I'm disturbed.
As I write this, 7 out of the 9 stories on the top of the page, are all speaking seriously from a negative standpoint, most without any real reason or valid concern.
What is wrong with the PS3?
What is so wrong with Sony that is causing this sudden and extremely bothersome influx of negativity?
I, for one, believe angry and spiteful Xbox 360 owners are beginning to post negative news regarding Sony products.
I believe they are taking it upon themselves to enact upon Sony and their fans some sort of user viral marketing campaign.
Why can't we find something positive to post about Sony?
Why must we let all these negative stories get approved, and then have 647836478942136236 comments, all of which turn into flamewars?
I'm not asking for Sony fans to lash back at 360 owners; simply to resist them by bolstering our news section with a more positive and realistic approach.
It's quite depressing to log into n4g, only to see 7 of 9 (lol.....sorry....laughing at the reference) PS3 News section stories all pointing a rather big glowing red negative finger at Sony and its product and software.
It's almost getting as bad as network news....where you turn on the tv and all you hear is about how horrible our country is from stupid outsiders or from people who live here but failed at everything they tried to do and try to blame it on us.
I joined this site because I like the steady influx of (mostly) helpful news and information, and I wish to contribute to that as well.
I find it saddening that in the short while I've been a member, news stories have seriously degraded to beyond any level of stupidity.
It's not by accident...it's purposeful, and intentional.
- John
Shaz from Pixel Swish: "The ROG Xbox Ally is another step towards Team Xbox’s 'Play Anywhere' strategy, and perfectly embodies the company’s future and how we’re all going to be playing an 'Xbox' in the future."
The funny thing about Xbox going more PC-like is that I’ve been saying this for over a decade and finally seeing it come to fruition. People use to hate the idea, but now are embracing it, and all I want is to be put on the payroll lol.
On a serious note, I think this is the best route going forward for MS. They don’t have to get out of the hardware game altogether. They can make their home console $300 entry & $600 premium home consoles and from there partner with other hardware makers for anything beyond that. Focus on being a publisher and creating a strong OS / Cloud option for other devices like desktop, handheld PCs, streaming devices, etc…
I honestly think they should also look into NVIDIA as well, with NVIDIA starting to make their own CPUs. Their CPU is already on par with AMDs best laptop CPUs of the previous/current generation which is more than enough, and a RTX 5000 / 6000 laptop GPU hybrid (DLSS 4 / DLSS5) could do wonders for them, and bring some much needed diversity back to console hardware.
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I don't know why you'd expect them to still develop new consoles at this point. Ditching all exclusives and putting the Xbox logo on a ROG Windows device is a pretty clear message.
This isn't a good thing for Xbox. It's a long winded goodbye.
For the same reason they still have a laptop hardware lineup even though they have Windows.
Having some kind of retail presence for visibility and marketing won’t really affect them in any way.
I still expect them to have 1 or 2 SKUs that they won’t sell at a loss but will continue the trend of selling way less than the competition (though its still selling millions), just like they have their Surface laptops even though they could happily coast knowing practically every third party out there (or the end consumer) will pay them for the Windows license
You realise thos indicates that their next xbox will be an xbox branded pc right? And will cost pc prices as a result. So look forwards to a 600 dollar and 1000 dollar version with vast performance differences, with the upper range having similar performance to the ps6 that will be like half its price. The 800 dollar rog ally x makes this abundantly clear.
I saw this years ago. I don't see how it took this long for people actually close to the industry.
I said this years ago, mind you I know nothing about computers, but I always thought Xbox would go more PC-like.
As I said, and always said, I know squat about PCs, so I thought Xbox would become modular. I don’t know if that’s the right word, but I thought they would build a basic frame/shell and gamers would be able to configure their Xbox how they wish, similar to PC and buy motherboards, sound cards and graphic cards. I don’t know if that’s practical or even possible though.
This was when they first entered the gaming space.
I think consoles are so cheap and punch above their weight is because everything is so tightly designed around each component. Opening up to multiple permutations with modules would probably make it more expensive to build, develop for, and manage. It's not impossible, but probably gets in that gray area where it's not much different than a garden variety PC.
