The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

Szlia

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You can of course disagree with Pachter (I know I sometimes do), but his position has the merit of being based on more than gut feeling, hearsay, anecdotal evidence and data points in the single digits.
 

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Kudos, why are you focused on January's numbers for a product that was sold out everywhere?
 

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It's pretty much the textbook definition of confirmation bias, Tuco - he wanted to see the answer he came to so he found that loose justification.
 

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Microsoft.is being stingy with figures. They'll probably come out with some goofy statistic like "number one kinect based console!"
 

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Please realize no where did I say it will go away. All I'm saying is that it's shrinking considerably and will be a shell of it's past self by the end of this generation. It's not going to "go away".
If shrinking causes companies like EA to not produce Madden 45 and CoD 26, how is that a loss for real game makers? People who actually make good games that are unique and not rehashed sequel bullshit?
 

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As much as I'd like there not to be a 29th madden and a CoD 24... We're stuck with those franchises for a while. I mean, hell we're also on Assassins creed 7 is being worked on... Could you imagine the outrage if some asshole company like Disney tried to buy the rights and milk Star Wars for a 7th film?!?
 

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Microsoft.is being stingy with figures. They'll probably come out with some goofy statistic like "number one kinect based console!"
Probably just clump One and 360 sales together and tout something about the combined figures/brand but without releasing anything, like what Sony did pretty much every month for the last few years prior to the PS4 release.
 

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Probably just clump One and 360 sales together and tout something about the combined figures/brand but without releasing anything, like what Sony did pretty much every month for the last few years prior to the PS4 release.
Don't these people know that there are forum contests and bets riding on this information?
 

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Number one all-in-one media center sales EVER FUCK YEAH BITCHES ::high fives dude wearing a Titanfall shirt::
Xbox one still has better games right now imho as of March 10th.

Killer Instinct, Forza, Titanfall, Plants vs Zombies, Crimson Dragon, Dead rising 3, Just Dance 2014, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Ryse: Son of Rome, and Zoo Tycoon.
None of which can be played on a PS4..

You can claim all this Lower resolution, sold less units, and less horsepower to you are blue in the face, but as a gamer you should be pretty happy with that list.
If it's the new Dreamcast then so be it.
 

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Number one Kinect-based console with exclusive access to great hits like Zoo Tycoon and Just Dance!
 

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Xbox one still has better games right now as of March 10th

Killer Instinct, Forza, Titanfall, Plants vs Zombies, Crimson Dragon, Dead rising 3, Just Dance 2014, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Ryse: Son of Rome, and Zoo Tycoon.
None of which can be played on a PS4..
You can claim all this Lower resolution, sold less units, and less horsepower to you are blue in the face, but as a gamer you should be pretty happy with that list.
If it's the new Dreamcast then so be it.
Must have games clearly...

Killer Instinct - 73
Forza - 80
Plants vs Zombies - 76
Crimson Dragon - 56
Just Dance 2014 - 71
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood - 72
Ryse: Son of Rome - 60
Zoo Tycoon - 68

(according to metacritic)

Not saying what you can find on playstation is great, but to boast that xbone has "better games" is a bit of stretch, it does certinly have "more" games. Titanfall, Forza and MAYBE Killer Instinct are worth buying, the rest are garbage.
 

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Plants and Zombies is garbage?? clearly you do not own a Xbox one. That game is better then all of those on that list

And also Metacritic is for suckers.They have given some of the most mediocre games high scores,and great games like Garden Warfare shitty scores. Don't believe me go look up the Killzone franchise..
Xbox one has the games right now imho.

Thats 4 must buys for hardcore gamers. Forza, Titanfall, Killer Instinct, and Plants vs Zombies: Garden warfare.
5 for niche players. Best current dance game, a really good game for kids with Zoo Tycoon, a really fun indie platformer with Max, and a continuation of the Dead rising franchise.

Panzer dragon, and Ryse are both throw away titles, but are decent for a casual.
 

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Killer Instinct, Forza, Titanfall, Plants vs Zombies, Crimson Dragon, Dead rising 3, Just Dance 2014, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Ryse: Son of Rome, and Zoo Tycoon.
None of which can be played on a PS4.
Killer Instinct, Crimson Dragon, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Ryse: Son of Rome, and Zoo Tycoon are rated as slightly above average. Just Dance 2014 is multiplaform. Titanfall is yet to be rated. Leaving Forza, Plants vs Zombies and Dead rising 3 as 75+ games on metacritics that can't be played on PS4.

75+ games on PS4 that can't be played on Xbox One: DC Universe Online, War Thunder, Outlast, Don't Starve, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Zen Pinball 2, The Pinball Arcade, Resogun, Trine 2, Sound Shape, Towerfall Ascension, Flower. That's 3 vs 11.

Now if you limit the scope to 'full' games sold at retail on optical disks, the Xbox One wins 3 vs 2. Probably 4 vs 3 once Titanfall and inFamous are out.
 

Forbin_sl

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Plants and Zombies is garbage?? clearly you do not own a Xbox one. That game is better then all of those on that list

And also Metacritic is for suckers.They have given some of the most mediocre games high scores. Don't believe me go look up the Killzone franchise..
Xbox one has the games right now imho.

Thats 4 must buys for hardcore gamers.

5 for niche players. Best current dance game, a really good game for kids with Zoo Tycoon, a really fun indie platformer with Max, and a continuation of the Dead rising franchise.

Panzer dragon, and Ryse are both mediocre.
I'll pass on "baby's first third person shooter", i watched the hour long quick look on giant bomb of PvZ and it's not for me, in fact i am not even sure who that game is for.

Oh and you do understand metacritc doesn't rate games right? It's only a average of collected review scores, and while it's not perfect it gives a fine idea of the quality of a game compared to only going to IGN or game informer or something.
 

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All those game games besides resogun can be played on the PC and are old as fuck. Thats how far out the PS4 has to reach to put games on there system. Why not put Warframe on there as well lol
 

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titanfall is a pretty amazing game, it was pretty crazy of microsoft to snatch it away from sony. especially after respawn left activision because activision was fucking them around so much, its pretty funny to see EA do it to them too. I doubt infamous or MGS: preview will be similar in total value, although driveclub will hopefully be really fun and free.

from a purely non emotional standpoint, I haveta agree that xbone is sorta winning on top games right now, but PS+ imo trumps that with a library of really, really, really good games for just $30-50/yr. And of course both lose massively to PC. playing titanfall right now on, bitches

only 2014 games that I would consider 10/10 so far are AC4 (2013 I guess), Might and Magic X, South Park, and Titanfall.
 

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I'll pass on "baby's first third person shooter", i watched the hour long quick look on giant bomb of PvZ and it's not for me, in fact i am not even sure who that game is for.

Oh and you do understand metacritc doesn't rate games right? It's only a average of collected review scores, and while it's not perfect it gives a fine idea of the quality of a game compared to only going to IGN or game informer or something.
The you are passing on a good game because even on this board that is picky as fuck they love it.

Metacritic is horseshit. To base a game on a bunch of paid off journalists, and biased web bloggers to rank a game is as bad as when people quote Rotten Tomatoes for reviews...