That seems unhealthy
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Nov 14, 2016 16:35 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: 3290... in a week? Blimey Two weeks if it's monthly. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Nov 14, 2016 16:36 ] |
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Indeed... That's November so far. 6170 was his total for October. |
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| Author: | TheCookie197 [ Mon Nov 14, 2016 18:23 ] |
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Hasn't that always been on the Xbox dashboard? I remember it on the original Xbone dashboard, at least. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Nov 14, 2016 18:58 ] |
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It has yes but this version now let's you view each month rather than a rolling 30 day period. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Nov 28, 2016 15:46 ] |
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Recently I’ve been playing Zombie Army Trilogy recently but last night I decided to stop and move on to something else. While the game starts off as fun, and I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of seeing the slow mo X-ray shots, it is very repetitive. It’s also very, very bleak and I found myself missing human contact. Isn’t that weird? Your player is the only non zombie around and you have no interaction with other people. At first this didn’t bother me but as I go further and further through the game, it’s really started to affect me. I’m getting lonely so off it goes. I’m going to try Quantum Break instead. That looks like it could be a blockbuster type affair. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon Nov 28, 2016 15:49 ] |
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TheVision wrote: Recently I’ve been playing Zombie Army Trilogy recently but last night I decided to stop and move on to something else. While the game starts off as fun, and I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of seeing the slow mo X-ray shots, it is very repetitive. It’s also very, very bleak and I found myself missing human contact. Isn’t that weird? Your player is the only non zombie around and you have no interaction with other people. At first this didn’t bother me but as I go further and further through the game, it’s really started to affect me. I’m getting lonely so off it goes. This is why you play it with an Ian. It is really a coop game. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Nov 28, 2016 16:27 ] |
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I don't have an Ian to play it with. I'm tempted to sign up for one of these new Xbox Clubs that they're promoting. Apparently this is a way to get with like minded players who want to play a game in co-op but doesn't have anyone to play with. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Mon Nov 28, 2016 16:29 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I don't have an Ian to play it with. I'm tempted to sign up for one of these new Xbox Clubs that they're promoting. Apparently this is a way to get with like minded players who want to play a game in co-op but doesn't have anyone to play with. XBONEr |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Nov 28, 2016 16:44 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I don't have an Ian to play it with. I'm tempted to sign up for one of these new Xbox Clubs that they're promoting. Apparently this is a way to get with like minded players who want to play a game in co-op but doesn't have anyone to play with. Getting a PS4 is also a good way of doing that. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri Dec 09, 2016 16:58 ] |
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Has anyone played Quantum Break? Actually, let me start again… Does anyone own an Xbox One? I’ve got Quantum Break and I started playing it last night. The story is that a scientist has developed a time machine but obviously, things go wrong. You get caught up in it and develop super powers which allow you to slow down time, speed up time so you can zip about, view things that happened in the past (like detective view in Batman) and also generate a shield to stop bullets (How this is related to time type powers is beyond me but still…) The game is very cinematic and features the guy from Channel 4’s Queer as Folk. I don’t know his name but I remember his face. You play the brother of the scientist so you’re not directly involved in the experiment until the accident. Then the big global megacorporation get involved and send a load or armed police after you to stop you. The only problem I have had so far is that you seem quite at ease with shooting and killing all the police that get in your way. Clearly I’ve never shot anyone but if I did, and they died as a result, I’m pretty sure it would take some coming to terms with. But anyway, so far, I like it. It reminds me of a game on the 360 that was possibly called Timeshift? I can’t remember. The story in this makes sense and I can see some big plot twists coming up. It seems that a lot has been invested in this as the cut scenes seem very big budget and fancy looking and using real actors has obviously helped the dialogue. I shall look forward to playing it some more. |
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| Author: | Trousers [ Fri Dec 09, 2016 17:13 ] |
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Yes I fancy Quantum Break it's just I have all the Gold games and Gears of War 4 and 3 and 2 oh and 1 remastered to play on the XboxOne and that's after finishing UC4. CoDBlops3 and Arkham Knight on the PS4 I need some kind of time machine. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri Dec 09, 2016 17:21 ] |
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Have you thought of playing Quantum Break? Seriously though, my backlog is equally as big but Quantum Break has jumped to the top of the pile for something serious to play. Pure is now backwards compatible so I'm playing that for fun too. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Fri Dec 09, 2016 17:37 ] |
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I'd fancy playing it for some Max Payne-lite action but it's far too expensive on PC and those live story parts look fucking dire, as in rear. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:39 ] |
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If you thought Albinokid was doing well last month for achievements, check out this month! Bear in mind that were only ten days into it. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:47 ] |
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I dread to think what his total is. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:07 ] |
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That seems unhealthy
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:16 ] |
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Has the scale changed? Because if not, thats 21 games in 10 days... |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:24 ] |
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Mr Dave wrote: Has the scale changed? Because if not, thats 21 games in 10 days... Nope. The scale hasn't changed. I do believe it's still around 1000 points per game. Some more because of DLC. |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:38 ] |
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Grim... wrote: That seems unhealthy No comment. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 14:27 ] |
