There’s been a lot of doom and gloom surrounding Microsoft’s next-generation console over the last few days. While the company’s anti-consumer used-game policy and “occasionally-online” vague DRM policy are disappointing (I’m still waiting for a solid answer on both fronts), there is still a lot to look forward to when it comes to the Xbox One.
But looking at the Xbox One from a positive perspective, there’s a lot to get excited about when it comes to Microsoft’s upcoming TV-watching, gaming-playing, entertainment box.
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From what I've seen on the technical side, the xb1 is truly next gen. Not only that, with Microsoft leveraging their cloud services it feels like the sky is the limit.
Microsoft's vision for the console is really well thought out and looking pretty far ahead. I'd argue much further than Sony is capable of competing with. Off-loading some of rendering or computing to cloud-based servers means that unlike the PS4 (as we've seen so far) there won't be a hard cap on what developers can do. The main constraints will be bandwidth and latency.
I know a lot of Sony Fans have been extremely negative about the console. Though I'd say it's because they don't understand what kind of beauty is under the hood.
Things to look forward to:
A solid digital distribution model. Hopefully we'll see something like what Valve did (and the lower prices they brought us)
Basic IP protection for developers, something that may drive down prices.
Cloud-based computations and graphics pushing the console to compete with high end machines
A well rounded entertainment system
But the PS4 has all that and more exclusives, so what's to get excited about for the Xbox One.
The Xbox One charges a fee to play used games. This system fails....plain and simple.