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Re: Xbox Issues Reminder As PS5 Unveils 'Confusing' SSD Expansion Process

electrolite77

As it stands this is a mistake by Sony. If it’s causing people comfortable with the tech to struggle it’s a nightmare for the mass market.

It just looks like price gouging when you see the price of the official solution. Very grubby.

There’s a chance the wider options available to PS5 owners could result in lower prices at some point in the future but it isn’t guaranteed. MS could drive prices of their Expansion Card down too especially if they facilitate competition.

Re: Talking Point: Should Xbox Create A Dedicated Handheld Device?

electrolite77

They should do 2.

1. A dedicated Xcloud device with the same buttons/Sticks as a proper Xbox controller.

2. One that plays game natively. Essentially an Xbox One in portable form, with games either converting straight over or very easy to convert. Should be doable now at a reasonable price and tie into users existing libraries and Game Pass, with Cloud Saves. Make a Dock for it too.

The idea is the Xbox ecosystem so the more devices they merrier.

Re: Random: Xbox Responds To 'PS5 Is Better' Comments On Social Media

electrolite77

@gollumb82

I’m the same vintage as you. In the U.K. it was C64 v Spectrum owners (I had an Amstrad CPC and was stuck in the middle), then Amiga vs ST, Megadrive v SNES. IMO 360 v PS3 was pretty bad (have a look at the Eurogamer ‘Face Off’ articles from that generation and read the comments-urgh) and it carried on from there. Unfortunately there’s a set of people attached to Gaming who either need to validate their choices by belittling others choices, or simply get weirdly patriotic about a plastic box sold by a money-chasing multinational corporation.

Re: Random: Xbox Responds To 'PS5 Is Better' Comments On Social Media

electrolite77

@Royalblues

I understand that side of it. I’d lay the blame for that with that very small set of adults that represents a tiny portion of the fan base more than Nintendo personally, but then I have no issue with you choosing not to play their games. It’s the labelling of (and I quote) “adult Nintendo fans” that’s extremely misguided. That is actually a very large number of people. If others like something different to you, that’s all it is. It’s not that they are “unwilling to accept the fact that they are growing up and have responsibilities.”

Re: Random: Xbox Responds To 'PS5 Is Better' Comments On Social Media

electrolite77

@Royalblues

“ Please, let's not let this devolve into a fanboy war.”

I totally agree with you here but it’s difficult to square it with this comment…

“adult Nintendo fans are just people who are unwilling to accept the fact that they are growing up and have responsibilities.”

That is harsh to say the least and exactly the kind of wild generation that stokes the fanboy wars. There’s nothing more adult than playing what you want to play and we really should have left all that ‘those games are for kids’ stuff in the early 90s. All fan bases have their zealots and idiots cheering for the multinational corporation that just sees them as walking money.

Re: Random: Xbox Responds To 'PS5 Is Better' Comments On Social Media

electrolite77

@UltimateOtaku91

“ as someone who owns all three consoles I'd say each fan base is the same”

I’m in the same position and I totally agree. In every fan base it’s the scum that rises to the top. It’s maybe more noticeable as PlayStation and Nintendo are more popular which unfortunately seems to attract more idiots (see also-film, music, sports). But I struggle to see one fan base as worse than the other.

EDIT-“All three systems bring things to the table and I feel sorry for those who just settle for the one as they are seriously missing out.”

Also, 100% agree with this.

Re: Phil Spencer Praises PS5 DualSense, Says There's More Work To Do With The Xbox Controller

electrolite77

Good to see Spencer again being very sensible about the competition and looking to see where they can learn (and steal things) rather than getting defensive.

Series X Controllers are great, there’s a reason they refined rather than innovated and that’s because they already had so much right. Dualsense is a big step forward for Sony though, in two ways. The extra features are really interesting and worthwhile, and it’s also a big improvement in shape and feel over the dire DS4.

Re: Phil Spencer Praises PS5 DualSense, Says There's More Work To Do With The Xbox Controller

electrolite77

@Residentsteve01

“ If you just remove the need for batteries that would be a start 👍🏻.”

That would be a huge backward step. With the Xbox pads you can just buy a charger and some decent AAs (preferably Eneloop, though JBL/Amazon/IKEA do good ones too). You have a constant charging solution without need for Charging Stations, having to play attached to a USB Wire, leaving Consoles on etc. Then the bonus is they can be used on loss of other devices.

Proprietary batteries are bad for the Consumer, bad for the Environment and, frankly, backward. It’s MS who are right on this and Sony/Nintendo who are wrong.

Re: Reaction: This Year's Shaky E3 Was Held Up By Xbox And Nintendo

electrolite77

@NEStalgia

Been thinking about it and yeah, you’re both absolutely right. E3 has its place it just maybe needs to adapt a little bit. A long time ago it was for excited magazine journalists to play the latest games and breathlessly relay what they found to their readership. The conferences were very sales focussed, with the likes of Nintendo and Sega pitching to marketeers and buyers as much as the public. Sony we’re still doing the sales stat attacks in the late 00’s. Maybe next year when that face to face interaction returns and people can actually play games in the show floor it will make a lot more sense.

