick to PC gaming or just get a Wii U and be done with it..or even a PS4. I dunno.
Okay, I will say that the design of the console is pretty nice and I like some ideas like voice interaction and such. But that's just about it and nothing more.
First off the name, Xbox One. Why is it called that? I mean Xbox 720 and so many others sound better than this. Atleast the Playstation 4's name makes sense and hell the Wii U's name is much more appealing than "XBox One" and even makes more sense too.
Secondly, the fact that they're taking everything from the Playstation 3 up to even the fucking Blu-Ray feature is sad considering that Sony had that idea 6 years ago when Playstation 3 was announced. Hell, the Xbox 360 had the same power with a hard drive and even the same capabilities as the PS3. Why add a Bluray player? This is something that I don't understand about modern consoles. Why add a DVD Player feature or a Blu-Ray feature when you can simply buy a Blu-Ray or DVD player especially considering that the latter is much cheaper nowadays.
Thirdly, the fact that Microsoft was shoehorning the Kinect and trying to waggle it in our faces when it was first announced up until now is something that made Microsoft look very desperate and seeing Kinect being packaged with the new console is even more pathetic. It's bad enough that they had later 360s be packaged with Kinects to help boost the sales but having a Kinect being packed with the XBox One on first day of launch is showing us that Microsoft really loves this idea. I also have to mention that the console will be watching your every movement and that is a little unsettling.
Also, "People who want backwards compatibility are backwards"?! I mean I was pissed when PS4 said no PS3 or PSN titles were compatible with it but atleast they're letting you stream your older games and hell throughout this generation of consoles, the Playstation 3 did have some issues with playing PS2 games but atleast later there were HD Collections released on PS3 for several games like God of War, Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter and (in a few months) Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD and hopefully 2.5 HD. I can't recall an HD collection on your system, oh wait you were backwards compatible on the 360. It's a shame your console can't play every game on the XBox library and not to mention 360 owners had to wait a while until their favorite game was playable on the 360.
The last thing I want to bring up is the used game fee as well as the always online feature and how everyone is so up and arms about it. When there were rumors about how future consoles may always be online and whatnot, fans were pissed especially with that one asshole who had the "Deal with it" attitude was being a total douche towards people and possibly confirming it. I mean do we have to be online to play our fucking games?! I mean what if I was at a hose with shit Internet and there were lag issues? Then my games wouldn't even be playable at all! It makes it even worse with the confirmation of how you have to pay a fee for used games. I understand that developers want to get paid for their product and that's something I'll probably relate to in the future. But that doesn't give developers an excuse to be greedy which is something I start to feel with a lot of companies today. They make consumers pay extra for several thing that are unnecessary like Capcom and their bullshit with Street Fighter x Tekken. This is the case with this as well because the XBox 360's XBox live service has one issue with many gamers and that was the monthly fee to use that specific service which sucks because Playstation Network doesn't require any kind of fee to use it which is why I prefer the PS3. They don't require much money from you unless you want to buy a game on the PSN store and speaking of PSN, at least you are able to buy Playstation 1 and 2 games on there. But getting back on topic, this system may require the monthly fee and the fee for used games so that wallet will definitely be empty. What's sad is that if you borrowed the game from a friend, you can't even sign on to his or her account without getting banned yourself.
Which is why I may stick to PC gaming or just get a Wii U and be done with it..or even a PS4. I dunno.
