Half-Life Fallout: The Soapbox - Half-Life Fallout

City 17, on 21 May 2013 - 02:48 PM, said:

I felt the same way. Although I don't mind the smooth plain look of it. Wtf is this Quantum Break?

Xbox reveal was worse than I expected. I know a couple of games scheduled for it that I would have put money down to appear tonight, but they weren't even mentioned. Really, really seems like Microsoft just went "**** it" to games and pulled them all for their E3 conference. Which in some ways makes sense, but it did make for one hell of a boring console reveal.

I don't mind the Kinect technology, and the idea. But that doesn't mean I care. Majority of the services are either of no use to me or wont be available in Australia. I don't care about my Xbox being a media hub because I don't play music or watch television through a set top box. I really just want a game system, not a media hub, as my PC covers the latter just fine and I have no intention of changing it.

That being said, I can see why creating a media hub to replace set top boxes is a pretty important move, and why they'd consider that a good road for success.

I just hate how Microsoft put everything behind their xbox live gold accounts. You can hardly do anything without paying their monthly fee. PS plus is so generous with stuff and it's just for extra non essential stuff like cloud saves instead of charging you just to be able to use Netflix.

Hard to tell from a low quality stream but the graphics didn't seem that impressive either.

Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One’s hard drive cannot be replaced by users. however you can use a USB 3.0 External HDD

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Microsoft is attempting to clarify what is quickly becoming a convoluted and confusing situation for gamers.

In a blog post, Major Nelson has some good news. "Should you choose to play your game at your friend’s house, there is no fee to play that game while you are signed in to your profile," Nelson wrote. The blog post also mentioned that customers will be able to trade and sell their used games at retail outlets.

However, Microsoft executive Phil Harrison, in an interview with Kotaku, has some potentially bad news. The aforementioned 'fee' to play games on a second account? Full MSRP. So unless you want to use your account for your entire family, you'll be dishing out an extra $40, $50, $60 for siblings or friends to try out new games. Harrison did tell Kotaku that his company plans to allow gamers to 'trade' their used games online somehow - though declined to get into further details. However Another use-case we threw Penello's way: what if your spouse or child signs in to the family's Xbox One and wants to play a game that is associated with your account? Will they have to buy it themselves? "Certainly we've accounted for family members in the household being able to play games." Exactly how? That, again, remains to be seen. Only 19 days until E3..."


And you wonder why Sony's Stock Rose 6% after the Xbox Announcement and Microsofts fell .6%

Looks like its either PS4 or upgrading a PC for me... Probably the PC

Sources are IGN and Engadget

Lmaooooooooooo what were they thinking with the X-Box One? Better sell that Microsoft stock while you have the chance.

At least I'll probably get that controller for use on the PC. Other than that, I might get a PS4 since MGS5 probably won't release on PC. Plus there's a good chance The Last Guardian will have moved to PS4.

Never was and most likely never will be interested in Microsoft's console endeavours. Though I'm still jealous of Spelunky HD.

Finished Last Light. Enjoyed it a lot more than 2033. Solid game. Glaring faults, but a lot smarter in design than 2033. Stupid good looking. Would be happy to see round three of the franchise from 4A.

There's four DLC packs announced for Last Light.

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I need a patch before I continue playing it... kinda ruins the atmosphere thinking about when its going to freeze.