E3 2013 Schedule

[Firewind]

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Microsoft's family sharing thing assumes that a family is going to be able to afford multiple XBox Ones though and at that price tag...Yeesh...

But let's say I bought Xenoblade Chronicles and my little sister also wants to play Xenoblade Chronicles. Why would she buy another Wii to play Xenoblade Chronicles when she can just play my copy of Xenoblade Chronicles when I'm not using the Wii? I'm using this story because yes this is what we do with Xenoblade Chronicles: physically share the copy of the game.

So "Microsoft wants to bring families together by forcing them all into separate rooms, and making them all buy their own consoles to share games that they only own licenses for, that last for as long as we keep the servers up." is I'll I'm getting from this.

[Malacite]

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Plus buying a 2nd Wii won't exactly break the bank z

And yeah, I'm aware Gaikai won't be ready until 2014 and AFAIK Sony hasn't actually given a confirmation on the release date so... wtf?

[cidbahamut]

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Is there some recent development I'm missing about Gaikai that made it remotely viable when I wasn't paying attention?

[Firewind]

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Plus buying a 2nd Wii won't exactly break the bank z

And yeah, I'm aware Gaikai won't be ready until 2014 and AFAIK Sony hasn't actually given a confirmation on the release date so... wtf?

Completely missing the point here. No other console manufacturer has had "Your family is required to buy multiple consoles to share games" as a major selling point before.

[cidbahamut]

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Pretty sure it's more a matter of them each needing their own account. If there's just the one console in the house everyone just logs into their own account and grabs the game off the shared list. It's needlessly convoluted sure, but it's not the same as being unable to share a game without everyone owning their own console.

[Firewind]

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What I'm pointing out is: in what universe is that better and more convenient than simply passing the controller to someone else when you're done?

[Malacite]

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What I'm pointing out is: in what universe is that better and more convenient than simply passing the controller to someone else when you're done?

The one MS is trying desperately to force on us.

In reality. gamers are telling MS en-mass to eat a dick according to the pre-order numbers.

[Firewind]

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Which is why I was arguing against the game sharing thing as just a bunch of convoluted bullshit. Your average family is going to have one, maybe two of a single console in the household. Before that we got along fine even with digital games, if you're playing a single player game and your sibling or roommate wants to play, then you pass the controller over when you've agreed to switch. There's no need to log into another account as the account is already signed in. If you have a physical copy of the game and a second console then you can *gasp* pass the disc to the other person. If you have a second console and your sibling or roommate really wants to play the game, then he/she/it probably has already bought a copy anyway.

Microsoft are trying to find a solution to a problem that does not exist while using it as an excuse to further their agenda of the destruction of the concept of ownership. It's not a clever way of sharing games, it is Microsoft doing the equivalent of dangling a bottle of water over the head of a limbless man in the middle of a fucking desert and they need to stop that shit right now.

[Malacite]

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You know they won't though.

[Icemage]

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[Firewind]

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[Armando]

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Looks like Microsoft caved?

[Etra]

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PS4 is still more powerful, less expensive, and doesn't have an NSA device spying on me.

[Armando]

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PS4 is still more powerful, less expensive, and doesn't have an NSA device spying on me.

And it doesn't have retarded anti-indie policies.

[Icemage]

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PS4 is still more powerful, less expensive, and doesn't have an NSA device spying on me.

Yup. But at least now we actually have console competition instead of just Sony and well "everyone else". I don't trust Sony (or Microsoft, or even Nintendo) to do the right thing without competition to hold their feet to the fire, and it was starting to look like Sony was cruising to PS2 levels of dominance once again.

We might still get that, but Microsoft fixed a lot with their backtracking today. Unfortunately there's a lot of stuff they can't fix, like weaker hardware and mandatory Kinect and higher launch price (though I expect that Microsoft will eventually fix their production problems and bring XB1 pricing more in line with PS4).


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