Xbox live has been overtaken by PS+ which costs less and provides more and is making XBL look archaic with their outdated polices which further illustrates just how out of touch Microsoft really is with the gaming community. Continuing to stuff things that need their own subscription fee behind their paywall in a poor attempt to justify the value in this day and age when the competitors aren't having to do it is simply shameful you'll defend it but it is shameful.
So having to pay to access the other things you ALREADY pay for is a bonus now? LMAO The only spin is coming from YOU. Just because it's locked behind a paywall doesn't give it "bonus" value it's 2014 okay and this kind of stuff SHOULD be called out because it's a poor attempt by Microsoft to add this imaginary value to their service which i might add is declining not getting better. Since i got my xbox one and ps4 ive had to call xbox live customer service 5 times f...
If you want an honest answer NO is the answer. Parity clauses AND paid exclusives on ANY platform hurts the gaming industry as a whole can't really dispute that. Cock blocking a particular console OR your competitors customer base in an attempt to lure customers to your platform is wrong. MS has hurt the gaming industry way more than they've helped it IMO. Yes the goal is to sell your product and make money but in Microsoft's case EVERYTHING is about money to the point they've...
Agree with most of what you said but the bottom line is Titanfall is NOT worth 65.00 like other games with richer feature sets. Everyone wants to dismiss the critics by using the excuse that the game is "fun" but this is as bare bones as it gets and the fun doesn't last long enough to justify the price of admission we as customers have been robbed by the hype that this game was never going to live up to. Praising a game charging full price with half the offerings of COD or BF4 I...
Very well said and it's the truth.
The parity clause just reeks of fear on Microsoft's part and these types of clauses do nothing positive for gaming it only benefits MS. Phuck everyone else right?
Not happy the PS4 version of The Show was delayed it's opening day for God's sake IT SHOULD be there April 1st!!
People most being (xbots) are looking for any reason to complain and slight the PS4 they now realize they should've bought instead. My personal experience thus far has been legit issues with xbox live I've had to call and sort out and in one instance the problem still isn't sorted out. I look at my network settings on my x1 daily and all their services are not always up and running if you doubt me look for yourself. I've not had to call Sony once for any issues with my PS4 not...
It's not the fact that anyone would turn down the money they were paid. The point is without all their backers on Kickstarter there wouldn't be an Oculus Rift VR unit. That's the point by selling out what they've done is effectively used their backers money to springboard to greater fortunes and the issue is are the backers owed any compensation regarding this issue? I'm inclined to say yes they do deserve some part of that 2 billion because without the backers to get Rift...
Your computer is irrelevant you PC elitist troll. If it's so good why aren't you playing a game on it now instead of trolling articles shouting the specs to a computer your mother bought you?
It has everything to do with graphics buddy. That's the entire reason for the "parity clause" to begin with. MS has the money to create a powerful machine but no they choose to chase the Nintendo Wii crowd the casual gamer instead of the hardcore gamers that built up the Xbox brand to begin with. I honestly can't believe you're trying to defend them having the "parity clause" to begin with but at least know WTF you're talking about which you clearly do not....
Question is. Is Kinect Sports Rivals going to move consoles and are KSR & Titanfall enough to sustain them till the end of the year?
The info isn't hard to find IF you're really trying to quote correct up to date sales data. The Xbox One hasn't hit 4 million in sales yet. And this being VG it's not hard to believe this data isn't the most reliable source. Id be willing to bet that up to date figures show the PS4 hardware sales above the Xbox One with the latest release of Infamous SS it's moved hardware for Sony which is selling every unit it can produce anyway without a price cut and packing in the...
It's too bad you couldn't refute anything I posted but instead devolve resorting to calling me and others "fanboys". Trolls like you are part of the problem not the solution nice drive by insult I mean why should you bother trying to debate the topic when what you did is so effortless right?
Xbots only see things one way and that way is to instantly be defensive without weighing the merits of an article but instead pass judgment because of the name of the site. Can't get any more narrow minded than that. Because the site has "infamous" in it it's just instantly assumed to be Sony related and gets the kids riled up.
Microsoft is the one putting clauses into contracts for most of their gaming contracts. They like screwing everyone including their customers on everything gaming related.
Even now for example they cut the price of their console in the UK threw in their best exclusive of the year for FREE and still can't catch up to Sony who can't produce the PS4 fast enough to keep it on shelves. so ask yourself this if MS can't close the gap in sales despite taking a loss on every bundle they sell at a discount with a game they're paying for selling at a loss while Sony is supply constrained then the truth is they probably won't ever catch up.I apologize f...
This shouldn't even have been approved to post quite honestly. None of this drivel changed the facts those being that the X1 is a US CENTRIC console and most of the content for it doesn't even work outside the US even if there was a demand for it. I agree that a win for MS is a win for anti consumer policies and every since MS entered the gaming business they've collectively ruined the hobby and are still ruining the hobby as a whole. They started the pay gate to play online putti...
Microsoft isn't enjoying the lead they did back in 2006 either when the x360 was on the market a full year earlier than the PS3 was so they can't impose their will on developers like they did. What i mean is Microsoft doesn't have a stable full of first party developers which is why they result to buying 3rd party games and label them as exclusives and used to require a performance parity clause on games stating that games that are multiplatform couldn't look any better than i...
Last survey concluded that only 40% of xbox 360 users were subscribed to xbox live so you're wrong. There are many people that buy consoles and don't bother with the subscription so this imaginary 100% attach rate for live & xbox just isn't real there are plenty of people that just refuse to pay for one reason or another and there's nothing wrong with that.