http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/microsoft-xbox/594355p1.html
I like the idea of gamer cred. Sounds very neat.
I like the idea of gamer cred. Sounds very neat.
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2nd gamespy article up (Xboxlive on xenon)
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monchi-kun
Member
it's a great tool for like-minded people to easily find each other....even better...we'll know who the asshats are and avoid contact with them
monchi-kun
Member
okay...maybe i don't want people to know that.
in the end this is gonna help MS, there's a shitload of marketing DATA to be gathered from this syetm which they can in turn sell to other pubs...
wait....that doesn't sound right....
in the end this is gonna help MS, there's a shitload of marketing DATA to be gathered from this syetm which they can in turn sell to other pubs...
wait....that doesn't sound right....
I wonder how this system would work for non-competitive online games? Would something like Phantasy Star Universe be forced to have features that didn't suit the title in order to please Microsoft?
What about system users that only like certain genres? Gamer cred might be hard to come by if you're mainly playing non-competitive games.
The idea sounds good on paper, but I'm afraid that this is going to turn some of the people into rank whores.
What about system users that only like certain genres? Gamer cred might be hard to come by if you're mainly playing non-competitive games.
The idea sounds good on paper, but I'm afraid that this is going to turn some of the people into rank whores.
OG_Original Gamer
Member
How about pics of users that only show in the lobby, is the built in camera only for video.
Hotsuma said:
i think what microsoft is implying is that if your title have a ranking system... you must also have a casual play area so that people aren't immediately thrown into rankwhoring jackasses (ie halo2 as an example)
So there is probably some games which don't have a rank system... so it doesn't need a casual play area
monchi-kun
Member
all in all it sounds good but there's still that sting of being used for marketing-data. hefully there is an opt-out on data gathering and sharing when you transtiion to this next rev of LIVE
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Ugh. Gamer cred. Fucking lame.
As if there aren't enough assholes on Live without giving them more firepower, just 'cos mommy buys them more games than I could ever possibly afford.
As if there aren't enough assholes on Live without giving them more firepower, just 'cos mommy buys them more games than I could ever possibly afford.
monchi-kun said:
If your paying a monthly fee you would hope they allow you to opt out of the data gathering... but somehow I doubt it.
I'll speculate that they'll probably give you the option to opt out of sharing your data with other players... but I find it hard to imagine they'll stop collecting your game data if you leave your xenon hooked up to the internet with a LIVE account.
Kleegamefan
K. LEE GAIDEN
Except not everyone (perhaps not even a majority, judging by the small number of XBOX live subscribers compared to the overall XBOX userbase) will want, need, desire or even be set up for online gaming...
Some people just want to plug in the console, buy some software and play cool games....
Some people just want to plug in the console, buy some software and play cool games....
They haven't even gotten that far with PC games. I don't know of a single high profile game on the horizon (other than some type of HL2 expansion that we'll probably hear about at E3) that is going to be offered through an online download instead of just a regular retail box. All of the other games that do it now make money on some type of monthly subscription charge per game.
If you guys read the article and saw what they're saying about profiles and all of that, it's really friggin sweet. I mean why have to setup your controls the same way EVERY time you play a new game, when you can just do that once and you're set for good. It's so simple. As for the whole paranoia when it comes to the data collection, get over it and over yourself, every game online does data collection. I'm very glad to see that people are listening to my comments about reputation.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Gamer cred is going to be like post counts, I can see it now. Maybe not the spamming aspect, but the how "I'm better than you because of this number by my name" thing.
Wow. The Gamesharks of the world are gonna really fuck the whole GamerCred thing. If you wanna avoid people who suck, avoid the really high cred people. Unless, of course, MS takes this Orwellian process and does something usefull with it... develop something that can detect Gameshark-like manipulation, and give it a perma auto-ban from rankings.
Edit: I'm not a Gameshark user, so I don't know the feasability of this, but it would be funny if people with Gamesharks were selling tricked out items in the micro-purchase section.
Edit: I'm not a Gameshark user, so I don't know the feasability of this, but it would be funny if people with Gamesharks were selling tricked out items in the micro-purchase section.