Impossible task for him to actually answer most of those questions in a satisfying manner. I really enjoyed the way he pretended to not know what people outside the US would be missing out on with the XBO, then segued into a brief mention of Netflix like it's up to them to expand to more regions. Very deft!
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Major Nelson addresses the Xbox One issues
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Here are the top15 Questions for Sony from reddit ordered by upvotes - link
- Will there be PS4 and Vita bundle?
- Will the PS4 support mouse and keyboard?
- With the PS4 functioning as a powerful Media Hub (besides pure gaming), which video formats does it support, and will we be able to plug in any Data device or will it only accept a FAT32 format?
- I'd love to hear more about how Sony plan to use Gaikai. Will backwards compatibility to PS1/2/3 be possible through streaming?
- Will you be able to change your PSN name?
- Is the PS4 likely to have support for the Oculus Rift?
- With the new Livestreaming feature, will the stream output only contain the Gameplay or will it be customizable to make it more personal.
- -Will PS4 to Vita remote play functionality work while playing online multiplayer on the PS4?
-Will the PS4 still require double the memory of a game to install it like it does on the PS3?
-Will trophies instantly sync on PS4 like achievements do on Xbox 360?
-What will be the new friends list limit (if any)? - With the PS4 moving towards a more PC based infrastructure and the possibility for Indie developers to self publish, what are the odds of Sony and Developers allowing User generated content, or Modding, on the platform?
- How will drive club PS+ edition be different from the full retail edition.
- What is the maximum number of people you can have in a cross-game chat?
- Will the ownership of games you own digitally on PS3 transfer to PS4 if they are made backwards compatible later in the circle?
- How is PS+ going to change on Playstation 4 other than adding the ability to play multiplayer?
As in, will we still get 4-5 games on the instant game collection a month?
Ask about any details for the new playstation app.
Do they have any more details about how streaming PS3 games will work? Will we have to pay for any games we already own on PS3 again? - How many people can you have in a cross-game chat at one time?
Can we get more details on how the PS4's game recording technology works? We know the Xbox One has built in TwitchTV functionality; is the PS4's implementation similar to that? - Can you guarantee that PS+ will still retain all current benefits once it becomes necessary have a subscription to play online multiplayer?
l3lacklvlagic
Member
That's what it seems like to me. None of those questions seem like things Sony is scared to answer, or maybe somethings aren't finalized.
Dark Octave
Banned
I don't really like the "don't worry about it yet" answer to the first question. I think it's important to know if I can play my copy of Killer Instinct 20 years from now before I begin to invest money into this system.
Not really. Reddit probably gets more traffic than a lot of those other sites, and the questions are coming directly from posters, not journalists. They had the interview scheduled, and cancelled after they saw the questions.
I'm not saying Sony has something to hide, I just thought it was strange that people were saying "lol" when people were saying it was strange that they cancelled an interview.
TITANFALL TITANFALL TITANFALL TITANFALL
haha I read that in his voice
Impeccable
Member
Welp.
perineumlick
Member
I was banned once for something written in my motto, where I stated if you spout racist obscenities online please do not friend me. Someone felt offended by it, reported it, and MS banned me for a month. They're very fair and just.Take Major Nelson's word over Xbox Support.
It means you can't play games that require multiplayer, so don't be an asshat!
Completely reasonable to ban people from multiplayer if they do something bad enough to get banned.
I've been an Xbox Live member for over 8 years, never got a ban.
longdi
Banned
mistake? ya really...dont be so naive.
it is clearly done on purpose for that 5 mins of FUD.
TITANFALL TITANFALL TITANFALL TITANFALL
Basically.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I'll believe it when I see it. He's promised info in the past and failed to deliver.
This was the perfect opportunity to drop some more details and instead he says rambles on about how awesome it is.
IHaveCandy
Banned
"TITAN FALL! ENOUGH SAID!"
That part made me laugh. I'm not completely sold on that game, and if I do get sold on it, I'll get it on PC.
That part made me laugh. I'm not completely sold on that game, and if I do get sold on it, I'll get it on PC.
methane47
Member
What if the store breaks the Street date. And i inadvertantly buy the game from the store.
When i go home and pop the game in the Console.. should I be BANNED for playing a game I bought from a store?
Face it Tiger..
Banned
Get your mind off DRM with these tasty snacks OP. Mmm..m.. GOOD.
dragonelite
Member
Historically seen that most of the time means down clocks
Don't think they are tinkering with the gpu not this late.
But could also mean why they are launching in such a limited amount of countries.
And dam dat interviewer i luv redheads real or fake.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
What do you mean come on now? Do you prefer Xbox now, or in 2005 when it had J Allard, Robbie Bach, and Peter Moore?
By now I have the feeling that everyone at Microsoft has his own concept of how the Xb1 works
Pristine_Condition
Member
That interviewer was terrible. Nodding her head like a muppet after everything he said and actually agreeing with his PR-speak with reinforcements like "good point" after everything he said.
Microsoft has their hooks in Reddit, right? They haven't seemed independent in this at all. Nuking threads about the no DRM hashtag campaign was weird. This is worse.
Microsoft has their hooks in Reddit, right? They haven't seemed independent in this at all. Nuking threads about the no DRM hashtag campaign was weird. This is worse.
Garrett 2U
Member
Missing out on what besides third party content?
Templar_Dante
Banned
You think their going to come out and say that? lol. When little Jimmy wakes up Christmas morning and wonders why theres a downgrade, you'd still hear them saying its untrue. RROD denial style.
