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J_Allard on 20 June 2013
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TheBlackNaruto said:
J_Allard said:
I agree with that article wholeheartedly. All this move does is set console gaming back another generation, assuming MS and Sony don't move towards digital and lock down their consoles over the course of time this gen. The majority of the people complaining were people who either weren't interested in the console in the first place, or would have been once they saw what little difference it made to their "rights".

What we're left with is a generation where the consoles are not much more powerful and everything else is the same. Forza, Infamous, Killzone, Battlefield, CoD, etc, all this stuff looks just like current gen games in terms of gameplay. I am most excited for Titanfall and does it do anything super special not possible on current gen? No. And that's a sad state of affairs for the industry.

Xbone would have been a breath of fresh air with some of its features, it's a shame we'll likely never see them and instead just play Xbox 2.5 and PS 3.5.

I like your posts because they are always somewhat reasonable and make a lot of sense. So I will ask what was it that the Xbox One was going to be able to do before that it can't now that would have made it such a breath of fresh air? I am asking because I am not REAL tech savy in the aspect of what it could have done so I am not sure...so figured I would ask.

The biggest thing for me was the family share feature. Which, even if limited to SP only when 2 people play the same game, was an amazing feature for a platform handling digital copies of games. People bitch about their rights and what not, this was an element that was entirely consumer oriented. There is also the ability to play any of your games anywhere without having to bring a console or memory card or something. These are locked down on both current consoles and you can only do it with restrictions. Being able to family share a game with a brother or friend is cool. Being able to go over to his house and not only have the full game available off the cloud, but also all my content and saves for the game.. amazing.

The cloud uses for gaming is another potential killer app that is affected by this. If some are online and some are not, there is less a chance developers will cater to the people who utilize the cloud to its fullest imho.

Not to say there aren't positives. I was skeptical and worried about my ability to resell games. Well now that's not an issue. But that was pretty much my only worry. Now they just have to fix that price.