5389

It’s not worth much because you hardly get to do any of the things that make the game great in the first 10 minutes.

5390

Maybe it’s worth something to DrDel, so he knows he’s not the only one that didn’t like it?

Unless the graphics and game play style change immensely after 10 mins, I don’t really need to go any further to know I don’t care for it.

5391

Well, at this point, you’re buying a console for the future. By my reckoning, last-gen development is dead as of the end of this year, so it’s all new-gen from here on out.

But I understand the dilemma, I’m having a hard time deciding whether to spend some unforseen bonus money on an Xbone or a Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2. These are the only big-ticket items on my radar for the forseeable future, and either the money gets spent now or it goes away in small bites. I agree that the current Xbone software selection is thin (as is the PS4’s), but that will change in the next 18 months.

5392

I’d put it through the end of 2015, at least for PS3. Microsoft and third-parties seem content to leave tens of millions of 360 owners in the cold with non-cross-gen releases, but PS3’s still getting a great deal of support for a “dead” console, the same way the PS2 still got major releases two years after the PS3 came out.

5393

I’ve played the living hell out of… Peggle 2. Yeah, I know, but for some reason it keeps calling me back.

Other games I’ve spent a lot of time with:
Dead Rising 3: If you finished it, have you grabbed the DLC? Super Ultra DR3 Remix is so bizarre and wonderful.
Forza 5: Not a big driving game fan in general, but Forza is just so good. And having friends’ driveatar names in the race makes it amusingly competitive without having to actually be social.
Titanfall: Not a fan of COD/BF4 multiplayer, but shooter+mechwarrior aspect of this is fun. Just need more time to get better at it.
Project Spark is fun to fool around in. I have more fun just playing in the sandbox aspect than anything else.

Cross-platform goodness:
Valiant Hearts: Only an hour in and didn’t expect to like it, but I do.
The LEGO games: Not next-gen in any way, but still so much fun.
Contrast: This is one of those games that was reviewed horribly that I’m really liking. I’m about halfway through it and love the art style and puzzles. Wonder if the low review scores had to do with the now-fixed bugs from the original release?
RBI Baseball 14: With so many sports games so hardcore nowadays, it’s fun to have a pick-up-and-play game my son and I can enjoy together
Plus cross-generation titles like Tomb Raider: DE and AC IV.

5394

The current console generation is a huge disappointment for me. It has done nothing but drive me back to the PC.

5395

COD Ghosts was on special online today for $6. Picked it up for my 'Bone.

5396

If you recall, MS couldn’t drop support for the original Xbox fast enough. Likely due to the huge losses it was taking, but it still shows the corporate philosophy at work. There is no long tail, no value to legacy support, only the new hotness. An old customer is not much of a customer at all because a good customer upgrades when he is told to upgrade.

5397

There’s some reason to expect that the next console generation will be backwards-compatible with the current one, now that they moved to essentially commodity PC hardware. I hope that comes to pass. It’s a damn shame that all those Xbox and X360 games are only playable on the original hardware.

5398

It actually can be tricky sometimes, especially when TV channels were doing the non-HD HD channels, where they just stretched their SD content or whatever. You knew something was wrong, but couldn’t tell if it was your settings, or the source, or what. That’s less common these days, fortunately.

5399

Picked one up this week, package deal from Fry’s, they paid the sales tax and threw in a game, so they got the sale. No kinect. Impressions:

  • Thanks for buying our new console! Now wait for a 1 gig patch to download. The PS4 and the WiiU did the same damn thing.
  • Surprised at how much I like the tweaks to the controller. Surface texture feels good in the hand, sticks feel tighter than the 360’s, similar to the DS4.
  • It’s an ugly box. Some may like it, I think it looks thrown together and lacks cohesion. Oddly, it looks bigger than the 360 in pics but it’s about the same size as the original 360 Arcade in my office. Very quiet, though.
  • Interface is decent, reasonably ad-free, like the use of screenshots to show recent activity.
  • Looks like all games get at least 1000 achievement points now. No more “arcade” achievement ghetto, I wonder if they got negative feedback from the devs about that.
  • Handles multiple users well, 2 of the 3 boys are already signed in and playing Sniper Elite 3 without a hitch. Might even switch the Destiny pre-order over to the Xbone so they can play online unlike the PS4.
  • I’m surprised at how empty the store is six months+ after release. MS screwed up by alienating the indie devs, they could have brought some numbers and variety. The PS4 had 12 downloadable games waiting for me when I brought it home. The Xbone had 3 and I would have to try pretty hard and spend a lot to get to 12. Smaller, non-AAA games still feel like games in your menu and provide reassurance that you didn’t buy a system that would have 4 interesting games a year.
  • Guacamelee is neat, probably should have played the Vita version I had. How long until Sunset Overdrive?
  • MS, would it kill you to put prices and download sizes (i.e., delay between purchasing and playing) in the boxes for each game? There’s plenty of room for more information.
5400

Why can’t they do the same on PS4?

5401

Set up the new xbox yesterday. Why isn’t anyone talking about how much more quiet it is compared to the super-noisy PS4? It practically makes zero noise, compared to the loud huffing and puffing of the Playstation. And if I dare to close the cabinet where the PS4 is, it gets crazy loud, like people need to raise their voice to be able to speak. And in the same situation, there’s barely anything audible from the Xbox.

Also, it somehow feels more “complete”. There’s more privacy options, Kinect is nice with Skype and the audio commands seem to work well. And Titanfall run very smoothly, I don’t think I’ll notice a fidelity issue with the xbox compared to the PS4. Will try Destiny Beta tonight to see if I spot a difference to the PS4 version.

Anyway, just because of the lesser noise, I think xbox will be my console of choice at least for now.

5402

Buh? Your PS4 is defective, get a replacement unit. Mine is very quiet.

5403

Already replaced it once, made same noise.

5404

And if that means I’m just unlucky, then I’d rather say that they are shitty at producing properly functional devices, and I’ll stick to the xbox either way.

5405

You shouldn’t put either system in an enclosed area. Both need air to circulate. Is it possible your cabinet is acting like a resonance chamber amplifying the sound of the PS4?

5406

PS4 is definitely louder than the XB1, but it also has the power supply inside, not as a separate brick, so it’s understandable. Besides it’s not as loud as the original 360, of which I still own 3, and their noise never bothered me. It’s only an issue if I’m trying not to wake up household members in the middle of the night and need to keep the volume on the TV at a minimum.

5407

RickH: Welcome to the multiplatform club! I still don’t own the WiiU though, so I’m behind on that front.

On the XB1 I recommend looking at Forza 5, Powerstar Golf and Dead Rising 3, aside from the free Gold games. On PS4 I recommend Resogun and Don’t Starve. And if you access to rentals, Killzone.

5408

My guess is that Sony is new to the pay-to-play-online game and didn’t realize that MS had changed the rules. On the 360, everyone must have a Gold account, but that’s not the case on the One.