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man-bear-pig on 16 January 2013

Good...video Kinect sucks ass.



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

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Cub on 16 January 2013

Been getting emails to "upgrade'. I hope they port photo sharing to Skype, it's the only reason why I use live. I never liked skype.



Wander_ on 16 January 2013

Console are becoming less gaming. What a sad time we live in



dallas on 16 January 2013
kowenicki said:
Wander_ said:
Console are becoming less gaming. What a sad time we live in


No they aren't. They are just becoming more other things. More other things doesn't need to mean less gaming. How does this, or multi media apects, diminish the gaming aspect in any way?



If it makes $$$$ for the console makers, then that is what they will do. 



sethnintendo on 16 January 2013
kowenicki said:
Wander_ said:
Console are becoming less gaming. What a sad time we live in


No they aren't. They are just becoming more other things. More other things doesn't need to mean less gaming. How does this, or multi media apects, diminish the gaming aspect in any way?

I always thought Microsoft cared the least about the game industry.  They are more focused on getting an entertainment hub in every single living room.  Sure it is the goal of Sony and Nintendo also.  However, I believe Microsoft entered the console business with more of a multimedia hub focus than gaming.  If they were gaming focus then they would have more first party teams.



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Jaywood2010 on 16 January 2013
Wander_ said:
Console are becoming less gaming. What a sad time we live in


Not really.  They are just beoming an all in one media device which I like.




       

man-bear-pig on 16 January 2013
sethnintendo said:
kowenicki said:
Wander_ said:
Console are becoming less gaming. What a sad time we live in


No they aren't. They are just becoming more other things. More other things doesn't need to mean less gaming. How does this, or multi media apects, diminish the gaming aspect in any way?

I always thought Microsoft cares the least about the game industry.  They are more focused on getting an entertainment hub in every single living room.  Sure it is the goal of Sony and Nintendo also.  However, I believe Microsoft entered the console business with more of a multimedia hub focus than gaming.  If they were gaming focus then they would have more first party teams.


They're workin' on it. They've started up/bought a few gaming studios in the past few months



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

Wander_ on 16 January 2013
sethnintendo said:
kowenicki said:
Wander_ said:
Console are becoming less gaming. What a sad time we live in


No they aren't. They are just becoming more other things. More other things doesn't need to mean less gaming. How does this, or multi media apects, diminish the gaming aspect in any way?

I always thought Microsoft cares the least about the game industry.  They are more focused on getting an entertainment hub in every single living room.  Sure it is the goal of Sony and Nintendo also.  However, I believe Microsoft entered the console business with more of a multimedia hub focus than gaming.  If they were gaming focus then they would have more first party teams.

Then why the hell didn't they allow DVD play back with the original xbox you had to buy an add on to do that . And with the 360 no Blu-Ray, No HDDVD again you had to buy an add on. So your point is fulse



sethnintendo on 16 January 2013
Wander_ said:
sethnintendo said:
kowenicki said:
Wander_ said:
Console are becoming less gaming. What a sad time we live in


No they aren't. They are just becoming more other things. More other things doesn't need to mean less gaming. How does this, or multi media apects, diminish the gaming aspect in any way?

I always thought Microsoft cares the least about the game industry.  They are more focused on getting an entertainment hub in every single living room.  Sure it is the goal of Sony and Nintendo also.  However, I believe Microsoft entered the console business with more of a multimedia hub focus than gaming.  If they were gaming focus then they would have more first party teams.

Then why the hell didn't they allow DVD play back with the original xbox you had to buy an add on to do that . And with the 360 no Blu-Ray, No HDDVD again you had to buy an add on. So your point is fulse

They had Netflix first which is almost just as important as having Blu Ray in USA.  There are millions of Netflix instant stream subscribers in the USA.

Having to buy the remote to unlock DVD was just a money grab for the original xbox.  Notice they didn't do that again for the 360. 



Wander_ on 16 January 2013
sethnintendo said:
Wander_ said:

Then why the hell didn't they allow DVD play back with the original xbox you had to buy an add on to do that . And with the 360 no Blu-Ray, No HDDVD again you had to buy an add on. So your point is fulse

They had Netflix first which is almost just as important as having Blu Ray in USA.  There are millions of Netflix instant stream subscribers in the USA.

More people watch NetFlix on the PS3. So if that's what they are after they failed to do so.