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He's on a competition on an achievement tracking site to increase it as much as possible in a month. I'm sure I saw him say on twitter he'd hit over 25000 in a rolling 30 days, mostly by maxing indie games. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 14:53 ] |
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That is quite something. Fair play. I wish I had the time and the inclination to play games as much as that but they can't all be triple A titles. He must be playing some stinkers too. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:06 ] |
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Saturnalian wrote: those live story parts look fucking dire, as in rear. I experienced my first live action bit over the weekend and I thought it looked anything but dire. Clearly they've spent a shit load of cash on this as there was fighting on escalators, shoot outs and a high speed car chase. Live action cut scenes have come a long way since Resident Evil. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jan 18, 2017 12:20 ] |
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There’s a new Power Rangers game out today on the Xbox One (and PS4). I was quite excited about this when I first heard about it but I’m less so now. Here’s why: • It’s a repetitive scrolling beat ‘em up • It has stylised cartoon graphics which wouldn’t be a problem if they hadn’t given the Rangers big heads • The Zord battles are quick time events. What a wasted opportunity • The White Ranger is DLC • You have to unlock the Green Ranger • It’s £11.99 It does have the original them though (or possibly the theme from the movie, that was the one they used on the trailer). When it was first announced this was a must buy. Now, I’m going to wait for a sale. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 18:29 ] |
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Games for gold for February for those keeping score at home. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 18:33 ] |
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Hey, not too shabby. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 19:48 ] |
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To be fair, you could buy an Xbox one with a gold subscription and never buy a game. The games for gold have been pretty good in recent months. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:50 ] |
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http://www.ebuyer.com/767404-xbox-live- ... d=72358553 12 months Gold for £34. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:30 ] |
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Stu has bought an Xbox One , how do you think he likes it : http://wosland.podgamer.com/the-modern- ... e-a-guide/ |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:34 ] |
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We've been talking about it in BnB: viewtopic.php?p=943652#p943652 |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:35 ] |
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While I'm here, the line up for Marchs Games for Gold has been announced. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 13:02 ] |
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Evolve could be great fun with some bessies. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 13:06 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Evolve could be great fun with some bessies. Made by the L4D team I believe. However reviews seem to suggest it's nowhere near as good, quite imbalanced. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 13:10 ] |
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Well now I want to play L4D |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 13:13 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Evolve could be great fun with some bessies. Made by the L4D team I believe. However reviews seem to suggest it's nowhere near as good, quite imbalanced. I heard it could be fun. To be honest, I know nothing about it so I'm looking forward to giving it a go. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 14:11 ] |
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There has been a lot of talk about it going free to play but in the end they just abandoned it - having a games for gold type deal may help with the playerbase a bit but its probably too little too late. I picked up the PS4 version in one of the cheap deals at one point and its okay - however it really does not have the playerbase and those that have played it a lot will just wipe the floor with you if your 'new' so people get behind and quit out Jim Sterling on what went wrong with Evolve |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 14:52 ] |
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I'm not able to watch the video as I'm at work but what sort of game is it then? There's myself and 3 other friends that would be interested in playing it so is there an online co op that doesn't involve playing against anyone else? |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:11 ] |
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You need 5 as it's 4v1. I'd forgotten about the gross DLC preorder shenanigans. That analysis is pretty spot on and it's the reason why I steered clear of it. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:14 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I'm not able to watch the video as I'm at work but what sort of game is it then? There's myself and 3 other friends that would be interested in playing it so is there an online co op that doesn't involve playing against anyone else? Its a 4 on 1 deathmatch One player is the monster which starts off weak and has to avoid the hunters to slowly evolve to become more and more powerful (evolve by killing things). The hunters all start off at their normal level and have different skills / weapons / abilities If the hunters find the monster quickly enough and it does not escape the hunters win If the monster avoids them for long enough to evolve then its basically unstoppable Only online modes (no CPU / offline) , if you get a group together I can see it being fun but you really need 5 (so your just playing with your group) once you add randoms in it will cause you problems. The Video is much more around what went wrong with it which was crap reveal / crap pre-launch (you got access to different monsters and hunters depending on what version you bought and where you bought it from) / poor launch (server issues) / poor updates / post launch support - there were also balancing issues because at least one of the monsters was very much overpowered compared to the others so everyone as the monster chose that (if they had it unlocked) They had a real go at turning it around later with the free to play stuff on PC and and saw a spike of players at that point but did not keep them. Right now no-one is playing it and for an online only game that does not work - I'd say you will regularly have more players on L4d than you will on this Actually - steam charts Evolve : Average number of players for the last 90 days - 400 http://steamcharts.com/app/273350 L4d2: Average number of players for the last 90 days - 9700 http://steamcharts.com/app/550 |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:24 ] |