Or perhaps Nintendo in fact were absolutely right. By ditching cringeworthy press conferences in favour of the Direct and Treehouse formats (copied very successfully by MS this year, to a degree at least) they’ve shown the way forward. But even if everyone goes down the same road there’s still a need for that focal point where everyone has something to show. Maybe they can précis their digital broadcasts better by warning viewers beforehand that there will be no new announcements, just deeper dives into already announced games. Maybe there could be a show-wide Treehouse type setup with companies getting different slots to show individual games, dev interviews etc.

As for leaks, I pretty much avoided any by staying away from most Gaming sites for the fortnight before the show and it pretty much worked. It’s tricky but I highly recommend it.

Re: Reaction: This Year's Shaky E3 Was Held Up By Xbox And Nintendo

electrolite77

The Xbox and Nintendo shows were certainly good, with plenty to announce and lots to play later this year. After that it was a struggle.

I wonder if E3 has run its course. They can all have digital presentations at a time to suit. The other issue is some gamers expectations are getting ridiculous, they’re expecting more than they would get even in a non-Pandemic year. Between that and all the leaks it may have run its course.

Re: It's Official, Microsoft Is Bringing Next-Gen Games To Xbox One Via The Cloud

electrolite77

@Snake_V5

I’m still baffled. I’m not sure why you’ve assumed a Series X purchase is made for ‘exclusives.’ I’m also not understanding why giving others the option to stream these games to XB1 is a bad thing. Playing them on Series X will be better. However it encourages brand loyalty, grows the ecosystem and because games don’t have to be natively developed for XB1, doesn’t hold back development of Series X games. I can’t see a downside.

Re: Poll: How Would You Grade Xbox & Bethesda's E3 2021 Showcase?

electrolite77

@thenewguy

Yeah I like them and it’s be a shame to see E3 go but I wonder if it’s becoming dated. The hype is probably a positive for the industry but it also creates unmeetable expectations. In this hyper-connected day and age would it be better to go with a format of more regular updates. Like Nintendo Directs but-unlike Nintendo-actually doing them regularly.

Re: Poll: How Would You Grade Xbox & Bethesda's E3 2021 Showcase?

electrolite77

@Chaudy

“ Are people just difficult to please or did people just have very high expectations”

Both. I think some people have just lost all sense of scale now.

@thenewguy

“ If this is not an A then I don't know what is.”

I wonder if the whole concept of E3 is done. The Xbox show had 30 games crammed into 90 minutes. There was so much in it they’re doing a separate presentation for their biggest game and another for developer chats. Yet that isn’t seen by some as a good show, so what else can companies do at E3?. I wonder if the concept has run its course now and it would be best to move to shadow drops and smaller bursts of info.

Meanwhile other shows like Ubisoft and Square Enid have been genuinely poor to the point of almost being pointless.

Re: Poll: How Would You Grade Xbox & Bethesda's E3 2021 Showcase?

electrolite77

A from me.

Of course there’s stuff I’d have liked to see that wasn’t there but I judge these conferences on what is there rather than my imaginary want list.

My 2021 wanted list is now Flight Sim, The Ascent, Hades, Twelve Minutes, Psychonauts 2, Forza Horizon 5, Halo, Shredders, Moonglow Bay, Exo One, Soup Pot, Nobody Saves the World, We are the Caretakers),

Beyond that there must be something like 50 games I’m potentially interested in, some of which are 2022 (Redfall, Starfield, Stalker 2, Party Animals) and some of which I also think won’t be far off (Crossfire X, Scorn, The Gunk).

Re: Feature: Looking Back At The E3 That Delivered Xbox Backwards Compatibility

electrolite77

The point I got interested in XBOX after not having a 360 or a XB1.

Firstly an important step for XBOX and the basis of how their plans have developed since.

Secondly, an important step for Video Gaming. Every other form of entertainment pays due respect to its history and consumers are happy to pay for new versions of their favourites that use new technology to improve the user experience. For some reason Gaming was happy to leave games on old obsolete systems, and for some reason some Gamers were happy to ignore anything that isn’t new.

XBOX BC has fixed that, not only making old games playable on new systems but in many cases using new Tech to improve the games. Vital stuff and worthy of support.

Re: Feature: 120FPS Is Quickly Becoming A Game-Changer On Xbox Series X

electrolite77

I’m not sure it’s that big a deal. The leap from 60 to 120 seems to be nowhere near a significant as the jump from 30 to 60. FPS Boost is a big deal in general but 120FPS on its own is only of excitement to a limited proportion.

In terms of affordability, well, it depends what your starting point is. If you’re in the market for a new TV soon by all means get something that can support 120FPS. But it you're already using a Panel that does a good 4K/60/HDR you’d have to really want those extra frames to change.