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Stefan.De.Machtige on 08 April 2013

**Looks at wireless router**

"The hate is strong in that one..."

**Looks at cute cat**

:)



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UltimateUnknown on 08 April 2013

You guys are all hating on "always online" now, but in 5 years time may just become readily accepted.

I mean M$ are the ones who took a feature that was free at the time, online multiplayer and started charging for it. And the funny thing is, the consumers accepted it. So what makes you think they couldn't take "always online" and make it acceptable as well? I can see M$'s mindset here.

Just to clarify I'm not defending M$. I am 1000% against this and don't intend to get the nextbox whether it has always online or not (unless they pull out something completely out of the blue), but I think that is the kind of mindset they hold right now. So the rumors don't necessarily have to be untrue at the end of day.



 

curl-6 on 08 April 2013
ninjablade said:
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i think the wii, especially with the rumored specs.

Not even close. Never was the internet flooded with "the Wii will suck" material like it is now for the 720.


you guys do know the reasons for the hate, for the 720 hate are similair to wii and wiiu, except for blocking games.

1. focused on motion controls.

2. rumored specs look 50% weaker then ps4

3, locked used games.

Wii and Wii U don't require a constant online connection, which is the primary source of the animosity directed at the 720.

the main reason for animosity is, its not doing anything better then ps4, and then its locking used games, which why it requires to be online all the time,  making it easy choice to go for ps4.

If Microsoft came out tomorrow and disproved the "always online" rumour, the negatively would largely evaporate. It's by far and away the foemost thing people are complaining about.




ninjablade on 08 April 2013
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
i think the wii, especially with the rumored specs.

Not even close. Never was the internet flooded with "the Wii will suck" material like it is now for the 720.


you guys do know the reasons for the hate, for the 720 hate are similair to wii and wiiu, except for blocking games.

1. focused on motion controls.

2. rumored specs look 50% weaker then ps4

3, locked used games.

Wii and Wii U don't require a constant online connection, which is the primary source of the animosity directed at the 720.

the main reason for animosity is, its not doing anything better then ps4, and then its locking used games, which why it requires to be online all the time,  making it easy choice to go for ps4.

If Microsoft came out tomorrow and disproved the "always online" rumour, the negatively would largely evaporate. It's by far and away the foemost thing people are complaining about.

not really, with the hardware being 50% less powerful from the rumored specs, and first party focusing on kinect, there still would be tons of complaining, with ps4 having the better MP versions of games and the better first party, its quite a down grade from ps3/360. if ps4 was much weaker then 720, you would here tons of sony fans complaining



curl-6 on 08 April 2013
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
i think the wii, especially with the rumored specs.

Not even close. Never was the internet flooded with "the Wii will suck" material like it is now for the 720.


you guys do know the reasons for the hate, for the 720 hate are similair to wii and wiiu, except for blocking games.

1. focused on motion controls.

2. rumored specs look 50% weaker then ps4

3, locked used games.

Wii and Wii U don't require a constant online connection, which is the primary source of the animosity directed at the 720.

the main reason for animosity is, its not doing anything better then ps4, and then its locking used games, which why it requires to be online all the time,  making it easy choice to go for ps4.

If Microsoft came out tomorrow and disproved the "always online" rumour, the negatively would largely evaporate. It's by far and away the foemost thing people are complaining about.

not really, with the hardware being 50% less powerful from the rumored specs, and first party focusing on kinect, there still would be tons of complaining, with ps4 having the better MP versions of games and the better first party, its quite a down grade from ps3/360. if ps4 was much weaker then 720, you would here tons of sony fans complaining

Except that the majority of the negative press isn't about any of those things, it's about the supposed Always Online requirement.



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Stinky on 08 April 2013

The only people who seem to be getting cynical over it are fans who wouldn't buy the next xbox if it served free hot chocolate. The reality nobody knows what's coming, most particularly the competitors.



leatherhat on 08 April 2013

When xbox's creative director starts talking about how always online isn't a problem and that people who think it is are whiners- I think we can say they aren't rumors anymore.



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ninjablade on 08 April 2013
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
i think the wii, especially with the rumored specs.

