CaptQuakers said:
The answer is simple. Microsoft is trying to fuck you, yes you, right in the ass with a rather large black brick of plastic, but can't do it, because it needs another black brick of plastic with a camera to do it. As has been said before (most likely, I couldn't tell as I hadn't read the entire thread before posting this, but I just had to get this out before I went all 'splody-head) when you buy an Xbone game, you don't own it. While (for the time being) you may have the disc in your hand, you won't have much consumer rights to anything on that disc, which is what you paid for to begin with. Should you sell it, THEY delete the installed information from YOUR hard drive. Had that happened on a PC, it would have been called a VIRUS. They also require an internet connection once every 24 hours, or you won't be able to play ANY of the games that YOU 'supposedly' own. Then there's the Kinect 2.0 thingy. The XBone REQUIRES this thing to be plugged in for the XBone to work at all. Have I told you that the Kinect 2.0 thingy will be able to track your heart rate? Well, it will, and it won't be long before it starts reporting everything it learns to Microsoft/Big Brother (I realize that sounds paranoid, but that's where this line of crap from Microsoft eventually goes.)Not to mention the fact that anyone that doesn't want or have the internet connectivity that the XBone requires, we've all been told to go fuck ourselves. Not good. And to tell us that it's going to be $500... they gotta be nuts.
Now let's have a look at the PS4 for a moment. When you buy a PS4 game, do you own it? According to their E3 showing (which btw, was freekin brilliant, except for the Assassins Creed showing... that was hilarious) yes you do. Can you lend it to anyone you wish to, or take it out into the driveway, and run it the hell over with a truck? Yes you can. That's called consumer rights. Will the PS4 need an internet connection at all? Short answer, no. Long answer, no. Will the PS4 require the Eye camera to be plugged in for the console to work? No. Is the PS4 under $500? Hellz yes it is!! $399 USD.
Now lets compare the styling of the two. XBone. Two toned black box. Yay. PS4. Two toned black box pushed over (rhombus). Yay. No one wins any style points on this round.
So basically, what we have here is two consoles that look somewhat similar (in color), one is higher priced with less functionality playing games, while the other plays games FIRST, at a lower price.
For me to have had to explain this means it's possible that you've not had internet in awhile. Here, take one of mine. You'll need it if you plan on buying an XBone.
(Source: Owner of an Xbox 360 that has been told to go fuck myself)
Now, I don't normally hate all over Microsoft like this. But between the nightmare operating system that is Windows 8 (suffers from split personality disorder) and now the XBone, they've got some work to do before I upgrade ANYTHING that says Microsoft on it. Personally, I think they might be trying to go out of business. I've never seen so many stupid things come out of one place so quickly that wasn't trying to go out of business.
I wonder, can you tell which console I'll be looking into, and which one I'll be flipping off?