Zoramon089
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I wish someone would do a comparison of Xbone's TV features with the Wii U's TVii because they look like almost the same thing...
Well, I can guess why. If you just watch the conference and don't follow much else they're presented as Xbox One games. It's by design you associate then with the system.
Did you read the OP, or even the article within the minute after it was posted? They bring up legitimate issues, also consider the audience they write it for before you expect them to make a checklist like GAF has for the X1's myriad of issues.
But I guess even suggesting any positives about the X1 is too much for folks.
In addition to EA Sports franchises, demos today included a preview of the next Forza racing game and a sneak peek of Call of Duty Ghosts (now with a playable special forces dog), which will all launch exclusively on the Xbox One.
How the fuck did he figure COD and the EA sports games were exclusive to Xbone?
Why are Americans supposed to care? Without access to the DVR or On Demand content from cable providers the Xbox One is incapable of providing an adequate alternative to the cable boxes that already inhabit many homes.
I wish someone would do a comparison of Xbone's TV features with the Wii U's TVii because they look like almost the same thing...
Well, I can guess why. If you just watch the conference and don't follow much else they're presented as Xbox One games. It's by design you associate then with the system.
I'm sorry but this is an asinine accusation.
The Xbox brand is very strong in the U.S. due to Madden, Call of Duty, Gears, and Halo. That won't change this generation. Despite the fact that the PS4 might have superior version of TWO of those titles. It's very weird. It seems like that 25 years olds+ greatly prefer Sony. Those people grew up with PS2s and PSXs. But the 18 to college age crowd loves the Xbox.
Isn't it a reporter's job to know the facts and not confused by Microsoft's presentation?
Hmmm, yeah, but I think you're selling the "18 to college crowd" short and not considering the various economic positions some of these people may be in. You may be right man, but I think that in this market climate, people are wanting to be more informed than ever about where their spending goes.
Definitely has its inaccuracies (inaccuracy?), but broad brushing the entire thing as uninformed journalism or being moneyhatted is ludicrous, especially considering what the article focuses on.Before you accuse people of not reading, are you telling me to trust an article that is just inaccurate?
Definitely has its inaccuracies (inaccuracy?), but broad brushing the entire thing as uninformed journalism or being moneyhatted is ludicrous, especially considering what the article focuses on.
It took a while during the presentation to get to gaming, but a demo of upcoming EA Sports titles was jaw-dropping.
Definitely has its inaccuracies (inaccuracy?), but broad brushing the entire thing as uninformed journalism or being moneyhatted is ludicrous, especially considering what the article focuses on.
If this history of consumers shows anything, it's that they're rarely ever informed in general. It's more about perception than reality.
With a command of "Xbox Watch Live TV," Matrick called up "The Price Is Right," then switched to an interactive, voice-controlled TV programming guide called OneGuide that puts every cable box to shame.
What smoke and mirrors? What are you talking about? Did you read the article or have you read Popular Mechanics before?The author thought is was impressive because he was distracted by Microsoft smoke and mirrors and misdirection. Almost everything he said about the actual games is completely false.
GAF is going to have to get over the fact that this thing is going to be enormously popular in the United States and probably Canada. The writing is on the wall. A lot of people love Live and if they get a PS4 it will be secondary to their Xbox One. The rest of the world is another story altogether. I think you'll see Japan shun it even worse than the 360 and Europe will heavily favor the PS4. But the Xbox One will be huge in North America. That's not to say that Sony won't gain back market share in the U.S. (I think it will), but NA is Xbox land.
The article states all of that content, including EA's sports titles to be exclusive.The article confused CoD DLC exclusive as the game itself. OMG UNINFORMED ARTICLE CANNOT BE SALVAGED.
What smoke and mirrors? What are you talking about? Did you read the article or have you read Popular Mechanics before?
Almost everything he said about the games was false?
It took a while during the presentation to get to gaming (correct), but a demo of upcoming EA Sports titles (correct) was jaw-dropping. Both EA and Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward have created new game engines (correct)
Fix'd.What smoke and mirrors? What are you talking about? Did you read the article or have you read Popular Mechanics before?
Almost everything he said about the games was false?
It took a while during the presentation to get to gaming (correct), but a demo of upcoming EA Sports titles (false, pre-rendered trailer) was jaw-dropping. Both EA and Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward have created new game engines (false on IW's part) that produce super high-fidelity rendering of human movement as well as textures that dwarf the capabilities of the current generation of consoles (correct). In addition to EA Sports franchises, demos today included a preview of the next Forza racing game (false, it was a pre-rendered trailer) and a sneak peek of Call of Duty Ghosts (correct) (now with a playable special forces dog), which will all launch exclusively on the Xbox One (false, CoD won't, EA Sports games won't).
