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Figgycal on 04 December 2013
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Mr Puggsly said:
Figgycal said:
Blu-ray was supposed to be- and suceeded in being the standard physical disc format. "Forcing it on the PS3" allowed PS3 owners to play the highest fidelity HD movies possible. Blu-ray should've been on the 360. It is the next logical upgrade from DVD. It holds more space on disc and created the convenience of not having to swap multiple discs.

Kinect is not the next logical upgrade from controllers. Voice controls aren't exclusive to kinect - so aside from that, can you really say it has been beneficial to your gaming experience?


I feel like you're defending Bluray, but didn't give any good reasons why it was worth making a GAMING machine significantly more expensive.

Yes, Bluray discs hold much more space, but it didn't prove necessary in the 7th gen. 360 ports were fine inspite of DVD. Some of the most impressive 7th gen games fit on a single or two DVDs.

What I feel Kinect and Bluray on PS3 have in common is... neither are or was necessary. They both actually hurt console sales, even if there are benefits of both.

One difference I see is that the Xbox One doesn't need the Kinect. About Blu-ray, though it was, like I said the logical upgrade to DVD. You can say that the PS3 didn't need it, but clearly we've moved on to a point where both consoles now use it and it's the leading physical format. Even Nintendo, who created the motion control movement, abondoned the idea of motion gaming. We haven't moved on to the point where people prefer using motions over using the controller (and we never will)- until then, it's not the same situation.

There really isn't a reason why Kinect should be forced on us other than the fact that Microsoft wanted to appeal to a casual audience. It's not part of the console, it's a peripheral that is bundled in. The Xbox One already comes with a controller in the box - paying an extra 100 dollars for an unnecessary motion controller when it isn't an integral part of the system is not cool.