Is X1 forcing Kinect on us any different than PS3 forcing Bluray on us?

[Michael-5]

Mr Puggsly said:

Michael-5 said:

Goatseye said:

How do you explain multiplats on Xbox 360 and PS3 similar on every aspect?

PS3 - 720p native resolution
360 - Sub 720p resolution, which was then upscaled

Final Fantasy, plus other games had major cuts. FFXIII was a 3 disk 360 game, FFXIII-2 was developed to fit on 1 360 disk. Imagine what we lost because of that.

Plus there is no downfall to BR, except price. However Kinect........I still don't feel comfortable with a camera always watching me, and a voice always listening (my laptop down't have a camera).

For the record, there are games that were sub 720p on PS3 and 720p on the 360. GTAIV and Red Dead are few noteworthy titles. Obviously that has to do with development, not storage.

Imagine what we lost in Final Fantasy? You can't prove anything was lost. Its not like PS3 exclusives are known for having significantly more content than 360 games. Using multiple discs is always an and developers take advantage of it when they need to.

If you don't feel comfortable with Kinect... don't use it, or don't always have it connected, or sell it to someone that needs a replacment. I didn't really want the Kinect, but it wasn't a deal breaker especially since it doesn't have to be connected.

GTA IV on 360 runs at 640p natively.

Red Dead Redemption was known to drop FPS to <24 FPS, so while being one of the very few native 720p games, it was still bad on both consoles.

As for Final Fantasy, I think you should refer to the Digital Foundry review, there is a huge difference from PS3 - 360.

As for Kinect, why buy a peripheral I'm going to leave in a box and never plug it? I'll wait for the rumored Kinect free model. Until then I'm going to play Titanfall on my PC, and later buy a WiiU and a PS4 (WiiU first because it actually has some games I'm interested in in development).