Dr.Grass said:
- In the context of this thread, force means obligating the user of a certain product to acquire, pay for, and use a non-essential additional facet of said product. Hence your first sentance has no value in the context of this discussion. - You see Selnor, there's a very clear difference between you and I. If the Xbox One and PS4 were magically interchanged so that across the entire range of factors such as specs, hardware devices and policies, reveal history, games lineup and first party studios and company history were somehow exchanged, then I'd be getting an XBox One over a PS4. No question. This is called parity in a reality-space. I.e. there's a fundamental symmetry on interchange. You on the other hand are asymmetric, because even if the thought experiment above were to take place, then you're statement, "I dont want PS4, so I bought Xbox" would still be what you adhere to. And it is because of this fundamental difference of realities we occupy that I simply do not know what purpose any communication with you might hold for me. In this case it is a mear pass-time, but that is just cause I'm avoiding doing my work at the moment. |
This is hilarious. By your EXTREMELY FLOORED LOGIC TO HIT OUT AT KINECT every product ever made is forcing something on you. Cars, TV's, Toasters, Cups, mugs, Shoes EVERY PRODUCT contains design choices and non-essential additional facet.
Your admiration for all things Sony Playstation and gift for want of not letting go, clouds your reasoning on the subject of Forcing a consumer. There is no such thing as forcing the consumer. The consumer can say no to anything they want.
Times have changed where just a games console or just a mobile phone are the acceptable norm. Last generation touched on this. This generation is easily going to be just as much about non gaming features as it is gaming. Would I buy a games console if a media box wasnt available this generation? Probably. But Id wait. I would not pay that amount of money again for something that is essentially a 360.5. Games Consoles are electronic toys. Not worth £300 +.
I have way more to think about than my gaming habbits of the last 24 years. Ive grown and changed. I have a family. Xbox One fits that far better than Sony could ever have imagined.
Im not gonna cry forcing on Sony part that I have to pay for a controller with half its functionality useless out of the box. Or their decision to nullify the camera entirely by not including it in every box. Thats their product and their choice. You bought it, I didnt. I wont cry about it. Actually a few decisions Sony made with PS4 actually have made me not want one at all. And I did own a PS3.
But Sony didnt force anything. Im happy with the company providing more than a games console, but ( IMO ) the better games also.
