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Xbox One DRM restrictions dropped after gamer outcry
guardian.co.uk/ ^
| Wednesday 19 June 2013 17.28 EDT
| Keith Stuart
Posted on 06/20/2013 4:32:23 AM PDT by Caipirabob
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To: Caipirabob
Now, get rid of the requirement to have the Kinect connected, and I may consider staying with XBox.
Not really, I'm going with a PS4 when the 360 dies.
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posted on
06/20/2013 6:46:32 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
To: Caipirabob
Given my experiences with two XBricks, I'm concerned that even if Xbox was $100 less, equal to the PS4, I'd give the PS4 a shot given we can't play the current library on the new system. We'd have to buy the current gen Xbox if another one bricks. It's kind of like considering the quality implications of a Chevy versus a Toyota in that arena. There's more than a little anger still after two RRODs (Red Ring of Death - the failure code for an Xbox which they are notorious for.) We've had to replace 66% of our units to put this in perspective and we suspect it will reach 133% shortly. I've had three Xbox units. One was an original XBox that I got late 2004. I got the RROD with relatively little playing time on it. Replaced it in 2008 with an XBox 360. It went Tango Uniform on me in late 2010. Neither Xbox was ever hooked up to the network. Simply used them for stand-alone campaign mode play. Bought a 360 slim in early 2011 and have had no issues. Since February 2012, I've been on line at least 4 times a week for at least an hour at a time or better, and have used it probably 10 times more than both the other two combined.
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posted on
06/20/2013 7:00:11 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
To: Bulwyf
Pre-ordered the PS4 for one of my sons. He’s had both PS3 and Xbox consoles over the years. I can’t tell you how many times he’s had to send the Xbox in for repair or replacement.
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posted on
06/20/2013 7:11:59 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: 2001convSVT
“I just wonder, how in bed is Microsoft with the NSA, IRS, BATF and BIG government in general, in handing over private information?”
I would say not just in bed with them, but the hot tub as well.
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posted on
06/20/2013 7:21:36 AM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: VeniVidiVici
I think that’s the guy who does the “Replacer” video’s for Call of Duty Black Ops II.
To: Revelation 911
Part of it sickens me in a way - we all say war is hell - yet we willingly choose it as entertainment....I dont get it.... We have played Chess for thousands of years. It is a war game. Risk is a war game.
War is hell when you are in it and getting splattered by the brains of the guy beside you.
When you are playing it on board or screen it becomes an interesting puzzle.
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posted on
06/20/2013 8:13:16 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
To: mass55th
What about you? Not getting one for yourself? heh, I’m 37, perhaps I shouldn’t play video games anymore, not like I have much time to anyways.
I did see the information on ps4 though, and it looks pretty good.
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posted on
06/20/2013 8:24:01 AM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: Bulwyf
None for me. I’m a 65 year old female. Never got interested in console games. My kids have had them all over the years. The original Atari, Colecovision, etc. Youngest son is 42...oldest son is 46.
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posted on
06/20/2013 8:27:28 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: mass55th
Elektronite is still developing new Intellivision games.
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posted on
06/20/2013 8:29:05 AM PDT
by
Windcatcher
(Obama is a COMMUNIST and the MSM is his armband-wearing propaganda machine.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
chess / Risk - are a bit more cerebral and I'll concede that - however chasing around the neighbor kids in 67 with a Mattel brand M16 toy gun was something altogether different
I hope you can see that
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posted on
06/20/2013 9:21:21 AM PDT
by
Revelation 911
(hump scratching n'er do well.....all strung out on chicken wings and venison jerky)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
So won't you run and play with me here among the teeming mass of humanity? The universe has spared us this moment. love it btw
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posted on
06/20/2013 9:23:01 AM PDT
by
Revelation 911
(hump scratching n'er do well.....all strung out on chicken wings and venison jerky)
To: Caipirabob
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posted on
06/20/2013 9:56:54 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet's nest is a very bad idea)
To: mass55th
I remember getting coleco in 85 for Christmas, was great heh
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:53:35 AM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: Revelation 911
Sure, but chasing other kids with super soakers, ambushing them with water balloons or just whacking at each other with sticks is great fun as a kid.
Ah, who am I kidding? The super soakers and water balloons are still fun. I don't make things go boom or whack at people with sticks anymore though. I guess age has mellowed me.
We are a naturally aggressive competitive species and the challenge is to find a way in both work and play to channel that aggression into something productive.
Some times with children the best way to do that is with thinking games and other times it is with physical games.
But young and old, we have always played at war. From board games to jousts.
I think that if we ever stop playing at war, that will be a sign that something has gone seriously wrong.
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posted on
06/20/2013 3:42:12 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
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