Microsoft Xbox One Rip Off

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Microsoft plan to charge up to the full retail price when their new XBox One comes out to anyone using pre owned games.

 

They have also set up the new XBox in a way so you cannot lend your friends games. You can take your game to your friends house, sign into your XBox account and play at theirs but as you can only sign in from one location at a time if you leave the game and are left signed into your friends XBox you will not be able to then play a different game at home.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22623010

 

Rip off cunts IMO.

[Tommy]

Wasn't like that with the ZX Spectrum.

[StandFree1982]

This could be a HUGE mistake from Microsoft. I already know a few people who are going to buy a PS4 on this reason alone.

 

Big mistake Microsoft.

[Dynamo]

Some fools will still pay it.

[spamspamspam]

Wasn't like that with the ZX Spectrum.

 

Was more of a commodore 64 man.

 

Bruce Lee was ace

 

 

 

 

 

 

when it loaded

[Westhill Red]

It seems they're trying to take on Sky with the Xbox one with it's multipurpose approach rather than concentrating on gaming.

 

Already hate the way you have to pay for xbox live and then if you borrow a mate's game or buy a preowned game you have to pay on top of that to access online features.

[Bluto10]

when was the last time you saw someone cool playing computer games?

[ChutneyLove]

Last time I played one.

[StandFree1982]

Why can't Microsoft and Sony just realise that people aren't wanting a GAMES console that does everything! The majority of people who own an xbox or playstation already have access to a DVD player or a blu-ray player. They also have some form of MP3 playing device or a CD player. They will also very likely have freeview and / or Sky, BT or Virgin. Having a machine that does all of this in one is just pointless. For starters, what if you wanted to listen to music while playing your xbox? Well, you can't if it's your music system. What if your partner wanted to watch a movie or the telly but you've binned sky etc for your new fangled device, well...you now need to turn the fucking thing off until she is finished watching her shite. The Kinect is fine if you've people round, but it soon becomes boring and you just want to sit down, stop looking like a twat waving your arms around and pretending to run, and just play PROPER GAMES.

 

Besides all of the above, it also increases the price of the device. I just want something that plays good games. I don't want something that replaces all the things I already have because it just doesn't do any of those things any better!

 

One thing that did piss me off about the PS3 was the fact that it was a FAT32 system, which meant that you can't put any mkv movies on it over 4gb. I thought it was meant to be a media device?!?!

[Pudgie]

Aw fuck! He's found his new "quirk".

[spamspamspam]

pretty much like steam then?

 

old news

 

Fuck all like steam.

 

Even if you register the game on steam, as long as you have the disc you can play the game you own, second hand or not. This is going to charge almost full price again for 2nd hand games.

 

New news.

[StandFree1982]

It's alleged that they could charge up to £35 for a second hand game license. Fuck that! You'd have to pay £5-20 for the game from a shop / seller and then pay the £35 on top of that? No thanks.

 

They have said that shops need a license or something to sell the games as well and Microsoft get a fee for selling each game. This is just going to put more shops out of business and it will hinder the gaming industry rather than help it.

 

I find you get a much better selection of games in the second hand section, especially in places like Asda where they only really do chart and a number of other "hit" games. The second hand section has classics such as Fallout 3, Splinter Cell Conviction amongst others (which i've bought recently) which weren't available in the new games section.

 

Microsoft GTF.

Sony...you might have to GTF as well if you follow suit.

[seanthesheep]

I'm gonna go back in time and buy one of these things when they take off over here in the UK. Games that the kids will be able to play as well.

 

http://www.ouya.tv/games/

[Foster14]

I only buy games that I am waiting to come out, not much of a casual gamer shopper. Since I mostly play online (COD/FIFA etc), don't really want to wait to pick up second hand, but it does seem a bit daft going up against gamers in this way.

 

On the other hand, I can see why though. A single player game, many will only play once then trade in. Goes through a few owners and the game has only been bought from the games developer/producer once. With the market more and more prevalent, it means that developers are struggling to make money out of it.

 

They won't be far off an iTunes type thing and for that to work to its best (i.e. profit maximisation), they need to kill the second hand market.

[granite sheep]

Can ye still play offline- have never taken my 360 online yet- as I've zero interest in X box live or will Microsoft make it that you cplay unless you connect to the internets.

[Bluto10]

video games are for nerds like harcus, living at home with their parents getting the dinner cooked for them and spending their free time on the net ir playing 8 man quake with loners in klahoma.

[Pudgie]

Whereas being on AFC-Chat whilst in the pub in company is for top lads eh?

[StandFree1982]

It sounds like you need to have your xbox online at least once a day or you cant continue playing your game.

 

P4 for me then!

[bonzodaddy73]

So much speculation at the moment so nobody is quite sure what's going to happen. If true with regards to pre owned games, every hacker on the planet will break the xbox within a month.

If folk think Sony will not go down a similar path they're crazy.

[Bluto10]

just buy a snes instead and play better games

[bonzodaddy73]

The new consoles will be good, theres no doubt about that.

Snes,Your showing you're years bloots.

[Bluto10]

like a good conditioned snes im timeless bonzo min

[ScottishJohn]

Build your own gaming pc then you don't have to worry about all this.

[bonzodaddy73]

like a good conditioned snes im timeless bonzo min

You cannae play Battlefield 3 on the Snes though.

[dervish]

like a good conditioned snes im timeless bonzo min

 

If your phone isn't a 3310 it'll horse a snes. You'd be better off getting an adaptor for it so you can use it for entertainment. Like a jonnie so can shove it up your arse and "ring" yourself.

[granite sheep]

Megadrives were better than Snes, Streets of Rage, Sonic, Street Fighter Turbo with the six button controller, and best of all Sensible Soccer (although the names were wrong)

[Ke1t]

Francis has something to say on the subject... and of course he gets more animated as the vid progresses.

 

[stirlingsheep]

New Metal Gear solid announced as for Xbox One at E3. Looked pretty awesome.

 

Also announced a redesigned 360 that's out now and full Live members to get 2 free download games a month.

[tup]

The spy in your sitting room.

[Ke1t]

The spy in your sitting room.

 

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It's already far beyond that

 

Your smartphone identifies your location at all times, and government monitors all communications, building up an image of your social network if they need/want to.

 

Your ISP logs your online activities, handing over any and all data to government as and when it's demanded.

 

CCTV monitors citizens in every major population centre in real time, with all collected data available to law enforcement.

 

Netflix, Hulu and your Cable provider log your viewing choices, with all data available to law enforcement.

 

Your credit card activities are monitored by the CC 'Fraud' Department, with all purchase data available to law enforcement.

 

Your library records monitor what kind of thing you're reading, with all records available to law enforcement.

 

Your personal Emails read (without any legal oversight) by the FBI (see Carnivore)

 

This is here in the LAND OF THE FREE™, of course, but if anyone reckons they have any more privacy in the UK then your head is up your arse.

 

And yet they want to remove even more privacy and freedom in order to save us from the terrorists.

 

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