Why I Pre-ordered An Xbox One

CVG: On June 11, I woke up just before lunch, having done a 21-hour shift covering this year's E3 press conferences. I felt strange, almost jet-lagged but without having left the country.

I staggered into my office, nudged the computer out of sleep mode, and did two things. First, I pre-ordered a PS4. At this point I don't think that decision requires much explanation. Second, I pre-ordered an Xbox One. Which perhaps does.

[Gaming4Ever]

Not enough justification there for me. I've said it time and time again: change the policies Microsoft, or I'm not interested in your crapbox one.

[dedicatedtogamers]

A fool and his money...

Or in this case, a CVG journalist and his money...

[MoonConquistador]

You could argue its the same thing

[mattdillahunty]

i'm not sure why he put Titanfall under "games you can only play on Xbox One." it's coming to PC too. hell, for that matter it's also coming to the 360.

[malokevi]

"The truth is, Xbox Live has been the more attractive, more robust, more fully featured of the two main online services... who would bet on Microsoft not maintaining leadership in the online multiplayer space? Not me."

Truth! Among the other truths. Eventually Kinect will show us something great, 500$ for this package? hell yes! Exclusive games... yes please.

Since I've had my Xbox/Xbox360 connected in perpetuity for the past 7 or so years, and I dont buy used or sell off my games... this is literally the complete package.

Once I shove my PS4 into the HDMI in, so I can use the awesome functionality of the Xbox One and still play all the PS4 games.... this is it. Literally. I'm going to be living in video-game paradise for the next 10-15 years.

[BluEx610]

I would've pre-ordered if Xbox One actually replaces my DVR/Cable Box. But it actually doesn't replace it. Plug in your DVR and your DVR functions won't work. DVR is the only reason I have live TV. So I don't need to watch it live lol. And games like Killer Instinct, Titan Fall, and Dead Rising 3 can be played on PC, 360, or is a timed exclusive.

I was hoping to see more features and exclusives that appeal to me. But unfortunately what they showed was meh. Microsoft been abandoning it's core fanbase for a while. Just look at the 360.

My 360 only had Gears, Halo, and Forza in the past 2 or 3 years. My PS3 has/is having Ni No Kuni, God of War, Sly Cooper, The Last of Us, Beyond 2 Souls, Rain,and GT6 this year alone. The first couple years would look good just like the 360 first couple of years. Then they'll abandon it's core base and only produce Kinect crap and cater to the Call of Duty casual crowd.

No thanks Xbox, you're not tricking me this time. Your so called "exclusives" will also be on PC or is a timed exclusive. Halo, Gears, and Forza yearly cycle again???

[guitarded77]

Before all of the details of XBOX One came out, I planned on preordering both the XBOX One and PS4. But it is what it is and we are where we are. I have no intention of buying an XBOX One in the near future.

If MS had not made such strict policies about ownership of content, and mandatory install, mandatory kinect and required 24hr check-in, I probably would have pre-ordered both. Even if MS went back and changed the policies and the way XBOX One works, their attitude toward gamers since the announcement of XBOX One has made me want to stay as far away from them as possible.

Those who support the XBOX One, are supporting the end of software ownership rights, and open the door fom even more intrusive technology and advertising. This is a lot bigger than used games, and the author is part of the problem.

[ginsunuva]

But it makes a great doorstop.

[WiiUsauce]

they confirmed today that they're removing all the restrictions that were gonna be on the console.

[NatureOfLogic]

I thought this article had some good points up until "It doesn't matter who wins." It does matter. If people can take one second to look away from all of the fanboys and console war, You'll see that Sony and MS is pushing in two clearly different directions with their consoles. Both might want an all digital future, but how MS is going about it is all wrong. Consumers(gamers) have to choose who "wins" with their purchase. And according most polls, majority gamers are against MS's ways of forcing their vision for the future. I don't like it, so I won't be purchasing Xbox one, and I hope that Sony wins to show that when gamers speak loud and clear about what they want, they are to be heard, not ignored and persuaded.

