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Hadmar

Hadmar

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I'll probably get both at some point, but it will likely take years.

Balton said:
Till then it looks like I'll rejoin the PC master race.
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Good, now join the Beyondunreal Steam group so that I may find and add you :p

Nemephosis said:
You can't play games without the Day 1 update, for fuck sakes!

Think about that for a second. They shipped a gaming console. That you can't play games on.

In fact, you can't do much of dick without the update.
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You can't do shit with the product you bought unless you let a third party change bits on your devices? That's the DRM discussion we had years ago when online activation came up.
 
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Nemephosis said:
You can't play games without the Day 1 update, for fuck sakes!

Think about that for a second. They shipped a gaming console. That you can't play games on.

In fact, you can't do much of dick without the update. So basically you still need the internet, just not every 24 hours now, otherwise you have an extremely (overly) expensive piece of plastic.
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It's a ploy so that they can shove down the throats of every fanboy that shitty ad-ridden XBL.


I've not owned any home console until now and I'm not feeling the need of buying one right now. Thanks to Valve's Big Picture and Steambox we're getting PC racing games with split-screen again (GRID 2, F1 2013), shooters are meant to be played with a mouse/keyboard setting, the new consoles' architecture will make ports less expensive and more stable, and on top of my 100+ PC game collection I have a equally big collection of old console gems that I can play on emulation software.
 
leilei

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I can look at how my old Xbox was much more enjoyable with a GBA or PS1 emulator
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Is that why new consoles suck, because you can't 'homebrew' the old emulated roms on it anymore? Please.


Besides, the Steambox is the closest you'll have your indie console scene.... but that 'homebrew scene' is always the red herring when you just want to emulate the same old pirated console/handheld games on a new console anyway. They're poor for emulation anyhow since the speedhacky emulators tend to be the ones that get ported.

That $400 you would dump for a box to whine at for being closed could be used to build your little emulationy HTPC...
 
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Luv_Studd

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dragonfliet said:
This is madness. Quantum Break, Infamous: Second Son, Project Spark, The Division, MGS 5 and Watchdogs all look freaking amazing (of note: Titanfall, Project Spark, The Division and Watchdogs are all coming to PC, though Titanfall is the only one I would rather play on the PC, and that's only to get away from the bratty 12 year olds that flood fps games on xbl--PC has a mildly mature audience of bratty 15 year olds).
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I should have clarified: first decent-looking games I would buy one of the consoles for. What's out now is not very good.
 
ambershee

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Given that the Division and Watchdogs are coming to PC (along with Titanfall and Project Spark), and noone has a freaking clue about what Quantum Break will actually be like, that list is a pretty crap reason to pick up a console unless you're really into Metal Gear or Infamous. I'm not fussed about either.

The current selection of games is even worse.
 
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leilei said:
Is that why new consoles suck, because you can't 'homebrew' the old emulated roms on it anymore? Please.


Besides, the Steambox is the closest you'll have your indie console scene.... but that 'homebrew scene' is always the red herring when you just want to emulate the same old pirated console/handheld games on a new console anyway. They're poor for emulation anyhow since the speedhacky emulators tend to be the ones that get ported.

That $400 you would dump for a box to whine at for being closed could be used to build your little emulationy HTPC...
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Dude, it doesn't matter. It's none of your business, and I don't want to argue with you further.
 
ZenPirate

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Future dilemma:

I like the Uncharted series (PS4)
I like Elder Scrolls (Xbox gets the add ons, Sony gets pooped on)

I think Maybe Wii U just because I feel bad for Nintendo lol!
 
BillyBadAss

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ZenPirate said:
I think Maybe Wii U just because I feel bad for Nintendo lol!
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If I buy anything it will be a Wii U for their awesome exclusives. On the PeasantBox One and PeasantStation 4 most of the games can be played on PC. Nintendo offers the kind of game play that you don't find anywhere else.

My PS3 already plays bluray and can handle all of my media center needs, so I will be sticking with that.
 
Al

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Crotale

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I have a bad feeling about the XBone...

[M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LoF01Q2NNzA[/M]
 
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