GameNTrain author Christopher Carpenter writes: Over the past year or so, since the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were announced, the Console Wars have been reignited with just as much fury as before. With the blind bias that many of the individual company’s fans seem to emanate, not all are like this of course. It makes someone like me, who just cares for the greatness that this industry brings to us, in a state of annoyance over the petty arguments that these fandoms have generated. It is for these reasons that I have decided to completely skip the products offered by Sony and Microsoft out of the sake of preserving my own enjoyment of all games.
My disagreement with these consoles are of course not confined to the fans’ bias. I am also quite displeased with their business practices as of late. Between Microsoft’s policy of buying early releases and exclusivity to Sony’s recent actions of derision of their competitors, they have taken up very unprofessional tactics to appeal to their fans. It makes them appear as rich children arguing on who has more friends, dishing out their money and foul tactics to make them more popular. In my opinion, a console should be able to get exclusivity and early releases on the impressiveness of the console and the first party titles for the system instead of the size of the company’s wallet. The same applies to the their behavior, they should be able to maintain a professional manner with its rivals and focus on the enjoyment of their games instead of trying to be better then them.
The next episode in the uniquely awkward/hilarious Public Unboxing series is here! Carson was so excited about his purchase of the Steam Link and Controller that he just had to make a professional unboxing video on his way home. From a public bus stop, to a busy Starbucks; nothing will keep him from informing you about what's inside the box!
*The Public Unboxing series is strictly comedic and only sometimes informative. Unboxing videos are weird! So, we examine that weirdness by placing it in a public context.*
Next-Gen War is far from over, and there’s a (new) contender
The release of the original Xbox, in the early 2000′s clearly defined the way of what would be the future of gaming. Having a console in the living room has changed dramatically our way of playing video-games. The major step forward PC-like graphics and overall experience was brought to us by Sony with their PlayStation gaming systems and later on, by Microsoft, with their Xbox products line.
I know right. I love my PC and know plenty of ppl who game on pc, and a lot own consoles too. Plenty of games exclusive to pc, so i'm a bit confused lol
When wasn't the PC here?
Perhaps The Canadian has been living under a Nova Scotian rock.
Gabe's been rocking the digital distribution space for a few years now.
Someone's been smoking some deep time-traveling shrooms again.
Lol I'm Canadian and many of my brethren are PC gamers. This guy seems to just be daft.
Richard from The Happi Campers gives his view on this pirate themed classic, AC4.
Yea.. right now, it's a lot like Xbox365 and PS3.8.
Odd opinion. Awkward, even.
The good steam boxes are going to be expensive (how they are manufactured by other people) so I hope you wallet doesn't mind
PS4 and a little bit of PC for me.
I'm definitely getting a steam box but I'm not expecting much out of it yet. It would have to destroy my PS4 and X1 in terms of playability, accessibility, and graphics to make it my go to console.