[MoonConquistador]

Very well said KingElixir, there is much more to this than which is your favourite console (or multinational corporation, I sometimes wonder on this site)

This is about consumer rights and people really need to see the bigger picture and future repercussions of their choices this generation.

[OhMyGandhi]

To be completely honest, while Sony is much less restrictive in many of their policies, how is their direction that much more different then Xbox One?

[BattleTorn]

You guys say it's all about industry when your biggest argument is that MS is trying to remove what is killing it - used-games.

How can you say you support the industry when the feature you guys seem to value the most is having the capability of withhold the only true support you have to offer the industry - your money!

While publishers will say they don't have anything against the used-game industry, they're active trying to kill it.

You PS4 fans have sided with retailers (GameStop/Amazon) over the game publishers.

Because you care about your pocket more than who gets your money.

[Lovable]

"You Sony fans have sides with retailers (GameStop/Amazon) over the game publishers"

How could you even make a comment like this with a straight face? Sony fans are fighting for the rights as a gamer. Restrictions will only get worse come next gen if you don't stand and fight it now. It feels like you don't mind companies taking your rights as to what you purchased.

Yeah you bought Xbox one, but you can't do this and that. No companies should decide what you can do on your system.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Quick everyone tell the writer how much of a troll he is for buying an X1 and how Kinect will spy on you. And insult him for spending his money where he wants.

EDIT: Lol yep @Dedicated is the first to insult and mud sling Grow up dedicated.

Who are any of you to dictate his purchases?

[Lovable]

In 3, 2, 1....the writer suck.

[fsfsxii]

Because people like him ruin gaming for us true gamers.
If X1 succeeds, i would blame dumbass people like him who screw over their rights for a game

[matgrowcott]

So what makes you a true gamer and him a pretend one?

[Sam Fisher]

@matgrocott
Its not about being fake or a real gamer, its about freedom of choice, nobody wants to buy something they have take, would you like it if i forced fed you knowing you are satisfied? No, its the fact that you want a free choice, now what fsfs meant was that this guy blinded with " glitter and strobe lights", their are vey few that likes to be dominated and controlled but when it comes to games sorry its all about what we want, everyone throws big bucks every year for games, the hell with that we gamers are in control not the companies

[dragon_rocks]

@matgrowcott:

Someone who wants more freedom, less restriction, lot of great exclusive/multiplatform games and more value for the money they are investing in the console should be considered a true gamer and consumer as well. As of now MS is not in favor of these requirements.

[matgrowcott]

"Someone who wants more freedom, less restriction, lot of great exclusive/multiplatform games and more value for the money they are investing in the console should be considered a true gamer and consumer as well. As of now MS is not in favor of these requirements."

I notice the one thing you didn't mention was actually playing games.

"Its not about being fake or a real gamer, its about freedom of choice,"

Nope. He said he was a true gamer and anyone who disagrees with his stance is not. That's a pretty specific claim. I'd like clarification, in case I'm not a true game and just haven't noticed it. Hell, you ought to think on it as well. You might not be a true gamer either!

[LoveOfTheGame]

^^
Lol, you just said "us true gamers". Most of you are too worried about which company loves you more to be in this category.

A true gamer would play the games he/she enjoys regardless of anything else.

[malokevi]

"Who are any of you to dictate his purchases? "

Nobody! they are literally nobody. PS4 lovers and Xbox haters alike will largely tell you your stupid/an idiot/a fool for buying an Xbox One... that your "waisting your money".

So set in their ways that they will go out of their way to insult anyone who doesn't think exactly like them. Difference of opinion? General interest in the Xbox One? Well, your stupid, and I hate you!

At the end of the day, it is their negativity against your positivity. They will call you stupid... but it won't even cross your mind while your enjoying the hell out of your brand new console.