Well to clear up my thought process on the matter, I figured they would every so often within a gen like a pro model system, give gamers the proprietary parts.
Let’s say the original Xbox they built it modular in mind, so certain parts they would manufacture newer slightly more powerful components. That way you can either stay with the original configuration, or swap out the parts you choose, building your own pro. Then when the next gen comes around a new even more powerful components that would put the system in the Xbox360 range. Then another half step to tweak your system to a pro of that gen.
I guess similar to how I see people here talking about new 4080 cards, I’m just making up an example, and every so often people mention nother with a number larger than the last indicating it’s more powerful.
I understand what you’re saying about how it’s much easier to just have a closed system, and much cheaper. It was just something I thought might happen when Microsoft introduced the first Xbox.
"First-person roguelikes like Gunfire Reborn and Roboquest can be quite fun when done well. Another such game is MythForce, which comes from Beamdog, the developer that brought Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 to modern platforms (while mostly ditching the co-op). MythForce features cartoon-like visuals and a fantasy theme, making it quite different from most of its peers. It will soon reach its "final form" via the upcoming Version 1.2 update," says Co-Optimus.
Today, SCS Software officially announced Project Coaches, the next evolution for Euro Truck Simulator 2, adding buses to the game.
Integrity. That's what I'm looking for. We need it everywhere in our society and it seems to have been lost. It's much easier now to blame someone else or make fun of someone else's choice or opinion then to say something positive and supportive, let alone factual. I am disappointed in this generation of young people and I'm afraid of the direction their attitudes our taking our culture in general. I hope to teach my kids to have integrity and respect. And to tell the truth.
Maybe, just maybe if Sony wasn't so damn concerned with segregation, price-fixing, unwanted propriety format #38, and lying all the time. Things would change. Then again, all the die hard Sony fanatics like mighty_douche, Meus Renaissance, MK_Red, gamesblow, TANOD, Maddens Raiders, biochemical, season007, MaximusPrime, nasim/shmee, ddldave, Bloodmask and PCPS3FTW etc, would die without Sony's lies to sustain them. They need lies more than food and water. They are unable to see reason and function normaly in society. As long as these goons continue to infect these boards with their lies. Thing will never change.
The irony of pointing fingers ...
i honestly have no idea why people hate on Sony so much. But listen - what ever happens - don't stoop to a hater's level. In all honesty who cares what they think. Some people are obviously a little bit insecure about their system of choice, so much so that they decide to spam this site with negative ps3 news. I bought a ps3 @ launch and i don't regret it one bit. Here's what i think - I would never trade the likes of RFOM, MS, HS, Uncharted, R&C, UT3 along with the other multi plat games and PS2 games I have for ANY of the other games on any other system. I can only afford ONE next gen system. All the fud has come to a critical level. I believe this is because of a shift in the gaming industry. We are going into 2008 - the year of Sony.
Edit: 3rd place you flower pot - everyone in this thread who had a postive thing to say now have five disagrees from your five different accounts. Coward. Here's a bubble and an agree for eveyone else.
as simple as it
i didn't defend any console for any previous generation as i am always buying them all
but this generation, somehow most of my comments are pro-sony
am i a sony lover? yes, i would think so, but am i a microsoft or nintendo hater? i wouldn't consider myself as one
However i have really been annoyed by the endless and pointless attack towards PS3 while it seriously has nothing wrong with most aspects....
if any of you still remember it was made fun about being a grill or heater , where its failure rate is less than 1%...
it was made fun about being no game or movie player, where...there are diverse games and good games to choose from
other things like Cell, RSX, PSN, or whatever, are they really that bad?
for me...most of the time i just want to tell the truth and thats why when ignorant comment is made i would like to defend PS3
i would wish there is a day i don't have to comment on the issue at all and everyone can just enjoy their games.
edit: if the secret disagreer can let me know whats wrong with my comment , i would gladly take it ...just don't hide and click this like a kid, or you should be at school right now