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[dx144]

Just wondering what people thoughts are of E3 so far. I have some free time as EA Sports are showing stuff I don't care about at the moment.

Wish there was more of Battlefront than just seeing some blaster fire and an AT-AT foot.

Also something called Titanfall or Titan Fall. I caught only a little bit of it and haven't heard much of it. Looked cool though. =)

[ogreninja]

Xbox one is price at a rather lovley £429/ $499/ 499 euros

[Thugren]

Killer instinct!

[CruciasNZ]

I'd like to see more PS Vita (and 3DS) games tbh

Most of the consoles are as expected, but the handhelds were lacklustre last year

[LeadCrazySam]

Wait, Sony did something?

[CruciasNZ]

O there was a trailer for Halo 5 on XB1 released; kind of looks like they're going the God of War direction, force massively powerful enemies on us and hope we don't stop and think about the plot cohesion!

Wait, Sony did something?

Yeah apparently we get to SEE the PS4 tomorrow

[LeadCrazySam]

So erm, more concept art anyone?

I think Microsoft have produced, people are just being too critical.

[CruciasNZ]

I think Microsoft have produced, people are just being too critical.

Yes and No

There's a few specifics that you have to consider from other points of view to understand the outrage.

• Internet once a day
  
  • rural areas
  • network outages
  • microsoft server outages
  • replay value - you can still play SNES and N64, what happens when M$ shut off the XB1 servers?
  • Games can require always-on
• Reselling Games
  
  • Selected retailers only - will kill off a lot of stores and jobs
  • Only if publishers want - the exact people who have been lobbying to make reselling illegal
  • Not available at launch
  • Have to be "friends" with the person recieving for 30 days
  • Cannot resell resold games
• TV TV TV TV
  
  • Not available in most countries at launch
  • NZ and AUS don't even have Netflix or Hulu yet
• Kinnect
  
  • You may be able to turn it off, but games can require it to be on
• Price Gouging
  
  • $499 US
  • 499 GBP ($777 US)
  • $749 NZ ($592 US) <-- Lol UK is being gouged more than NZ, that's a first

[Opeth Of Epica]

I think Microsoft have produced, people are just being too critical.

You're mad. It's a good thing that gamers are questioning their rights as a consumer of a console.

I'm boycotting the console since there's a line between economically sustainable and anti-consumer, Microsoft have crossed that line.

[Master Romulous]

Boycotting as well, I've been die hard Microsoft for years as there the american company but this is a bit much, every dollar they can get just so a few more of there executives can buy Ferrari's.

[RDSFirebane]

PS4 $399.99

That and the lackluster line up of Xbox exclusives have pretty much pushed me to PS4.

Also Titan Fall looks great can't wait to get it for PC been needing something to replace Battlefield 2142.

[Prosperan Son]

For me, it's all about the games,and personally I think both systems have provided. However, I'm a microsoft fanboy at heart, so I'll be going be buying the xbox one out of loyalty first and get some games for that, and then later on I'll buy the ps4 as from Past experience I missed out on some good ps3 exclusives. So I'll be getting both as costly as that is.