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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3900 on: May 21, 2013, 02:40:17 PM »

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/408116/microsoft-xbox-one-pre-owned-plans-consistent-with-way-the-world-works/

Thanks, Microsoft! Telling you to go eat a bag of dicks is also consistent with the way the world works.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3901 on: May 21, 2013, 03:48:05 PM »

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I can give that disc to somebody else - maybe my son who has his own Xbox One somewhere else in the house - and he can install and play it on his machine. I can come to your house with that disc, I can install it on your machine and we can play it and while I'm with you we can have all of the capabilities of that game.

"The moment I go home and notionally take that disc with me, you no longer have the ability to play that game.

Um... okay.  What if I physically and, you know, "notionally" leave that disc the fuck where it is?

It sounds like it's consistent with the way the world works as long as you imagine that the world works exactly the way Microsoft wants it to.

What kills me is that I actually think a nominal charge to activate secondhand games isn't a wholly terrible idea.  Give the content producers some secondary kickback for the development and publishing costs, sans manufacturing and advertising which have already been covered.  The devs get paid, GameStop takes only a minor hit to its business model, consumers keep their right of sale, and physical media continues to be economically viable.  Microsoft is just going full OnLive redundant-purchase batshit with this nonsense, and it's hilarious to watch but also maddening.  They're going to make the whole idea completely unpalatable to people, no matter how reasonable the costs are, and everyone gets hurt by it.

Congratulations, Microsoft.  You've somehow managed to find an undiscovered way to bring the whole industry down another notch.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3902 on: May 21, 2013, 04:08:55 PM »

"Imagine that the world works exactly the way Microsoft wants it to" is pretty much the company vision statement.

It worked pretty well for 'em until about 2004.



I've become a much different type of consumer in the last couple of years.  The last two game systems I got were a PSP and a 360.  In both cases, I waited until the price had bottomed out (and indeed in the Xbox case it was free with a new computer).

We've spent maaaaybe $200 total on all our 360 kit.  That's the console (new), an extra wireless controller (new), a third-party wired controller (new but cheap), a Kinect (used), a hard drive (scrounged from an out-of-lifecycle laptop on the recycle pile at work), and a pretty solid collection of games (most used, some marked down to $20 because they'd been out a couple years).

Now, Microsoft may lose money on customers like me.  (Or not.  I don't know how much money the hardware costs to manufacture or what their cut is from the new games I bought, either on digital or physical media, how much money they got from Dell for the OEM license on that computer the Xbox came with, etc.)  But customers like me are the reason people are willing to shell out sixty bucks for a game.

We're already living in a world where Skyrim costs $5 less used than new, and the same amount new after two years as it did at launch (today's NewEgg sale marking the Legendary Edition down to a mere fifty bucks notwithstanding).  I'm willing to bet we've got more people starting to look twice at a price tag and wonder if this game's really worth that much if they can't get much for reselling it.

This doesn't just make that worse, it also breaks the very notion of lending and borrowing.

BTW, my latest Xbox purchase is a game I borrowed from my cousin and liked.  Yeah, I waited until it was marked down to $18.  But that's $18 more than I would have paid for a new game if I hadn't borrowed it first.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3903 on: May 22, 2013, 12:50:27 AM »

Here's a video that sums up the whole Xbox One conference in under 2 minutes:

Xbox One Reveal 2013 Highlights
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3904 on: May 22, 2013, 01:20:23 AM »

I like how not one of those people seemed to care. Or be enjoying themselves particularly.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3905 on: May 23, 2013, 08:06:19 PM »

No one has mentioned the best part of the announcement yet.

Amazon UK: Wii U Sales Rank Jumps 875% Following Microsoft’s Xbox One Reveal

It's not a 875% boost in sales, it's a climb in the sales rank, from number 380 to number 40.

Still. Hahaha~
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3906 on: May 24, 2013, 04:50:18 PM »

Microsoft applies for patent on TV achievements

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Two examples given include doling out achievements for watching a single event like the Super Bowl, or for watching an entire series of a single show.

"Mang this show is terrible, but I can't not watch it! Gotta get them cheevos!"

I hope whatever amount of gamerdicklengthpointsbux you get for watching TV is inversely proportional to the quality of the show at least, to reflect the added challenge. I bet the Kinect can tell if you're awake or like even in the room at all so you can't cheat and just leave the TV on while you do something less retarded with your life.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3907 on: May 24, 2013, 06:15:12 PM »

Hey guys remember grade school and if you did well you'd get a gold star next to your name

but then the person with the most or people past a certain amount got a tangible fucking reward
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3908 on: May 24, 2013, 06:17:45 PM »

BWOOOOO GAME OF THRONES S1 COMPLETE

NEW HEADSKIN UNLOCKED: NED STARK
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3909 on: May 24, 2013, 06:36:08 PM »

When I went to school the person with the most gold stars usually just got beat up more.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3910 on: May 24, 2013, 11:24:31 PM »

I'm not worried about that. There's no possible amount of physical violence we could inflict that would make someone feel worse than if they got an achievement for watching several seasons of Cake Boss.

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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3911 on: May 25, 2013, 03:52:30 AM »

Random folks on your Halo Fragpit buddy list all getting the My Little Pony friendship badge. There's no way to remove it. No way to remove any of them. Not the Project Runway neckerchief badge, not the 19 Kids and Counting yawning-cavern-vagina badge, not the Hoarders: Buried Alive cat skeleton badge.

I'm not worried about that. There's no possible amount of physical violence we could inflict that would make someone feel worse than if they got an achievement for watching several seasons of Cake Boss.

hahahaha
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3912 on: May 25, 2013, 11:36:39 AM »

Pirates are as always unaffected.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3913 on: May 26, 2013, 03:33:46 AM »

So curiosity is over.

Winner Video

The reward is that you get to be Peter Molydeux and get money for it.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3914 on: May 26, 2013, 05:37:14 AM »

Wow, so one lucky person gets to be overwhelmed, corrupted and ultimately bored with the absolute power they're granted in a game.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3915 on: May 26, 2013, 06:38:08 AM »

Man, The Prize used to mean something.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3917 on: May 27, 2013, 06:22:00 AM »

Linking the front page of YouTube is probably cheating, but:

"Next Gen Technology"
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3918 on: May 27, 2013, 06:40:41 AM »

Neverwinter auction house is down again.  Possible suspect:

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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3919 on: May 27, 2013, 07:39:41 AM »

I guess you have to give Blizzard credit for making this crap look easy to implement.
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