TechRadar: The dust is starting to settle, meaning gamers can finally focus on the Xbox One features that matter.
The good news for everyone is that Microsoft has engineered a solid next-generation console, one we were thoroughly impressed with when we went hands on at E3 last week.
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
People dont over look these features. They just dont care.
And number 2... "why didn't anyone think of this before". Really?
1. Kinect is pretty incredible this time around
No its not its a cancerous piece of hardware.
2. Splitscreen seat-switching can be eliminated
People still play splitscreen?
3. Kinect included means 100% of people have it
Hope you enjoy being recorded 24/7
4. Xbox One gamepad tweaked to near-perfection
Disagree with you here, IMO the xbox 360 controller looked way better.
5. 15 first-party exclusives in the first year
And a majority of them look bad. You can have all the fire party exclusives you want but when its a piece of crap it doesn't count.
6. Still has Call of Duty DLC as a timed-exclusive
I don't give a crap about anything COD related.
7. Xbox One multitasking is slick
So is my android powered smartphone isn't more than 512mb of ram nice!
8. SmartGlass, Twitch integration are established
Gimmicks, 95% of people do not care.
9. Xbox One Cloud
Overhyped by Microsoft and it will never work right just like their kinect.
10. Achievements are carried over from 360
Also again I don't care about achievements nor does a large majority of people.
'3. Kinect included means 100% of people have it'
Huray for forcing your consumers to buy an add on that not everybody wants. Sony did the right thing in regards to their camera, give people a frigging choice.
The "power of the cloud" is nothing more than an overused buzzword that doesn't really mean much. The "cloud" isn't an Xbox feature. It's something PS4, PC and Xbox 1 all have and it won't change a whole lot. The fact that MS is even promoting this as a feature and making a big deal out of it is pretty ridiculous.
"The cloud" means having an internet connection, sending data to be stored/changed on the other side, and getting it back. No, they won't have a supercomputer in Microsoft HQ that will run all your games at 999 FPS through the cloud. All the cloud will give you are persistent game saves and stuff like that.
Your google account is an example of what the cloud really gives you
the multitasking (snap mode) is what i am looking forward to the most... gaming while watching sports or netflix or skyping without having to look off the same screen pretty good stuff