[dedicatedtogamers]

"Who are any of you to dictate his purchases?"

The author can spend his money however he wants. But he made the choice to write an article about it and post it online and open it up to public discussion.

And that's what is happening. The public is discussing it. If it's such a sin to mock the author, then he shouldn't have posted his personal purchase choice on the internet.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Yeah up for discussion just waiting for the usual bashing and you are the first one to bite, just as expected. And your calling him a fool. Name calling, really? That's not necessary bro you simply can't respect someones purchases does it bother you and others on here that bad?

I noticed people tend to insult and bully, I don't like bullies.

If you read the OP hes getting both. So Whats your beef with the author?

[dedicatedtogamers]

@ AngelicIce

The author is funding a console future that I don't want. I already have enough grief dealing with DRM-laden, restriction-filled PC gaming. I'd prefer if consoles didn't also follow the same route.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I know, I know how u feel about digital content.

But I don't know what to tell you man. This a push a transition you saw coming years ago. Everyone knew it was coming sooner or later. Can't avoid the inevitable.

At the moment the PS4 is a console that isn't aggressively pushing for digital nor DRM. But that's not stopping Ubisoft's The Division and The Crew. Bungies Destiny is always on DRM.

Like I said before, X1 and PS4 are built more like PC's, you know devs are gonna take advantage of that and bring there DRM drama to living rooms.

The only difference is I guess is MS is "giving in" rather than postponing or not opting to it right away like Sony.

Listen, people can disagree all they want but I do think Sony will implement some kind of DRM in the console in the NEAR future.

Considering its already up to third party devs to do as they please appose to DRM.

[NoobJobz]

I preordered one but I can also cancel at any time. I haven't paid anything at the moment. If they change some policies and make the console look more enticing, then I'll go ahead with the order. If we get close to launch and it still seems like an awful console, I'll cancel. I basicallya preordered hoping they would change before launch.

[NoobJobz]

Looks like I may have been right if the reports are true. Wow.

[WeAreLegion]

You...

Have disposable income, don't actually care about the future of the gaming industry, and have already pre-ordered a PS4, as well.

So, go ahead.

[BattleTorn]

You guys are the ones who aren't caring about the industry!

Used-games hurt the industry!

You care more about your pocket than where your money goes.

[WeAreLegion]

Used games hurt the industry as much as used cars hurt the car industry. It is a necessary evil. I buy new just as much as the next gamer, but used game sales ensure a game is always available, long after they stop printing the disc.

I see that you do care about the industry. You're just mistaken.

[jmc8888]

Really

So what happens when someone sells a used game to gamestop.....

Then uses THAT money to buy another NEW game?

Didn't they

1. Give money initially to X company
2. Give the money they got to Y company

Blocking used games will DECREASE the money they get, not increase it.

[sarcasm] So YOU are the one that must hate the gaming industry [/sarcasm]

The simple fact is people want control. They use piracy and used games only as a means to control you and make you submit to their desire to increasing control.

You are being manipulated. Wake up.

[LoveOfTheGame]

You think it's consumers that are hurting the industry? We constantly don't buy games that don't appeal to us and the dev/pub decide that game didn't work so lets get movie stars to be voice actors and spend even more money.

If anything Publishers are the ones killing this industry.

[WeAreLegion]

I would say it's a pretty big combination of publishers/developers and us. We enable their horrible choices though.

Then again, maybe we don't. Jaffe talked about pandering to the "bro" demographic. It doesn't work. They "bro'd up" Lost Planet, Dead Space, and Resident Evil. Look how that turned out for those franchises. ;) Meanwhile, a game like Skyrim does insanely well without pandering to this casual, bro audience.

What I'm saying is...I agree. It is more the fault of developers and publishers, but we are not helping when we buy crap.

[NextGen24Gamer]

Great read and great points. I'm just too giddy for November to come!