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I'd add that another problem is that, unlike L4D, it doesn't have a pure co-op mode; you always need a monster player. I was always a lot more interested in the four-player L4D mode than the competitive one. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:30 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: I'd add that another problem is that, unlike L4D, it doesn't have a pure co-op mode; you always need a monster player. I was always a lot more interested in the four-player L4D mode than the competitive one. That was mainly because Versus mode was horrendously imbalanced though. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:35 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: I'd add that another problem is that, unlike L4D, it doesn't have a pure co-op mode; you always need a monster player. I was always a lot more interested in the four-player L4D mode than the competitive one. That was mainly because Versus mode was horrendously imbalanced though. I can see what the good Doctor means here. There was a similar beast mode in GTA but we always preferred playing on the same team or at a push, a 2v2 situation. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:38 ] |
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I've been trying to think for ages who Jim Sterling reminds me of, and that video thumbnail has just jogged my memory. He's not the "Numa Numa" guy is he? |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:40 ] |
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The thing was in 4v4 playing as the survivors you could play like the co-op mode anyway. The issue was that those playing the monsters had a less than compelling experience and if you were competent you'd beat the survivors every time. It was a fun novelty but nowhere near as good as the core game. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:51 ] |
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GazChap wrote: I've been trying to think for ages who Jim Sterling reminds me of, and that video thumbnail has just jogged my memory. He's not the "Numa Numa" guy is he? No but i can see the resemblance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Numa_(video) |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 16:29 ] |
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I think this sorta fits here better than just in BnB http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/ ... 0e79e579c1 An interesting article on whats going wrong for Microsoft right now "The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon" |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 16:59 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: I think this sorta fits here better than just in BnB http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/ ... 0e79e579c1 An interesting article on whats going wrong for Microsoft right now "The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon" I can't see much wrong with that article and indeed, I was trying to think of Xbox One games that I was looking forward too and I could only think of Crackdown 3 and Cuphead. Is Cuphead an exclusive? I can't remember now. So that's 2 games in a year that I'm looking forward. It's no wonder I'm so excited about the Switch. It does seem that every game I see on Twitter or the internet are PS4 exclusives and the last straw came the other month when I saw that Windjammers was coming to the PS4... No mention of the Xbox One. Instead we get World Heroes and NeoTurf Masters for nearly £7 each (I'm not knocking Neo Turf Masters by the way, I think it's excellent) I'm not sure what the answer is here but the Xbox One is so far behind where the Xbox 360 was it's untrue. **Edit** I've just looked at a comparative time frame for the 360 and at this time in the Xbox Ones life, the fourth year after it was released, (2009) we had such releases as Bayonetta, Halo Wars, Arkham Asylum, Left 4 Dead 2, Band Hero, Assasins Creed 2 and GTA: Episodes from Liberty City. This year on the Xbox One we've got Halo Wars 2, Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 17:06 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: "The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon" Yes, I read this a few days ago and thought it made a strong case. I loved the 360 but I have very close to zero interest in an Xbox One, even though Scorpio looks like a great piece of hardware. Surely the X1 is the biggest inter-generation fall-from-grace for a console platform? It was Microsoft's game to lose. It might be worse than when Sony bungled every single aspect of the launch of the PS3, because at least the PS3 eventually came good. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 17:13 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: zaphod79 wrote: "The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon" Yes, I read this a few days ago and thought it made a strong case. I loved the 360 but I have very close to zero interest in an Xbox One, even though Scorpio looks like a great piece of hardware. Surely the X1 is the biggest inter-generation fall-from-grace for a console platform? It was Microsoft's game to lose. It might be worse than when Sony bungled every single aspect of the launch of the PS3, because at least the PS3 eventually came good. How long did it take for the PS3 to come good though? Maybe the Xbox One will eventually? I hope it does. I want to like the console, I really do, but I struggle to sell it to anyone. A neighbour bought his daughter an Xbox One over Christmas and we had a brief chat about it. He asked me what games I'd recommend and I got as far as Rocket League and that was it! |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 17:16 ] |
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TheVision wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: zaphod79 wrote: "The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon" Yes, I read this a few days ago and thought it made a strong case. I loved the 360 but I have very close to zero interest in an Xbox One, even though Scorpio looks like a great piece of hardware. Surely the X1 is the biggest inter-generation fall-from-grace for a console platform? It was Microsoft's game to lose. It might be worse than when Sony bungled every single aspect of the launch of the PS3, because at least the PS3 eventually came good. How long did it take for the PS3 to come good though? I would say from 3 years onwards it stopped being a figure of fun. It was arguably the better console for the last 2-3 years of the generation. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 17:19 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: TheVision wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: zaphod79 wrote: "The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon" Yes, I read this a few days ago and thought it made a strong case. I loved the 360 but I have very close to zero interest in an Xbox One, even though Scorpio looks like a great piece of hardware. Surely the X1 is the biggest inter-generation fall-from-grace for a console platform? It was Microsoft's game to lose. It might be worse than when Sony bungled every single aspect of the launch of the PS3, because at least the PS3 eventually came good. How long did it take for the PS3 to come good though? I would say from 3 years onwards it stopped being a figure of fun. It was arguably the better console for the last 2-3 years of the generation. It was permanently hindered by the overall shitness of the PS3 controllers. Despite my utter hatred of all the (now walked back) shite aspects of Xbone when it was first announced, if Sony hadn't massively improved the controllers I would still have seriously considered an Xbone for that one reason. |
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