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Re: $500 for the Xbox One

Is Microsoft high? I hope Sony undercuts them by $50-100.
 
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Well that would make sense, they won't have a shitty Kinect over inflating the price.
 
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...I have heard nothing but terrible reviews about the xBone from the gamer/techy sphere!

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is that pic supposed to be clickable Haak? I cant read it for the life of me, and I cant find a link lol
 
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Take note Microsoft. Sony actually listens to it's consumers and gives them what they want.
 
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I've always been a playstation guy.
 
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I'll bet Sony is breaking out the champagne at this very moment. Unless something dramatically changes, the PS4 is going to absolutely crush the X-Box One in sales. Thank you Microsoft for making the decision easy and obvious this time around!
 
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Xbox murdered themselves. They finally get some decent exclusives in my opinion and just kill it by making it so you cannot play used games on the console as well as now being $100 more than the PS4. Not to mention Sony has always had better exclusives in my opinion. I have always been a Sony fanboy, but my friends mainly had XBox so I went with Xbox. Not this time.
 
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lost in Sony's F YOU to Micro$oft... you will have to pay for PSN+ to play games online on PS4
 
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Possible privacy violations by Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One have come under new scrutiny since it was revealed Thursday that the tech giant was a crucial partner in an expansive Internet surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency and involving Silicon Valley’s biggest players.

One of the console’s key features is the full integration of the Kinect, a motion sensing camera that allows users to play games, scroll through menus, and generally operate the Xbox just using hand gestures. Microsoft has touted the camera as the hallmark of a new era of interactivity in gaming.

What Microsoft has not promoted, however, is the fact that you will not be able to power on the console without first enabling the Kinect, designed to detect both heartbeats and eye movement. and positioning yourself in front of it.

Disturbingly, a recently published Microsoft patent reveals the Kinect has the capability to determine exactly when users are viewing ads broadcast by the Xbox through its eye movement tracking. Consistent ad viewers would be granted rewards, according to the patent.

Perhaps the feature most worryisome to privacy advocates is the requirement that the Xbox connect to the Internet at least once every 24 hours. Many critics have asserted that Microsoft will follow the lead of other Silicon Valley companies and use their console to gather data about its users, particularly through the Kinect, and collect it through the online connection users can’t avoid.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/07/new-xbox-by-nsa-partner-microsoft-will-watch-you-247/
 
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Fuck, i've already preordered the Ps4.
 
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Wheels said:
lost in Sony's F YOU to Micro$oft... you will have to pay for PSN+ to play games online on PS4
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Yeah, that definitely sucks. At least it sounds like you can still get free games with the service. I think they said that Driveclub game would be free right off the bat with it.
 
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santeesioux said:
Yeah, that definitely sucks. At least it sounds like you can still get free games with the service. I think they said that Driveclub game would be free right off the bat with it.
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Basically its gonna be the same as Xbox Live will be, as Miscrosoft is going the route of 2 free games per month with Gold. So the only difference might be the price, and Sony's willingness to work with Indie Games.

Paying for online gaming wasnt a sticking point with me for current Gen, so shouldnt bother me too much. Hopefully it will be reinvested into making the online experience a little easier to use (i.e. party chat)

Either way though I'm sold on PS4. I wont be buying an Xbox
 
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I think it said psn would have cross game chat, so i think that's the same thing.
 
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I'll be getting a PS4 it does not require internet like the XBox720. Microsoft are the ones that made mistakes this time. I wonder who Bill Gates will come after?
 
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I still love PC gaming. No online passes, plenty of DRM free options out there, Steam sales every week, kickstarter games starting to make their way to market. That said, if I was going to get a console, Sony's PS4 seems like the least intrusive and most flexible option, while Microsoft seems hellbent on pissing off their core audience.
 
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BigGameDamian said:
I'll be getting a PS4 it does not require internet like the XBox720. Microsoft are the ones that made mistakes this time. I wonder who Bill Gates will come after?
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This is Ballmer's show now. BG seems content to busy himself teaching poor African kids how to read and shit.
 
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santeesioux said:
I think it said psn would have cross game chat, so i think that's the same thing.
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yep I heard that too. I also heard that PS4 will ship with a basic headset, and Xbox wont because the forced Kinect is where you can do the chat. Kinda backwards from last systems lol
 
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PS4 is the clear winner and if I am going to buy a new console then that is one. However, why not just stick with the PS3 for a while or pick up a used PS3 (they will go way down in price) if you don't already have one?
 
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KeepOnRollin said:
PS4 is the clear winner and if I am going to buy a new console then that is one. However, why not just stick with the PS3 for a while or pick up a used PS3 (they will go way down in price) if you don't already have one?
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I will for sure buy a PS4, but I am always leery of buying the first generation of a console, especially after my first PS3 lasted on 8 months. So, I probably won't be preordering a PS4.
 
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Nikolokolus said:
I still love PC gaming. No online passes, plenty of DRM free options out there, Steam sales every week, kickstarter games starting to make their way to market. That said, if I was going to get a console, Sony's PS4 seems like the least intrusive and most flexible option, while Microsoft seems hellbent on pissing off their core audience.
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The good thing about having a gaming pc is, the most interesting looking "exclusive" Microsoft showed off, Titanfall, will be on the pc as well. As for the ps4, you will be getting most console only games, Sony games, and Japanese games that don't make it to the pc. Best of both worlds for me.

I think Sony should hire me with all of the schilling i've been doing for them.
 
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