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How excited are you?

9/10 20 10.31%
 
10/10 53 27.32%
 
Woooooooooo- 15 7.73%
 
-ooooooooooo!!! 106 54.64%
 
Total:194

Got my PS4 Pro. Still gaming on the Wii, PSTV and PS3. DS gaming in the works. Switch planned in 2018. No Xbox for me.



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don't understand why anyone cares. Where is the killer app that we need this console to play? It's all foolishness.



Hey. While I'm here, could someone please tell me what kind of bullshot poll this is suppose to be?



sidious164 said:
Got my pre order on amazon immediately. Don't care for exclusives as the majority of games I buy are third party.

This is pretty much Me.  I enjoy the exclusives on the PS system but I also enjoy the exclusives on MS system.  I enjoy the Online and controller on the MS system more which is a huge thing for me.  The majority of my favorite games are 3rd party so I want the system that will play them the best with the controller I like the most.  I want that Blu-ray 4k drive.  Hell, BC has made me start to play a lot of my old games again so enjoy that feature as well.  With all that said, I missed out on the pre-order on Amazon but may look to other places to secure my system.  I saved up my money when it was announced last year just like I did with the Pro, so was prepared to pull the trigger.  

Oh forgot another feature, I can give my X1 to my younger son so he can play Minecraft with his friends with the basement TV so I do not have to hear those annoying pre-teen voices and watch what I consider the most boring ugliest game ever created.  That right there is well worth the price of admission.



dgboweniii said:
don't understand why anyone cares. Where is the killer app that we need this console to play? It's all foolishness.

Some people are buying the console to play the "Superior Version" of 3rd Party Games, which is totally valid IMO.

Thing is: Will it really run better? Are developers going to take advantage of the extra juice?

There are a few examples of games running on the PS4 PRO worse than on the OG PS4, who says that this wouldnt be happening on the One X?

At the end of the day, consoles are a locked enviroment which depends entirely on the developer. If the developer fucks up, the One X could easily be receiving the worst version of the game, or the best...

I know the hype is real and all that, but my advice would be to wait for Digital Foundry to make real life test and see for yourself if the console is worth the 500 bucks.

The best example of a midgen upgrade is already here, and weve seen how it is doing.



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I just bought another 360 after my other one broke down. I don't have any intention of getting an xbox, no jrpgs = no buy. It's the only reason I bought a 360.



ThisGuyFooks said:
dgboweniii said:
don't understand why anyone cares. Where is the killer app that we need this console to play? It's all foolishness.

Some people are buying the console to play the "Superior Version" of 3rd Party Games, which is totally valid IMO.

Thing is: Will it really run better? Are developers going to take advantage of the extra juice?

There are a few examples of games running on the PS4 PRO worse than on the OG PS4, who says that this wouldnt be happening on the One X?

At the end of the day, consoles are a locked enviroment which depends entirely on the developer. If the developer fucks up, the One X could easily be receiving the worst version of the game, or the best...

I know the hype is real and all that, but my advice would be to wait for Digital Foundry to make real life test and see for yourself if the console is worth the 500 bucks.

The best example of a midgen upgrade is already here, and weve seen how it is doing.

Well considering the X has over 100+ games benefitting from the new hardware plus Rise of the Tomb Raider being 1 prime example having options to play the game in True 4k or at 60 frames is enough proof the support and seriousness of this machine is real. I highly daubt the X will fall short like the Pro did with the PS4. The Pro wasnt powerful enough to render the resolution or effects without dropping below the PS4 frame rate. The X has a much larger gap between the S and the X while the gap between the PS4 and Pro was alot shorter.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/269137/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-xbox-one-x-enhancements-revealed/

It is always up to the Devs and from what we have seen and heard coming, its safe to say its worth the purchase if your into game fidelity and pixels as a console gamer.



Tulipanzo said:
d21lewis said:

This, really. 

 

I have 2 PS4s, 3 Xbox Ones, a Switch, a WiiU, two Xbox 360s, and a PS3 Slim currently connected to TVs throughout my home. I knew what I was getting into with each of them before purchase. I use them all to some degree on a regular basis. Who spends a few hundred dollars on something they don't want?

Unless the purpose is to say "I hate Xbox so much I bought one just so I won't play it!"

 

Too which, I just say "*shrugs*"

If you really must know, I thought it was a good idea at the time.
This post is going to be quite long, but I really want to dispell the myth that someone would buy a console just to complain about it, which is text-book blame shifting.

I bought the One in 2015: at the time I was planning to buy both One and WiiU to have all three new gen consoles (this before the NX got announced).
I never owned an Xbox, none of my friends did, and it felt wrong to ignore the brand since I had more disposable income to spend on games.

I was particularly impressed by their E3 2015 showing: backwards compatibility was obviously a huge draw, Sea of Thieves looked very neat and Scalebound...
That's the thing: Scalebound looked a bit rubbish, I won't lie. However, it looked like the kind of game that wouldn't appeal to the core XBox audience, the ones buying your Halos, your Gears, your Forza.
To me, variety is a huge draw, and to see Microsoft invest in different properties across different genres was very significant. 
I like to see weird experimental ideas get big funding, think Puppeteer, Splatoon, stuff beyond your big crowdpleasers. 
I was very optimistic about the direction Microsoft was taking. A direction I had seen them take at their biggest marketing event.
I trusted them, the way I trusted Sony and Nintendo.

