The screen pierces one’s eyes after hours of playing… that same level… that same song… same area… same characters, with their same old sayings. We sit and we try, we try that one last time to hear the glorious chime, see the most satisfying pop-up; we crave that achievement. Gamers sit for hours on end trying to earn Xbox 360’s achievements. This becomes an addiction, but what do they want?
Online multiplayer is back for 11 more games thanks to Insignia's XBL 1.0 replacement service running on Original Xbox consoles and the Xemu emulator on PC. Multiplayer, voice chat, leaderboards, etc. have been a monthly addition for many games from Xbox's past library thank to the team at Insignia.live! The 11 new games are now playable online once again after 13+ years.
Booo!! I was hoping that was Rainbow Six: Black Arrow...Boo!! again. I thought this coming to Xbox. I don't even read it I was so excited.
Where are you on the battleground of console wars? Should we care? Do you care?
"No doubt, if Microsoft or Sony or Nintendo wants to pay me to advocate for their products day in and day out, I promise to never touch a competitor’s product ever again. But most of us are normal people, and most of us should ignore people who have an agenda that is either self-serving, in the interests of some soulless corporation, or both."
So...
Ignore corporate shills!
(Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo.....please make me your corporate shill)
Straight up: I used to buy all consoles. Even Xbox. Still have the first one. I have nothing against gamers or their game preferences of genres. Just blind support and spending that hurts the console industry I play in that effects me or will effect me. Like paying for online when I knew it was coming for everyone and stated that years ago on N4G during PS3 days. Those multiple comments are back there somewhere.
The war is about supported strategies of a company that may not have your best interests and I'll always rally against it. If that's fanboyism or continuing a console war, I'll keep doing it.
I don't support EA and all their machinations. I've boycotted their games for over a decade. I want competition like NFL 2K. I'm not going to buy Madden just because. And I believe 2k was better at putting things in the game over EA's lies of "its in the game." Why support a company like EA when you know they have ulterior motives?
Microsoft. Why would I support a company that has near a trillion dollars but doesn't make games like Sony does? Why support their ideas of services and fleecing gamers wallets with new schemes? DRM2013 was their attempt to control our gaming habits like Stadia will do which is no trading, lending or owning games. Why support their lies and misleading statements that we all know they're guilty of? Crackdown being their last recent example.
It's not about war. It's about where you want gaming to go. And what companies are doing their best to support gamers and gaming's future while making money. Sony has time and time again, showed they care about games and growing the industry. Not controlling it. With companies trying to destroy traditional gaming with mobile style micro transactions, season passes, loot boxes, etc, and now GaaS and lack of ownership, the war continues. I'm not sorry for who I support when I can clearly see Sony being better at offering options like VR while still making money. And still being friendly. If you're against that, I'm against you. If Sony ever changes, I'll be against them.
Tell that to the fallen... 3DO, Phillip's, Casio, Atari, Sega. Next up Google and amazon
Console wars began because as a kid your parents could only afford to buy you one system. You had a chose to make between two systems. For example NES or SMS. I picked SMS as a kid. Now my main concern was that my system got the best exclusive games and became the most successful. Because if it didn't it would become discontinued and I wouldn't have anymore games to buy for my system. So in school I would defend the SMS and my other friends would defend NES. It became a war of who had the better system. In other words console wars are all about protecting your one investment.
One of the most popular versions of the title is available on Nintendo Switch and it just got even better. The Bedrock version of Minecraft just released for Nintendo Switch, both digitally on the Nintendo eShop and as a physical release.
Wow! First the minecraft play together video, then twitter and now this. What's next?
I don't want any intrusive Xbox stuff on my Playstation ecosystem. I understand that when you are surviving in the market you need to do things you may not like to survive. Sony is not on this position so it doesn't need to help the competition to survive.
A console without exclusive tied with a mini console without 3rd party and still beaten by THE KING
Losers are trying their best to gain a little momentum
just make games instead of this ridiculous gimmicky features
I am an achievement addict... i play childrens games just to see the points. Asshamed maybe, proud kinda lol
I was an Achievement Whore once, until I lost my wife, my kids, my credit, my job, my house, and wound up with no moral compass started smoking crack, selling my body for money... it all went so bad, so quick.
Lolz, but in all seriousness it is about time someone wrote about this!
I never cared for achievement or trophies at all and will never be a achievement/trophy whore unless convinced otherwise. I do not see a point in it at all, or what is the real purpose of it?. I just like to enjoy the story and online play of the games so I get achievements or trophies as I go along. If there was real reward system of any kind to use up your achievement/trophy towards in-game items or among other things than i will become a achievement/trophy whore.
<----- this guy is an achievement whore!
This is very true! i know from past experiences that once i got it in mind that i wanted to do a certain achievement that i did almost anything to get. Whether i cheated or just plain used people to get them, i would do whatever it took. Getting reset was the only cure for me. As soon as i saw all of it go down the drain whether it was legit or not i realized that the games we play should not be for the achievements but rather for the experiences we having playing them that help us to learn from them in some way, shape or form. So for those who all have this addiction learn to control it or you'll end up missing out on life's opportunities. Remember you only live once!