Re: Xbox 720: More used game ban evidence emerges
When this generation started PSN was garbage. Slow, cluttered interface, laggy games, poor features etc. As the generation has gone on it has steadily improved and now if your willing to pay the same as gold you can free retail games from them every month, plus the same on your Vita and auto-patches. Whas has MS brought to XBL? A load of features like netflix, facebook, youtube etc, they are free on any other device you can think of but ms charges you for the privilege of using them?
For myself, and many others, its too late to start jumping ship now, i love my 360, got over 120k score, mostly legit, but Sony have really improved with the PS3 and the PS4 looks great, I think a new generation may see a lot of people swapping sides again.
This generation may be the one people look back on as the slip up sony made, rememeber what game changers the PS1 and PS2 where?
Re: Xbox 720: More used game ban evidence emerges
I agree there will be serious backlash from retailers and consumers alike. dumb move
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No way can they go through with this and have success... For one how big would the hard drives have to come w/ for the blu ray size demand
You have hit the nail on the head let me explain why, for my RGH I have 2 hard drives the 250 gig internal which came with the console & the 2tb external I bought just for games. The internal Hdd has no games installed is full with DLC, Saves & other content like apps & TU's, the external is also full with just games mainly rips & xbla. Here is the kicker, because I can't possibly fit all my library on my external I have backed up my entire collection on another external & when I want to play a specific game I have to transfer the game over before hand which is a pain but it must be done because any drive larger than 2tb loads too slow on my console. All in I have over 300 games the new 720 is going to need a massive hdd for us to build a collection. It can be done with the new 720 if they have USB 3.0 that way a compatible external can be used with a massive storage capacity but it will be expensive.
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SiN
Thanks, for the share...
But I don't see this happening, used games is multi billion dollar resales market...
Can't see this happening
Agreed, and to be honest nobody has the money to spend ££££ss on new games, I heavily rely on used games, to be honest I think most of collection is pre-owned.
Re: Xbox 720: More used game ban evidence emerges
Can't say I'm too big on this idea. I've never been much of a used-games type of guy--at least not since the N64/PS1 days, but I still don't like it. What I like even less is this whole always-on online deal that I just began reading about. I don't even use online functions as it is in games, so to be forced to always have that stuff going isn't something that's going to make me too eager to buy a new console.
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OverTheEdge
Can't say I'm too big on this idea. I've never been much of a used-games type of guy--at least not since the N64/PS1 days, but I still don't like it. What I like even less is this whole always-on online deal that I just began reading about. I don't even use online functions as it is in games, so to be forced to always have that stuff going isn't something that's going to make me too eager to buy a new console.
100% agree with this, I don't play online period, because I don't want to deal with all the idiots.
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Definitely not a fan of this idea.
Although I am sure that most retailers would refuse to even sell a console that blocks used games, since used games is where they get a lot of their profits from. If this rumor is true, then it is a terrible, terrible idea that will royally screw the gaming industry and gamers in the long run.
Damn .. Looks like I am going to be saving a lot of money on games and consoles for the next 5-7 years.
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This is seriously messed up, if true. When I'm at my hostel I have broadband but during our vacations when I'm back home in my village all I have is a stupid dial-up connection with a pathetic bandwidth of around 25kbps. This just wouldn't work for me.