Jeremy Conrad (former IGN): BF4 and CoD: Ghosts are 720p on Xbone
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It seems like Microsoft is about to go into a shitstorm. Articles and comparisons about how their games are lagging behind will be widespread this holiday season and will have an influence on people perceptions especially considering the higher price.
How things have turned for them is incredible, last year at this point websites like Kotaku were claiming that developers were mostly confident in Microsoft and no one knew if Sony could launch in 2013, also PS4 was supposed to have 2GB of memory with a chance to upgrade to 4GB and a 900 Gigaflops GPU (LOL).
A year later Sony is launching in the US a week before MS at a cheaper price with the most powerful hardware and the best versions of multiplatform games. Allowing such unprecedented combination to happen is a serious blow for MS.
Still I think they can recover, they're going to struggle during the first year, they're not escaping from that, but if they can refocus around games, put their Kinect ambitions in the right place and price the system more competitevely, they can be successful in the long run.
How things have turned for them is incredible, last year at this point websites like Kotaku were claiming that developers were mostly confident in Microsoft and no one knew if Sony could launch in 2013, also PS4 was supposed to have 2GB of memory with a chance to upgrade to 4GB and a 900 Gigaflops GPU (LOL).
A year later Sony is launching in the US a week before MS at a cheaper price with the most powerful hardware and the best versions of multiplatform games. Allowing such unprecedented combination to happen is a serious blow for MS.
Still I think they can recover, they're going to struggle during the first year, they're not escaping from that, but if they can refocus around games, put their Kinect ambitions in the right place and price the system more competitevely, they can be successful in the long run.
I bet that burns for him
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I don't get why Arthur is arguing about the resolution being the point of of contention for the reasoning behind the embargo.
Who the fuck cares if that's the reasoning or not? The news of 720p fucking sucks for Xbox fans.
IGN Executive Editor responding to his tweets:
Haha. Fuck.
crazygambit
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Oh wow
Sounds like a lot of reviewers are having problems even getting Xbone games running.
You forgot they also share the developer that made the Halo games what they are to begin with.
Poker Face
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Yea I edited the original post I made to be cleared, that was my fault.
I feel bad for those working hard on this system and its image. Especially people like Albert Penello and Chris Charla, who have become public faces as of recently. I like Xbox and what entertainment and experiences the brand has brought me over the years. Unfortunately, if executives were involved in messing up the system specs, among the other obvious stuff (non-game focus in the last 4 years, lack of exclusives) it's a blunder they're going to have to fight against for another 7 years or so, unless they utterly fail and drop out of the console business in that time frame (unlikely). It's a damn shame.
At least Microsoft has huge wallets. Better start getting the world's most impressive line up of exclusives if you're going to have a fighting chance in not losing market share against bad word of mouth. You can make technically inferior products and be successful by marketing and word of mouth, but it's not going to help when you're STARTING OFF on the wrong foot.
And contradictory to my current disappointment, I'm stupid and I'm still buying an Xbox One.
At least Microsoft has huge wallets. Better start getting the world's most impressive line up of exclusives if you're going to have a fighting chance in not losing market share against bad word of mouth. You can make technically inferior products and be successful by marketing and word of mouth, but it's not going to help when you're STARTING OFF on the wrong foot.
And contradictory to my current disappointment, I'm stupid and I'm still buying an Xbox One.
I don't get why Arthur is arguing about the resolution being the point of of contention for the reasoning behind the embargo.
Who the fuck cares if that's the reasoning or not? The news of 720p fucking sucks for Xbox fans.
IGN Executive Editor responding to his tweets:
Oh shit, lol at the people saying only Jeremy is assaulting Gies, if an IGN executive editor is saying this, it's going to be one hell of a ride.
I always found Cheapy's fanboyism to be the most sane. His reasons always sounded good for why he like Microsoft.
Besides, he's a PC gamer nowadays anyway.
It does seem like he is having fun trolling MS, not sure what it means but here are some of his clever tweets.
http://i.imgur.com/Dn69eTi.png
http://i.imgur.com/IBLopwF.png
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http://i.imgur.com/IBLopwF.png
PlumCantaloupe
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Temporarily off-topic: I really want to know what is going on in this GIF. Link to backstory?
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I don't get why Arthur is arguing about the resolution being the point of of contention for the reasoning behind the embargo.
