is anybody going to actually buy

[MrTaquito]

the xbox one or ps4?

i can think of a million things i'd rather waste $500 on

[UndeadFighter]

I might buy the xbox one.

[Confucianism]

Same reasoning. I just don't want another console. The 360 is fine.

[fourchannings]

I dunno, I'm pretty sure these people and these people will be buying the Xbox One and Playstation 4.

[Entice]

Nope, no one is going to buy either one of those products.
I bet they don't sell a single unit this Christmas.

[Dew]

Maybe in like eight years or so.

[24901miles]

No. People need to stop buying gaming consoles so the only platform to develop for will be PC.

Same goes for DVD players, cable TV, fax machines, and landlines. All of this ancient tech that we have no need for just takes up space in offices, homes, and assembly lines because people refuse to let go of the past.

[Entice]

At 11/26/13 05:50 PM, 24901miles wrote: No. People need to stop buying gaming consoles so the only platform to develop for will be PC.

Same goes for DVD players, cable TV, fax machines, and landlines. All of this ancient tech that we have no need for just takes up space in offices, homes, and assembly lines because people refuse to let go of the past.

And this hurts what? People are making money off of it and not everyone wants a PC

[MrTaquito]

At 11/26/13 05:48 PM, fourchannings wrote: I dunno, I'm pretty sure these people and these people will be buying the Xbox One and Playstation 4.

well yeah, all the sheep will buy into it because they don't know any better.

[exudaz]

I'm just keeping my Xbox360, I'm not wasting $500 for newer graphics.

[LionzNTiggerz]

Nope.

[fourchannings]

At 11/26/13 05:52 PM, MrTaquito wrote: well yeah, all the sheep will buy into it because they don't know any better.

Do you know any better? Do you have a Gaming PC?

[Luer]

PC is still the master race.

[MrTaquito]

At 11/26/13 06:01 PM, fourchannings wrote: Do you know any better? Do you have a Gaming PC?

i don't really even play video games in general

[Painbringer]

I'm trying to resist the urge to go out and buy one (or even both) when stock arrives.

[24901miles]

At 11/26/13 05:52 PM, Entice wrote:

At 11/26/13 05:50 PM, 24901miles wrote: No. People need to stop buying gaming consoles so the only platform to develop for will be PC.

Same goes for DVD players, cable TV, fax machines, and landlines. All of this ancient tech that we have no need for just takes up space in offices, homes, and assembly lines because people refuse to let go of the past.

And this hurts what? People are making money off of it and not everyone wants a PC

It's inferior technology and it breeds game design contracts which make it illegal for developers to port their games to a PC or across the aisle to competing consoles. Gaming consoles are lagging 5-6 years behind gaming PCs in every category except controller design, and name branding.

It's a waste of natural resources that takes up factory space, raises demand on plastic supplies, and uses more electricity to meet a worse end.

Online distribution platforms for gaming PCs would use few DVDs. DVDs take a ton of plastic and energy to make, a ton of money to distribute, slow down distribution times, force developers to create games with specific architectures that don't allow them to be updated, etc. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have started (iirc) including online patching systems, in-system gameplay, online distribution services, etc, which changes the game a little bit but still doesn't measure up to the untamed progress of PC gaming.

Fucking rant aside, PC gaming is adjustable, modifiable, scalable, cheaper to distribute, less wasteful, and cannot be given arbitrary rules about who may develop for which customers.

Console gaming is just brand driven crap thrown to consumers with a huge tradition of advertising and back room deals to ensure that certain games attract certain crowds who will buy this inferior product.

The only good thing that comes from Console Gaming is the ability for cluster computing labs to buy dozens of processing units in bulk by taking advantage of Sony's sell-at-a-loss strategy.

FILTHY CONSOLE GAMERS

[exudaz]

At 11/26/13 05:50 PM, 24901miles wrote: No. People need to stop buying gaming consoles so the only platform to develop for will be PC.

Same goes for DVD players, cable TV, fax machines, and landlines. All of this ancient tech that we have no need for just takes up space in offices, homes, and assembly lines because people refuse to let go of the past.

And what if I like my dvd played and my landlines and my cable TV?
What if I don't feel like throwing money at slightly better technology just for more features I'll never use and stop caring for them after an hour?
What if I don't want to get a new Iphone every other month just like every other idiot?
My current technology does enough for me. So why bother buying into all this mass-consumerism?

[Viper]

I'm probably going to get a PS4.
But fuck dude. I haven't even had a PS3 for that long. Why the hell would I buy another console?