Next Gen Gaming experiences DAY 1

[malokevi]

PS4 will have to wait until Christmas. I'm not made of money!

It will suck waiting for a month after PS4 release... watching/listening to people enjoying their next-gen consoles... but it will be worth the wait!

[Jamaicangmr]

You know theres something wrong when you gotta write a justification piece for you're own personal purchase preference.

He knows deep down that it wasn't the best move.

Give him a minute it'll sink in.

[jmc8888]

Some people still think Saddam caused 9/11 and that the Iraq war was justified.

Me? I knew told my friend who just enlisted in Dec 2000 right after dumbass W was elected to watch out...he's going to send your ass to Iraq.

He did, and almost didn't come back.

The simple fact is, people lie to themselves so much it's literally an epidemic of insanity.

There will be quite a number of fools who act this way and don't want to hear all about the NSA and other efforts to spy on you and Microsoft was completely complicit with screwing you over. Here's your data. Have at it. Somehow they will still believe MS when they say 'trust us'.

Those same people will not realize that Steam just showed MS you can share games without the unnecessary draconian crap.

Some people can read the future because they understand how it flows. Others react to what happens and live in denial.

[LoveOfTheGame]

@jmc888
Again Steam is purely digital while Xbox will still allow the use of physical disc copies. The 24 hour check in is to validate these physical copies.

[OSIRUSSS]

Pay more for a weaker system? Sony will make money of his Blu Ray games and movies anyway!

[SegaSaturn669]

Instead of buying an xbox one im gonna put that 499.99 towards a new LED TV or maybe the oculus rift.

[princejb134]

i didnt pre order the xbox because Microsoft always over promises

in the 360 all i saw was a bunch of sequels over and over again with hardly new exclusive ips
MS always starts their consoles great with new ips but as the years go by and they built their fan base they literally forget the fans and go their own way

[tigertom53]

I wont get any console on day one, I like to see the game play, hold the controllers, see the interface, see how the used game policy will work. I really do like the family game share plain, I know that my brothers are planning on getting xbox 1 and could be a great way to share titles with one another with out shipping the game out and will save money. they said I can still sell the game and purchase used xbox one games that all I care about if the publisher wants to add a fee then so be it...

[JohnS1313]

What a moron. If it's about games only on a certain console the PS4 wins easy. Sony has so many more better developers. And Kinect will be good eventually? I doubt it. He should admit he just loves throwing money away.

[LoveOfTheGame]

It is always about the games, that's why I am, most likely, choosing Xbox. Learn what preference is moron.

[jmc8888]

Well having a preference to be spied on and not allowed to play games unless MS specifically tells your XBox one that it is ok to play games every 24 hours.

It's big news the Microsoft IS selling you down the river.

I wonder how many people just today, or while I'm writing this have been screwed over by MS's data being given/sold/traded to the gov't and other corporations?

Steam just outed MS that it was all bs about needing the system wide DRM so people could share games.

If you make your decision based on games, then you're doing it wrong. Especially since most are multiplats anyway.

[LoveOfTheGame]

I understand you don't like MS, but don't keep spamming the same argument in each article about it. Stop trying to spread your own paranoia and notice your on a site that uses these same tactics.

Can't tell you how many Cobra golf club ads I have seen since I started looking them up.

[Tluca]

Even if you want the x-one as a second console - wait for the price drop - they can't keep that horror price difference for long....

[antikbaka]

>>Why I Pre-ordered An Xbox One

because you have lots of money but little sense

[jmc8888]

Because they think like Kim Kardashian they can do nothing but have a secret kinect video tape and it will make them famous?

[cell989]

seems like the Microsoft defense force is up and working long extra hours to persuade people into buying their xbone

[Roper316]

Enjoy your purchase hope it is all you want it to be. I have zero interest in the XB1 and nothing anyone says will change my opinion on it.

[vork77]

why i pre order a ps4 #1 its cheaper