GiantRaven said:
Bludge said:
Microsoft are killing gaming with their Xbox.
Deal with it.
I'm curious, how?
For starters the fact that they pumped out the xbox 360 in a basically faulty state, i have owned 4 xbox's now, and 3 of them have red ringed under various errors, and i have no doubt that the current one will do the same at some point.
The way they were designed were unbelievble, an idiot could have worked out that the airflow was insufficient and the dvd drive sat over the tiny GPU heatsink was a stupid idea.
Secondly, the fact that they charge a subscription fee to use their online services, in spite of the fact that the gamers themselves have to host the games on the internet connection they pay a seperate company for. This is bad enough on the xbox, but it was a joke when they tried to force the same subscription fees on pc gamers.
Thirdly, (And this one is just my outlook on things) they are turning games into chores and cashcows to milk money out of the parents of children. take the call of duty series for instance, my girlfriend paid god knows how much for modern warefare 2 for her son, and it takes over his life, he has to get all the unlocks, he has to prestige, it becomes a chore, not a game.
Then all of a sudden, black ops is out and its the same deal all over again, and it will be the same when the next Cod comes out in 6 months or whatever.
Now i know unlocks in a game like that are nothing new, but gaming seems to be designed with console kiddies in mind. DLC and special edition extras are another thing this console trend seems to be bring in as the norm, pay extra and you have an advantage, preorder the game and skip the first few levels etc.
I feel that microsoft probably have some sort of deal with the companies making these games, as the unlocks system pretty much ensures people will continue to pay microsofts extortionate live subscription fee.
I thing that over the last few years, pc gaming has taken a step backwards because of the consoles. I wouldnt have such a problem with the whole thing if it wasnt affecting pc gaming.
This is the way i see it, deal with it.
