Keith Wallace
New member
As of right now, no. Microsoft sounds like it is doing its best impersonation of a more-expensive EA Online Pass. That Online Pass kept me from buying games from EA for the entire 3 years it was implemented (they recently were smart enough to cancel it). If Microsoft does as it is speculated, and locks games to the console, I'll be passing. Ruining the used games market, the rental market, and making sharing games with friends a hassle is a ridiculous thing I could not pay to support. If this happens on the level that is speculated (when you borrow a disc, you have to pay retail to play the game), then I'll stick with my 360.
Honestly, as of now, this console is better hardware and worse software support. Yeah, the task-switching OS is nice, but I think that the controller is a downgrade in the looks department (hate the placement of the Guide button). Requiring (and, thus, charging for) a Kinect is moronic--I don't want one right now, so making me pay an extra $100-150 for an undesirable accessory is a joke. Making the Kinect a requirement to OPERATE the console (making it possible to spy on users, as they have filed patents for) is just disgusting. No backwards compatibility (and, therefore, no Halo) is just dumb, considering Halo basically sold the first console on its own.
I'm not going to say "no," just yet, but the things that are speculated HAVE to change to get me to buy in. I've been on LIVE for 10+ years, and I've been waiting for good things with this console, but I saw 0 at the announcement. I'm giving Microsoft the benefit of the doubt due to lack of hard facts about this thing right now, but they've offered nothing compelling so far. A Halo TV series isn't worth losing used games, privacy, convenience, and money.
Honestly, as of now, this console is better hardware and worse software support. Yeah, the task-switching OS is nice, but I think that the controller is a downgrade in the looks department (hate the placement of the Guide button). Requiring (and, thus, charging for) a Kinect is moronic--I don't want one right now, so making me pay an extra $100-150 for an undesirable accessory is a joke. Making the Kinect a requirement to OPERATE the console (making it possible to spy on users, as they have filed patents for) is just disgusting. No backwards compatibility (and, therefore, no Halo) is just dumb, considering Halo basically sold the first console on its own.
I'm not going to say "no," just yet, but the things that are speculated HAVE to change to get me to buy in. I've been on LIVE for 10+ years, and I've been waiting for good things with this console, but I saw 0 at the announcement. I'm giving Microsoft the benefit of the doubt due to lack of hard facts about this thing right now, but they've offered nothing compelling so far. A Halo TV series isn't worth losing used games, privacy, convenience, and money.