| ganoncrotch said: Killing myself trying to read your end labels :D some are recognizable because of the same font etc. as the EU versions but damn that's a nice collection of 360 stuff. I do completely know what you mean tho, I had it the last 2 generations with the same mate who claimed first he had loved the N64 but then the gamecube was too kiddy and so he hated Nintendo and the GC, then last gen He claimed he had loved some of the stuff on the GC and was a real Nintendo fan but the wii was too kiddy and he hated Nintendo for it.... The thing is tho, after the E3 stuff my plan to get an X1 basically ran itself onto a beach like a massive floppy whale with a kinect attached to it, and like... yeah... it's still alive there, flopping about, it could be pulled back in the water. but whenever I hear stories of new features being taken away from it by Ms or when more and more basic stuff goes behind that Gold paywall (I'll be honest I have Gold for the last 4/5 years but outside of SSF4 barely play online) I would love to think I could have the system and not pay extra for what is offered, I'd love to think of getting the system and them not changing the EULA at some point down the line when more have it. But at the moment, it's just flopping its way further and further up the beach. |
Sorry the pictures are kind of off center... by a lot that is because I have a bunch of stuff in front of my shelf blocking it atm, and my phone camera sucks too.
Microsoft's aggressive push of gold has put paywalls up over things that really don't need it ... like Netflix for example. It is silly to require gold for that when even my 3ds can stream it for free. While I still contend that the vast majority of people that will use DVR features will already have gold ... it is still kind of absurd, and I doubt it will encourage a single user to buy gold just for DVR usage alone.
I like your analogy though. For me, the whale has made its way back to the sea between all the reversals, the positive news (indie friendly stance of Microsoft now, headset included, free games with gold ect.). It has not, however, fully made its way back out to open water. So long as Microsoft delivers on their promise of exclusive games and new franchises first year of Xbox One, it will have redeemed itself.
It was a terrible E3, and no one can deny that. PS3 had a terrible E3 when it was announced as well, and they bounced back. Microsoft can do the same.