Also the Xbox One costs $500. The PS4 costs $400.

the Wii U is $300-350

[Satan]

I'll just buy both of them when people go insane over the Xbox8374207382048324293084 (or whatever the fuck they are going to call it this time), and the PS4, and no longer want them. I can wait.

[Boomstick]

At 11/26/13 05:46 PM, MrTaquito wrote: the xbox one or ps4?

i can think of a million things i'd rather waste $500 on

yeah I can build a better PC than buy an xbox or ps4

[MrTaquito]

At 11/26/13 06:13 PM, Spooky wrote: I think this will be the last console generation.

let's hope so

i don't think i can handle another 700 sports related games and call of duty sequels

[Entice]

At 11/26/13 06:10 PM, 24901miles wrote: It's inferior technology

Right who cares lol

[tox]

xbox is an entertainment platform

ps4 is a gaming platform

computer is an everything platform

[Omega]

At 11/26/13 06:02 PM, MrTaquito wrote: i don't really even play video games in general

Then why do you even care if anyone buys the xbox or ps4?

[24901miles]

At 11/26/13 06:17 PM, Entice wrote:

At 11/26/13 06:10 PM, 24901miles wrote: It's inferior technology

Right who cares lol

IDK dude ROFL I don't play video games I just hate waste

[GrizzlyOne]

why are there so many pc elitists on this forum

its just really cringy to see so many people who probably are social akward or something circlerjerking over their precious rigs/indie games/valve over triple AAA titles

[darkjam]

At 11/26/13 05:52 PM, MrTaquito wrote:

At 11/26/13 05:48 PM, fourchannings wrote: I dunno, I'm pretty sure these people and these people will be buying the Xbox One and Playstation 4.

well yeah, all the sheep will buy into it because they don't know any better.

Ignorant fuck. What if we're getting it because of exclusives and don't tie our self to one console, but to multiple? EYYYYY?!

Fucking twat.

[exudaz]

At 11/26/13 06:10 PM, 24901miles wrote:

At 11/26/13 05:52 PM, Entice wrote:

At 11/26/13 05:50 PM, 24901miles wrote: No. People need to stop buying gaming consoles so the only platform to develop for will be PC.

Same goes for DVD players, cable TV, fax machines, and landlines. All of this ancient tech that we have no need for just takes up space in offices, homes, and assembly lines because people refuse to let go of the past.

And this hurts what? People are making money off of it and not everyone wants a PC

It's inferior technology and it breeds game design contracts which make it illegal for developers to port their games to a PC or across the aisle to competing consoles. Gaming consoles are lagging 5-6 years behind gaming PCs in every category except controller design, and name branding.

It's a waste of natural resources that takes up factory space, raises demand on plastic supplies, and uses more electricity to meet a worse end.

Online distribution platforms for gaming PCs would use few DVDs. DVDs take a ton of plastic and energy to make, a ton of money to distribute, slow down distribution times, force developers to create games with specific architectures that don't allow them to be updated, etc. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have started (iirc) including online patching systems, in-system gameplay, online distribution services, etc, which changes the game a little bit but still doesn't measure up to the untamed progress of PC gaming.

Fucking rant aside, PC gaming is adjustable, modifiable, scalable, cheaper to distribute, less wasteful, and cannot be given arbitrary rules about who may develop for which customers.

Console gaming is just brand driven crap thrown to consumers with a huge tradition of advertising and back room deals to ensure that certain games attract certain crowds who will buy this inferior product.

The only good thing that comes from Console Gaming is the ability for cluster computing labs to buy dozens of processing units in bulk by taking advantage of Sony's sell-at-a-loss strategy.

FILTHY CONSOLE GAMERS

Competition.
We live in a largely capitalist world.
In a capitalist society, competition fuels prices changes, makes jobs, stimulates the economy, and leads to advancement. In a world with only pc games and no console games, monopoly is bound to happen. Monopoly is poison to both people and the capitalist system. Monopoly raises prices, destroys jobs, limits selection, and makes competition futile.

If you took consoles out of the equation, gaming pc prices would sky-rocket, high-end computer part prices would skyrocket, people from Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo would lose jobs left and right, and lots of devs would be out of the job.

How about you stop thinking only about how good your graphics are, and start caring about others?

[Entice]

At 11/26/13 06:23 PM, 24901miles wrote:

At 11/26/13 06:17 PM, Entice wrote:

At 11/26/13 06:10 PM, 24901miles wrote: It's inferior technology

Right who cares lol

IDK dude ROFL I don't play video games I just hate waste

That makes sense. I just couldn't stop thinking "well it is just video games".

[Viper]

At 11/26/13 06:13 PM, Spooky wrote: I think this will be the last console generation.

I highly doubt that.