The article confused CoD DLC exclusive as the game itself. OMG UNINFORMED ARTICLE CANNOT BE SALVAGED.
Boo....the Kinect 2 and voice command is incredibly impressive, especially from a tech perspective
What smoke and mirrors? What are you talking about? Did you read the article or have you read Popular Mechanics before?
Almost everything he said about the games was false?
It took a while during the presentation to get to gaming (correct), but a demo of upcoming EA Sports titles (correct) was jaw-dropping. Both EA and Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward have created new game engines (correct) that produce super high-fidelity rendering of human movement as well as textures that dwarf the capabilities of the current generation of consoles (correct). In addition to EA Sports franchises, demos today included a preview of the next Forza racing game (correct) and a sneak peek of Call of Duty Ghosts (correct) (now with a playable special forces dog), which will all launch exclusively on the Xbox One (incorrect).
The article confused CoD DLC exclusive as the game itself. OMG UNINFORMED ARTICLE CANNOT BE SALVAGED.
Boo....the Kinect 2 and voice command is incredibly impressive, especially from a tech perspective
Pre-rendered things don't count as demonstrations or previews? Well then.Fix'd.
Whether its jaw dropping or not is subjective. The exclusive bit is wrong as it does include EA too I see. Also horrible run on sentence.The article states all of that content, including EA's sports titles to be exclusive.
And EA's titles weren't really jaw-dropping impressive, neither in animation or graphically really, made worse in that they were pre-rendered.
The paragraph, the only paragraph, that a lot of people on here care about - the one pertaining to games - was essentially terribly off.
Fix'd.
Hahahaha, what are you even talking about? I'd like to see you substantiate this "history of consumers" for USA/EU/JP and their "informed" acumen.
"It's more about perception than reality" - Oh lord, if this cynicism was indicative of general consumers our houses would be full of Wii U's right now. Gimme a break, Marty
Pre-rendered things don't count as demonstrations or previews? Well then.
Also pretty sure CoD has a new engine, and they're not using the same exact one from their previous game, updated or not.
I LOVE positive press on the XBox One. You just know it really bothers so many people here. "Paid off?", "Popular Mechanics?". It makes for great reading.
Now that's just semantics on the meaning of "new" in an industry where barely anything is made from the ground up 100% to be classified as brand spanking new.Last time I checked, trailers aren't demos, they're trailers. And IW clarified it was about as much of a "new engine" as Bethesda's Creation Engine was a "new engine" (i.e. it's a modified version of the old engine, now with new bells and whistles. It's a bit like claiming Valve made a new engine for Portal 2).
Highlighting the most basic statements (a new COD was shown) as accurate, doesn't really change that the message of the paragraph as a whole is pretty inaccurate.Pre-rendered things don't count as demonstrations or previews? Well then.
Also pretty sure CoD has a new engine, and they're not using the same exact one from their previous game, updated or not.
Now that's just semantics on the meaning of "new" in an industry where barely anything is made from the ground up 100% to be classified as brand spanking new.
They're demonstrating what they can do in engine or what they're targeting. If it was a gameplay demo, I'd understand, but we got none of that. Could be worse, they could have believed Activision and their "gameplay" demo.
When were talking about a new engine were talking about upgrading significant systems within in that engine. Were not talking about throwing it all away and saying were starting from the ground up.
That is indeed a very inaccurate statement, we are on the same page. I just hate it when people broad brushstroke over entire articles. Especially when this probably represents a pretty fair article otherwise, that is fairly undeserving of being called uninformed or paid off as a whole when they do bring up both sides of the fence if you really want to look at it that way. It also represents a sort of layman enthusiasts opinion and reaches a similar audience, which I think is interesting, but the discussion will never get there because of semantics and looking at only one part of it.Highlighting the most basic statements (a new COD was shown) as accurate, doesn't really change that the message of the paragraph as a whole is pretty inaccurate.
The crux of the paragraph is that there was gaming content shown that was significantly beyond the current systems (where I guess ymmv on how accurate) and this content is all coming exclusively (which is inaccurate.)
I don't even think the article is bad per se. But that paragraph itself, and the underlying message, is largely inaccurate/uninformed. I don't know why anyone would dispute that the claim of EA Sports games and COD being an XBO exclusive is a very major inaccuracy.
Nintenedo TVii isn't ready for primetime usage. It's crap. Xbox One already looks better.
I should have picked a better one due to the stupid inaccuracies like CoD being an exclusive and what not.
Poorly written piece, surprising that it made into the magazine.