As an aside, I'd already forgiven their awful launch, they seemed to be turning over a new leaf, and I liked that.

What accelerated my purchasing decision was finding it at a con, discounted to €320, which at the time was quite good, with Fifa 16 included.
Leaving aside Fifa (not a fan), I bought Gears of War UE, Halo MCC and Rare Replay, pretty much a Greatest Hits of XBox, just to get an idea of what I'd missed.
So I got home, set it up and started playing. I wasn't particularly impressed.
I mean, I loved the original Halo, and I already knew Banjo Kazooie is great because I had it on the N64, but everything else kind of left me cold.
They weren't bad, just not my thing clearly.

Now, you might think: that's it, I play a few games, don't like them much, worst console ever.
However, I'm used to not having much to play when I have a new console. I was fine with waiting a few months with not much on PS4 at launch, or with the Switch after BotW, a game I like but didn't quite fall in love with.
I'm willing to wait for a console to grab me, but I only have so much patience.

The following years what I saw were a series of games which:
a) I wasn't really excited for,
b) I didn't have time to play, because I had games I actually wanted to play elsewhere, and
c) Reviews painted as stuff I really wouldn't enjoy.
What really surprised me is that it's normal for me to delay purchase of several games because I'm busy. I own very few games on the 3DS, but I still love the system because those I own I really enjoyed, and several I missed or couldn't get to I genuinely find intriguing.
With the One, the only game I couldn't get to but wanted to play was Ori.

Add to this the reveal of the S and X at their (genuinely terrible) E3 2016 presentation and their general behaviour.
I was quite miffed that they would just launch a better version of what I had just bought and present it as the new standard, to then immediately reveal that as worthless in the face of the "new ultimate XBox". It wasn't a great look.
I should now go over the cancelled games, fake exclusivity deals etc., but we know about it already. 
This left me disappointed and with even fewer games to consider for purchase, at a time when both Sony and Nintendo were thriving with new and exciting projects.

Still, I would have ignored all this; I thought that maybe I wasn't looking hard enough, or I was being too harsh. 
Maybe these games just aren't for me, something will come along, I just have to wait.
It was only recently that I noticed I wasn't alone: the lack of content on the XBox is now undeniable, and very noticeable by just showing their earlier output.
"XBox has no games" is not a fringe opinion or a meme, it's pretty much THE mainstream opinion on the brand. It's not just me, as much as you'd like this to be the case.
I realize now, I probably should have been more vocal about it from earlier on, since MS has done nothing to assuage my worries.

Now Microsoft wants me to pay €500 so they can pretend they have done something worthwhile in the entirety of 2017.
Last time I gave them the time of day I ended up with an unused box, I'm not eager to have another.



That's it then. I bought the console because I believed I was going to have a good time; I legitimately wanted one.
When I got one, I found disappointment after disappointment: no games to play, shitty marketing deals, general boredom.
I say with full confidence: it is the worst console I've ever owned.

I guess it's very convenient to brand everyone who doesn't like XBox one of the "haterz", but you'll have to deal with the fact that the XBox One offers a subpar experience, and that I'm not alone in thinking that.

Fair enough. If I were you, I'd trade it in before it loses too much value. There should be some good store credit deals coming soon. Sorry it wasn't for you.



shikamaru317 said:
I doubt very many who wanted one got a chance to preorder one. Apparently demand far outstripped supply. Jez from Windows Central said that he heard MS expected preorders to last for a week or more, instead it sold out in just a few hours most places.

I think they're still available on the Walmart and Target sites.



Azzanation said:

 

Well considering the X has over 100+ games benefitting from the new hardware plus Rise of the Tomb Raider being 1 prime example having options to play the game in True 4k or at 60 frames is enough proof the support and seriousness of this machine is real. I highly daubt the X will fall short like the Pro did with the PS4. The Pro wasnt powerful enough to render the resolution or effects without dropping below the PS4 frame rate. The X has a much larger gap between the S and the X while the gap between the PS4 and Pro was alot shorter.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/269137/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-xbox-one-x-enhancements-revealed/

It is always up to the Devs and from what we have seen and heard coming, its safe to say its worth the purchase if your into game fidelity and pixels as a console gamer.

"Over 100+ Games" dont tell me about how the console will perfom with said games. Ill be waiting for Digital Foundry Real Life Tests.

There are also games on the PS4 PRO that let you decide wether you want resolution over frames, or viceversa. But the amount of games that let you do this is so tiny, that i dont see it as a valid reason (IMO) to spend 500 bucks on an upgrade of a console that you already own.

The PS4 PRO is aiming for the same result, albeit being less powerful than the One X. At the end of the day, i dare to say that 99.999% of people looking at native 4K vs Checkeboarded 4K will not notice the difference. And even then, i say that the PS4 PRO is not worth the money if you already have an OG PS4.

Like i said, the results are on the table. We have seen how is the support of the PS4 PRO (or lack thereof). I have no reason to think that the Xbox One X will be better supported than the PRO, not one reason.

Developers will go the extra mile for $$$, not bragging rights. If financially dont make sense to them, you can bet your house they wont be tweeking anything.

P.D. Bolded Part made me LOL Thats something Aaron Greenberg would say