Since I was younger I've almost always taken my console with me on vacation. Even if I don't use it, I like to have it. Usually vacation is a family vacation, meaning I'm stuck at my grandmas out in the country with no car and my only activities are what the family is doing. It's nice to have the console when we're just sitting around my grandmas and nothing is going on. They don't have internet out there, so I wouldn't be able to take it anymore.
Another point to add with the internet going down though...My internet doesn't go down often, but it does happen, and when it does I resort to single player games. Most of my PC games are online multiplayer games so my PC becomes useless and I'll play on the console for a few hours...so much for that unless you've been online in the last 24 hours.
I don't care that my internet is perfectly stable, rarely crashes, and is plenty fast enough. An always online req would barely effect me, but when my internet does go down I want to be able to use my equipment that I spent hundreds of dollars on. I don't even care that the internet connection is only required once a day, even that's too much because there's still a possibility that some day I won't be able to use it simply because my internet is out.
Show me a "next gen" console that doesn't have all these inconveniences (always online, additional fees for used games) and I'll pick that one instead.
Let me guess, their still going to charge you to use Xbox Live? Facepalm if true.
PS network is getting better and better(also PS network plus is arguably better than Xbox Live, does Xbox Live give you good free games? I don't think so), and ITS FREE.
Really? I'm the stupid one? At least I realize that all the games info will be shown at E3 that will be coming up soon. You act like it was a sin that Microsoft didn't show a full line up of games coming out for the One. Guess what!? That's what E3 is for! You know, the whole purpose of E3...to showcase games. Microsoft showed us all the aspects of the new console...not just the video game portion of it (which they did show some of). To sit there and act like some self entitled little prick who thinks that a new console should be for games and games ONLY shows your general lack of knowledge of current events. Companies like Microsoft and Sony HAVE to make their consoles do it all, not just games, in order to stay competitive and move units. People WANT their console to be able to do more than just play games. And why not? It only makes sense to have 1 thing do it all for you in the living room. Just because you think a company should cater to you and you only (and believe me, you're definitely in the minority when it comes to wanting a console for games only) just shows your general lack of knowledge. Get with the times or get out.
And the part about the cell phones. Wow. Considering that if people wanted to buy phones just to talk to people, then they could get a phone that's not a smart phone. That is usually not the case. Smart phones offer so much more than just talking nowadays. Most people consider the ability to talk on what is a computer in your hand, the actual bonus feature. Almost everyone I know that has a smartphone, has it for the apps, music, videos, camera, etc, etc. The fact they can actually call someone on it is the bonus part.
You are so out of sync with the times it's sad.
Last edited by Zephyr Storm; 2013-05-21 at 11:49 PM.
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The problem is not that they didn't show a line up of games the problem is they didn't show any gameplay of games besides COD and yet want to do better then sony.
The other problem is dam near every bad rumor about this system has been confirmed in some forum or another.
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