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I'm not sure that getting your ass handed to you in the 7th generation consoles was part of the plan.
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I wonder, since Sony seems to be charging for online multiplayer now, if that also means you have to have PS+ in order to watch netflix and other streaming services too?
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#350 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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The price point seems to be poor market research to me. However, why would you place so many restrictions on game usage and require constant monitoring through the internet?
Surely someone in Redmond had to have enough common sense to say, "Fellas, people are going to be right pissed off about this." Microsoft's initial plan (I'm sure they'll call an audible at some point) is Earth-shatteringly stupid. It looks to me like they are telling a large portion of their consumers to **** themselves.
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That would be outstanding!!!!
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Microsoft has always been about the $. But since they have over 70 million memberships, maybe they thought they could afford to lose some fans. Definitely not winning any over after their presentation
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Heres the thing for me; if I had a decision, day one, or right after holiday season, which console I would buy, it'd be the PS4. I want to see how the hell this new Used Games and Installation Fee on others systems works out. I will admit that PS has always made games that are greater in tune with me. I love my Final Fantasies, my Uncharted, my God of War etc, and when comparing those franchises plus a few others to Gears of War, Halo, and Fable and some others from XBox, it's just not even a competition. I will say that playing on XBox Live is more fun and a better experience for multiplayer shooters, I get it, but playing on PC trumps the XBox not only because of mouse and keyboard but I'm saving $50 a month, I get the game a smidge cheaper, and I like to build my own computers and update them every few years. If you love XBox 360 then love the brand and have a ball, but personally with all the bad publicity that has fallen upon XBox, their restrictions, their higher price point, neccessity to have Kinect plugged in... how can you say that the PS4 with similar specs is so much worse? Buy what you're going to buy, but Sony knew that they lost last generation because they started out with a piss poor price point, so now to get a leg up with this generation, they're going to be the winners of the initial price point so they can cruise for a longer distance then they did with PS3.
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