A multiplatform game, a “feature” that’s also in every other console, and a price that’s higher than Wii U? Let’s hope this year is better.

@igotnopicks  
What about Kingdom Hearts III?

And Kingdom Hearts III.

@Background Pony  
@Background Pony  
Do you even realize how expensive it is to run a server for all those multiplayer games?
 
I’m surprised they were able to afford to keep it free for so long.

@Nightweaver20xx  
Oh come off it. If they want a console too, then that’s their thing.

@Astronomus  
Rule of thumb: all you technically need is a good PC and the latest Nintendo console.

@Astronomus  
I think most people who are weren’t hyped were happy to see that $400 price tag. After all, PS3 started off as $600.

@Background Pony  
And what if they decided that it would not be feasible to keep evolving their services without a constant monetary support to do just that?

@Urishima  
New consoles are about evolving. Taking what was once a free service and deciding to charge people for it is not a step forward, it’s a step backwards.

@Background Pony  
‘Should be free’ is an arguable statement. Considering that building and maintaining the nessecary network for it is probably costlier for the manufacturer of the console, than it is for an developer on the PC market.
 
Though hat might as well be a home-grown problem with how consoles work.
 
Still, not as cut and dry a matter as people think.
 
Plus, the price is pretty laughable if I remember correctly. XBox Live charges quite a bit more for their gold membership, which is required for multiplayer.

It was all fine and dandy until they said no more free multiplayer. I’ll still be buying the console but it’ll be my last one. PC from here on out because I shouldn’t have to pay for something that should be free from the start

@igotnopicks  
And IBM just ain’t givin’ a shit about those peons</pcmasterrace>  
Still, I don’t really care about home consoles anymore. Handhelds, maybe, but not home.

THAT SHARED GAMES POLICY VIDEO
 
Seriously, that was the greatest thing.

lolgamingconsoles
 
Welcome to 2005, I guess.

Sony is winning.  
Nintendo is winnning  
Microsoft is losing it.

Four hundred bucks honestly seems reasonable to me, for what’s supposed to be a performance gaming platform.
 
Much better than the PS3’s launch price.

So far I think the only thing that the Xbox One has going for it, is the fact taht they partnered with twitch, while Sony went with uplay (or as I am guesing, was forced to because Microsoft was either faster or made the better offer), which is just plain bad. But that’s about it.

Man, Sony was dishing out some sick burn in that one. It was hysterical :D
 
I saw that press conference with ‘Millbee the Welsh wonder’ aka ‘Anal Feisty man’ and for him it was basically over after they announced Kingdom Hearts 3. He was totally sold after that and I bet a lot of people felt the same.
 
I am personally still nonplussed about the coming console generation in general, allthough they were showing some awesome titles for the PS4. That and their objectively much better policies in dealing with and enabling indy developers.
 
I will invest my hard earned money into my PC for now.  
IF I ever feel the need to buy a console, it will be the PS4.

@trashboat
 
Okay. That made me laugh alot.

seriously it was over right when they said that used games could be played on their console. it was over for Microsoft.

That EVERYTHING

Also, Destiny isn’t an exclusive. Dunno why people think it is.

No DRM? *“Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet” starts playing* (Look it up, it should sound familiar…)

@Background Pony  
“Digital Rights Management”, or the bane of all gamers, a system that supposedly protects copyright, but actually forces gamers to buy games new or re-buy games they already own in order to use them in a different device.