Not even close. Never was the internet flooded with "the Wii will suck" material like it is now for the 720.


you guys do know the reasons for the hate, for the 720 hate are similair to wii and wiiu, except for blocking games.

1. focused on motion controls.

2. rumored specs look 50% weaker then ps4

3, locked used games.

Wii and Wii U don't require a constant online connection, which is the primary source of the animosity directed at the 720.

the main reason for animosity is, its not doing anything better then ps4, and then its locking used games, which why it requires to be online all the time,  making it easy choice to go for ps4.

If Microsoft came out tomorrow and disproved the "always online" rumour, the negatively would largely evaporate. It's by far and away the foemost thing people are complaining about.

not really, with the hardware being 50% less powerful from the rumored specs, and first party focusing on kinect, there still would be tons of complaining, with ps4 having the better MP versions of games and the better first party, its quite a down grade from ps3/360. if ps4 was much weaker then 720, you would here tons of sony fans complaining

Except that the majority of the negative press isn't about any of those things, it's about the supposed Always Online requirement.

Well i have been keeping up with 720 and orbis news on neogaf, yes its a big reason but so is having weaker hardware and the focus in kinect, with ps4 having better hardware, multiplatform games will be better on ps4.



curl-6 on 08 April 2013
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
i think the wii, especially with the rumored specs.

Not even close. Never was the internet flooded with "the Wii will suck" material like it is now for the 720.


you guys do know the reasons for the hate, for the 720 hate are similair to wii and wiiu, except for blocking games.

1. focused on motion controls.

2. rumored specs look 50% weaker then ps4

3, locked used games.

Wii and Wii U don't require a constant online connection, which is the primary source of the animosity directed at the 720.

the main reason for animosity is, its not doing anything better then ps4, and then its locking used games, which why it requires to be online all the time,  making it easy choice to go for ps4.

If Microsoft came out tomorrow and disproved the "always online" rumour, the negatively would largely evaporate. It's by far and away the foemost thing people are complaining about.

not really, with the hardware being 50% less powerful from the rumored specs, and first party focusing on kinect, there still would be tons of complaining, with ps4 having the better MP versions of games and the better first party, its quite a down grade from ps3/360. if ps4 was much weaker then 720, you would here tons of sony fans complaining

Except that the majority of the negative press isn't about any of those things, it's about the supposed Always Online requirement.

Well i have been keeping up with 720 and orbis news on neogaf, yes its a big reason but so is having weaker hardware and the focus in kinect, with ps4 having better hardware, multiplatform games will be better on ps4.

Gaf is a tech-centric site, of course they'll be focussed on rumoured specs. But they're a very small portion of the gaming population, a minority not indicative of the whole. 



ninjablade on 08 April 2013
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
curl-6 said:
ninjablade said:
i think the wii, especially with the rumored specs.

Not even close. Never was the internet flooded with "the Wii will suck" material like it is now for the 720.


you guys do know the reasons for the hate, for the 720 hate are similair to wii and wiiu, except for blocking games.

1. focused on motion controls.

2. rumored specs look 50% weaker then ps4

3, locked used games.

Wii and Wii U don't require a constant online connection, which is the primary source of the animosity directed at the 720.

the main reason for animosity is, its not doing anything better then ps4, and then its locking used games, which why it requires to be online all the time,  making it easy choice to go for ps4.

If Microsoft came out tomorrow and disproved the "always online" rumour, the negatively would largely evaporate. It's by far and away the foemost thing people are complaining about.

not really, with the hardware being 50% less powerful from the rumored specs, and first party focusing on kinect, there still would be tons of complaining, with ps4 having the better MP versions of games and the better first party, its quite a down grade from ps3/360. if ps4 was much weaker then 720, you would here tons of sony fans complaining

Except that the majority of the negative press isn't about any of those things, it's about the supposed Always Online requirement.

Well i have been keeping up with 720 and orbis news on neogaf, yes its a big reason but so is having weaker hardware and the focus in kinect, with ps4 having better hardware, multiplatform games will be better on ps4.

Gaf is a tech-centric site, of course they'll be focussed on rumoured specs. But they're a very small portion of the gaming population, a minority not indicative of the whole. 


if your talking about 720 sales, it will have great sales, but being online all the time, will really hurt it, but its first year in the us will be amazing.