Comments on: The Potential Ups and Downs of the Great Console War of 2013 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/ Sat, 25 May 2013 12:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: HalfBlackCauck http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-694070 HalfBlackCauck Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:23:27 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-694070 Why is everyone so surprised with the blocking of used games? Does anyone expect to buy used games on Steam? Some of the largest revenues coming from games right now are IOS and Android Marketplace, both of which allow one user (profile) per purchase, no refunds and a lot of the time no ‘try before you buy’…the only justification is the low entry price. Also, Sony would likely not shoot themselves in the foot (intentional) and allow a ‘borrow’ feature that releases the game to another user for short busts of time, with an ultimate yearly limit per game, disabling online play and trophy acquisition.
Also, does this remind anyone of the early video game crash? Because that’s when everyone thought they could make a console and everyone’s cousins thought they could release a game. Just saying…

]]> By: Frank http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-694037 Frank Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:50:14 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-694037 I want to touch on the whole PS4 no used games topic for a moment as their is another theory. Stories have come up about Sony filing a patent for this functionality but this doesn’t mean that they will actually use it. Companies file patents all the time for things that never see the light of day just so that other companies can’t use the technology they developed. At this point, the whole thing is a rumor and even IF Sony announces it as an actual function of the PS4, the backlash will be enormous and they will most likely remove it. If you give them the greatest benefit of the doubt it is plausible that they filed that patent for the explicit purpose of preventing anybody from creating that restriction… who knows for sure?

]]> By: Mark Miller http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-694020 Mark Miller Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:29:14 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-694020 I recently switched to pc gaming (I will be leaving my xbox with my sister when I move out next month) but I still care about console gaming and I hope that the Steam box idea catches on in a big way. Steam offers the best gaming service there is and big picture is so much more user friendly, also it would be good for me as it would mean better development for the PC which always good. I wish that someone would add the ability to trade games downloadable with friends in your network though, they could restrict it down to a small number and it would be a big selling point whilst combating piracy to a certain extent as well.

]]> By: steve p http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-693978 steve p Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:30:04 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-693978 all i ask for in a console is backwards compatibility.

i lost a bunch of great games for PS2 when I got my PS3. yeah, i could’ve kept my Ps2, but I really didn’t have the space for it, plus needed the extra money I got in the trade in. Cut to a few years later I repurchased most of those games via collection sets (god of war) or from psn (okami). How hard is it to make a console play the old games?

Or at least figure out a way where I can put in the old disc and then get the ability to download it for free.

and on the topic of downloads, I hope they will be linked to your account somehow so when I get PS4 I can easily redownload all the games I downloaded on PS3.

I will probably get PS4 as soon as it is released. Xbox I won’t touch (too many issues with my 360, not enough worthy exclusive titles) and the WiiU, I will purchase that as soon as a zelda game is released for it.

]]> By: Draugr http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-693970 Draugr Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:28:17 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-693970 “The Steam box, the Ouya, and even NVIDIA’s new hardware most likely won’t be able to compete directly with the big three right out of the gate”

Lol?

Sure you can say that about Ouya, and probably the Nvidia offering. But why you’d pretend a PC is hobbled compared to a console is beyond me, which is what a ‘steambox’ will end up being, ultimately. Perhaps this is due to a lack of understanding of hardware, of which a steambox will have equivalent (or better, since some steam boxes are supposedly going to be modular – something consoles could have been doing ages ago.) Hardware

“that this generation will learn from past mistakes and offer better services for consumers in lieu of cheap exclusive tricks”

Good luck with that one :(

@bill
“$50 a year for a Gold account that also keeps me subscribed to Netflix and possibly other services that MS gets a cut of would not be a bad thing.”

Isn’t that’s about what you pay now? Why would MS offer you those services additionally when you’ve proven you’re already willing to pay them money just to access services readily available for free elsewhere. They’ll just keep charging you a subscription to use Netflix on their console (even though it can be used freely everywhere else) and you’ll keep paying them for that ‘privilege.’

What MS has managed to do with live (suckering people to give them money for internet access, basically) is one of the scummiest/most successful exploitation of a the lazy and clueless that I have ever seen.
The real question you should ask for yourself is what servies does gold really get you, and why are those same services available (nearly) everywhere else, but not stuck behind a paywall (in addition to any fees other services might ask of you, like hulu plus or netflix.)

]]> By: frikkenkids http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-693961 frikkenkids Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:26:04 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-693961 The Turbo Grafx 16 was a great concept. You could play the games on a handheld device – that was an awesome idea.

]]> By: Tonyctitan http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-693956 Tonyctitan Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:50:53 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-693956 Did you have a dreamcast too?

]]> By: Trueman http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-693952 Trueman Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:26:43 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-693952 @bill Consoles already do that. When the PS3/Xbox360 launched, they were sold cheaper than their overall manufacturing cost at the time, since Sony/MS make back the lost cash via other means (such as services etc).

]]> By: bill http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/01/10/the-potential-ups-and-downs-of-the-great-console-war-of-2013/#comment-693922 bill Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:08:56 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=77378#comment-693922 What about MS practically giving away the hardware so they make money of reoccurring service charges some what like cell services do?

$50 a year for a Gold account that also keeps me subscribed to Netflix and possibly other services that MS gets a cut of would not be a bad thing.

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