Who the fuck cares if that's the reasoning or not? The news of 720p fucking sucks for Xbox fans.
IGN Executive Editor responding to his tweets:
LOL, poor Arthur.
McHuj
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That's not possible to come out with a new product in that short of a time. They should have cut the price to $399 with kinect or $299 without kinect. A stripped down gaming only X1 at $299 would have won the console generation, but MS is run by out of touch execs who think the MS brand is stronger than it is and consumers are dumb. But people are not dumb enough to like Windows 8, over pay for Surface, or Windows Phone, and now it looks like that will hold true for the X1. The hubris and design by committee runs across all of MS' consumer electronics products.
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@CheapyD theoretically something that could be fixed later, but doubtful it will.
@CheapyD theoretically something that could be fixed later, but doubtful it will.
"This tweet seems to support the authentication patch not being ready yet:"
Did I miss something about that authen?
Nintendo released the Wii U with an abysmal launch lineup and a slow-as-fuck system menu. And I still bought it. Microsoft can and, of course, will not delay the console.
BlazingDarkness
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I don't get why Arthur is arguing about the resolution being the point of of contention for the reasoning behind the embargo.
Who the fuck cares if that's the reasoning or not? The news of 720p fucking sucks for Xbox fans.
IGN Executive Editor responding to his tweets:
lol ouch
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My god that shit must hurt to tweet
viveks86
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Not happening. At this point, there would be lawsuits if that happened!
Visualante2
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Is there any precedence of a game changing the output resolution via patch on console?
Yeah I agree that in general, it's smart to always wait and see (if not just for more games to be out on the system). But it just seems like there is so many problems with Xbox One (and problem's that we don't even know about), that I don't understand why someone would stick to their pre-order. Trust me, I'm an early adopter with all gadgets. I get dat itch. I'm not someone that approaches buying most gadgets intelligently (definitely more of I want it first sort of thing).
But this just seems like a very shaky investment.
I don't get why Arthur is arguing about the resolution being the point of of contention for the reasoning behind the embargo.
Who the fuck cares if that's the reasoning or not? The news of 720p fucking sucks for Xbox fans.
IGN Executive Editor responding to his tweets:
WCW vs WWF 1997
I don't get why Arthur is arguing about the resolution being the point of of contention for the reasoning behind the embargo.
Who the fuck cares if that's the reasoning or not? The news of 720p fucking sucks for Xbox fans.
IGN Executive Editor responding to his tweets:
That is ... wow.
Cow Goes Moo
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this thread has delivered more than enough
Ghostbusters on PS3, I seem to recall.
It won't happen but if it did GAF would implode.
FreedomFighter
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God I wish I was on GAF during those days!This GIF needs to be updated to represent what is currently happening.
I did too. And then I sold it. And the experience of using the Wii U for that month or two is why I still haven't bought another despite there being some pretty good games out for it. First impressions and all that.
Yeah, Cheapy kinda hinted this the other day too I believe
https://twitter.com/CheapyD/status/393868625410416641
GoofsterStud
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Do you really think they are going to go that deep? They are currently dealing with major Stockholders aggressively pushing Microsoft to sell off the division.
They can't go that deep.. If they do the Stock Holders could turn around and change the company as we know it. Stockholders were practically assured that Xbox One would be profitable from day one and they are still against it.
something fishy
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Yep agreed.
viveks86
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What the... Arthur?! Are you there? Is your account hacked by that fake Kaz guy?
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Wow this isn't at all how it works.
I don't get why Arthur is arguing about the resolution being the point of of contention for the reasoning behind the embargo.
Who the fuck cares if that's the reasoning or not? The news of 720p fucking sucks for Xbox fans.
IGN Executive Editor responding to his tweets:
BlazingDarkness
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People who aren't reliable are banned. Anybody who posts 'insider' information must prove it's legit to the mods, otherwise they get permanently banned. You don't need to worry about that kind of thing here, also, people who are clearly fanboys (outside of general preference for one system or another) will also be banned.
Stop and think about what you said (the bolded part). If Sony, MS or Nintendo leaves home consoles there sure as hell won't be anyone to "fill the void". It's too risky business, the game industry is a joke as a whole and there are very few who are actually doing great in the industry commercially.
Why would any steady company like Samsung etc. want to mess their bed with this shit? It's not the same industry it was 10 years ago. A lot has changed and a lot for the worse.
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