Either way, thats a HD7790 in the box and I have my reservations about what they showed and its capabilities. Its still a low to mid GPU.
I guess I need a tinfoil hat as well.
All of Sony and Nintendo is made of passioante gamers, do you really believe that?
Ingueferroque
Banned
God, that interviewer. Turned it off after her comments to the first answer "Very fair point"
Is there such a thing as games journalism?
Is there such a thing as games journalism?
Ploid 3.0
Member
Man Geoff would have destroyed those answers.
Geoff: Family plan is the reason disks are useless after install huh? Why cant that family feature be only for digital purchases, with disks being out of the digital feature? That would sound more flexible to me, I mean all games launch digitally right? If a customer wants to utilize the family feature for their games they'd choose the digital game I'd think, no?
Geoff: Majority of the world is connected? Africa is large, you mean a majority of it is connected? Have you seen the chart btw?
Geoff: Why not talk about the future and possible loss of Xbox One purchases. This is something people need to know, you want to sweep it under the rug huh? ... Oh Microsoft is too big to do that? Didn't you guys do that for Xbox1 er the first Xbox?
Geoff: Family plan is the reason disks are useless after install huh? Why cant that family feature be only for digital purchases, with disks being out of the digital feature? That would sound more flexible to me, I mean all games launch digitally right? If a customer wants to utilize the family feature for their games they'd choose the digital game I'd think, no?
Geoff: Majority of the world is connected? Africa is large, you mean a majority of it is connected? Have you seen the chart btw?
Geoff: Why not talk about the future and possible loss of Xbox One purchases. This is something people need to know, you want to sweep it under the rug huh? ... Oh Microsoft is too big to do that? Didn't you guys do that for Xbox1 er the first Xbox?
Iacobellis
Junior Member
I guess they can fool me better than Microsoft can.
Liamario
Banned
I have a feeling there is less to this than what's being implied.
NullPointer
Member
There are two near-universally positive feels going for the Xbone right now - the ephemeral family sharing plan and TitanFall.
He covered both of those. Well played Major. Well played ;P
That is very much an Xbox problem.
methane47
Member
Seems like a bunch of questions that they simply dont have an answer to yet
radio_apeshot
Member
Who's this lady interviewer and where can I see more of her? <3
Yes. until you can prove otherwise. Realistically though, I'm sure with the new policies this time around, the system most likely won't let you play it until the release date. Similar to preloading something on steam. I don't think it would be a problem.
hahaha Loving some of these post-E3 posts
Red Chocobo
Banned
I had to stop watching after he avoided the first question.
NullPointer
Member
Yeah, that was... nuts. I'm going to assume he was tipsy and had the hots for the interviewer.
I wish Major Nelson (or someone at Microsoft) would give straight up answers to the questions about those two issues. It's a god damn joke.
I think he's going to have a hard time this year. When he started the Major Nelson thing, Microsoft was riding high on being the game industry's darling at the launch of the 360 while Sony was the villain. We saw cracks in the easy ride during the RRoD debacle, especially all the denial that there was a systemic problem up until Microsoft finally admitted it. Now he's in a position he's not been in for a long time -- defense. Plus, Microsoft is not the same place anymore, the execs in charge now are soulless bean counters, not the J Allards and Seamus Blackleys of yesterday.
My guess if that if Microsoft does not correct its image problem by launch we'll see Major Nelson's blog and podcast cease to exist. Microsoft will want to more tightly control the PR message and my guess is he'll move on to another job somewhere else.
dragonelite
Member
Captain Tuttle
Member
Get your mind off DRM with these tasty snacks OP. Mmm..m.. GOOD.
Is this real?
Templar_Dante
Banned
Um... those dont sound like questions Sony would be shaking in their boots to answer. In fact, most of them were asked to Shuhei Yoshida and he said their not finalized yet.
Thats a question I would love to ask MS, once you set your "family", are there any catches?
Im ASSUMING you cant change them again.
You would pay to change them.
Ofcourse, Major Nelson wont answer that.
I find it very interesting he's saying the system has been built with maximum flexibility in mind, yet we get some of the most rigid and restrictive measures put upon us that we have ever seen in this hobby. :-/
Also, I don't like the answer to the question: would we be losing our games at the end of the generation when the servers go offline?
Stating how they need to first get the system out there and it's way to early to talk about the end of its life cycle and the implementations of the servers being taken offline for instance is a major issue. Not something that should be discarded just because its a bit early to be thinking about this.
I for one would not want to buy a couple of hundred games as I do for every system I buy, and then possibly get to a nasty surprise at the end of the systems shelf life.
Without clarity on issues such as these, I will not begin to invest in the system at all.
Also, I don't like the answer to the question: would we be losing our games at the end of the generation when the servers go offline?
Stating how they need to first get the system out there and it's way to early to talk about the end of its life cycle and the implementations of the servers being taken offline for instance is a major issue. Not something that should be discarded just because its a bit early to be thinking about this.
I for one would not want to buy a couple of hundred games as I do for every system I buy, and then possibly get to a nasty surprise at the end of the systems shelf life.
Without clarity on issues such as these, I will not begin to invest in the system at all.
levyjl1988
Banned
Dude she was pretty hawt.
Yeah, nothing seems too odd out of those.
Would have liked to known about the space needed for download/install and trophy-sync though.
radio_apeshot
Member
Yeah red heads my weakness
She's beautiful! No more interviews from her? Fanservice please!
Iacobellis
Junior Member
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