TheSixthAxis' Kris Lipscombe takes a look at Microsoft's heavy focus on streaming media and how it could be to their ultimate benefit.
Sony has launched a BAFTA Game Awards 2024 section on the PlayStation Store that lists the different games nominated this year.
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
The Epic Games Store has another freebie ready for your library and it is a free runner.
"From day one Microsoft have talked about the 360 as a multimedia hub"
No they havent...Microsoft have never said anything about the 360 being a multimedia hub untill they started going after the casual crowd. The PS3 is the only console which was talked about being a multimedia hub when it was announced and shown off
You can't defend MS actions
The 360 is a games consoles, MS have let down the core audience who got them where they are today and they just seem to have a "I don't give a crap" attitude to core gaming experiences, instead they'd rather lie...remember how Kinect was "made for the core" and then a few months ago they said it was really made for the casual crowd from the start...yeah lies like that.
If you try and justfy MS actions then your just giving them a reason to continue along the path they have already set. No one who bought their Xbox 360 for a games console can be happy with third party support forever, MS have got to show some support and by support I mean not relying on the same exclusives year after year.
Where arethese harcore 360 gamers that are starving for games that you guys speak of?
You people always say that MS dont care about the hardcore or that 360 gamers are having a fit becuase they dont play games on the 360 but TBH the only people I see complaing are PS3 loyalist.
I am a 360/PS3 gamer but do most of my gaming on the 360 because of Live and I can tell you that I have never had the urge to complain about lack of games - to me a game is a game and being exclusive or multiplat does not change the fact that the games that I buy and play are enjoyed by me.
Sure I love my Uncharted and Gears and but if those game were multiplat I would love them just as much. Exclusive is just ammo of die hard fanboys to scream OMG one more exclusive.
Defending the undefendable.