You know, if they had kept the check in and the DRM stuff, my fucking nintendo 64 would function better than the E3 announce version of the xbox one.
All my n64 needs is electricity and a television, both of which are FAR more accessible than internet. I've got a good connection, but I recognize that that's because I'm just lucky like that. I know that internet coverage still sucks for a LOT of people, and those people won't be able to use the xbox one.
"But there's the 360"
Yeah, exactly. And how stupid is it that microsoft literally told people to not buy their console if they want to play offline? I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like a good business strategy to me. You know, encouraging people not to buy your new console. That's like if I opened a donut stand and telling people "Well if you want good donuts go to that shop over there! But you won't be hip". I'd be lucky if one in a million people bought that line and bought donuts from me.
And don't pull the steam comparison crap on me either. I don't use steam. I tried it once to try the half life 2 demo, but it was slow and bullshit. I don't care how much they've improved. I've got freeware. No, not free to play games with tons of microtransaction, I'm talking one hundred percent free games where the artist in question just sticks a donate button on their site and makes that donation completely optional. Is the xbox one going to have free games? No. Sad, because free games is the only reason I could see to put up with the xbox one's bullshit. Too bad they used that strategy on the 360 I already have!
All my n64 needs is electricity and a television, both of which are FAR more accessible than internet. I've got a good connection, but I recognize that that's because I'm just lucky like that. I know that internet coverage still sucks for a LOT of people, and those people won't be able to use the xbox one.
"But there's the 360"
Yeah, exactly. And how stupid is it that microsoft literally told people to not buy their console if they want to play offline? I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like a good business strategy to me. You know, encouraging people not to buy your new console. That's like if I opened a donut stand and telling people "Well if you want good donuts go to that shop over there! But you won't be hip". I'd be lucky if one in a million people bought that line and bought donuts from me.
And don't pull the steam comparison crap on me either. I don't use steam. I tried it once to try the half life 2 demo, but it was slow and bullshit. I don't care how much they've improved. I've got freeware. No, not free to play games with tons of microtransaction, I'm talking one hundred percent free games where the artist in question just sticks a donate button on their site and makes that donation completely optional. Is the xbox one going to have free games? No. Sad, because free games is the only reason I could see to put up with the xbox one's bullshit. Too bad they used that strategy on the 360 I already have!