The Gaming Thread

[GP]

Apart from Gameboys, I've never had a Nintendo.

Am I heathen?

Buy a 3DS immediately.

[GP]

Rome: Total War is currently £1 on Steam, if anyone wants it.

[Rors]

Kirby

[GP]

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Buy a 3DS immediately.

[GP]

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We appreciate the passion," Mattrick said in an interview with Gametrailers, via GamesIndustry.biz. "It's important that people share their ideas, but people are imagining outcomes that we believe are worse than what it's going to be like in the real world.

"When we designed the box we paid attention to what it means to connect to the internet. The average internet connection is working the majority of the day. People are imagining that it isn't, but I don't feel that's the world we live in."

Apparently, Microsoft "absolutely" expected games enthusiasts to resist Xbox One's online setup, but feels it has built a "future-proof" machine. "I think in the long run, we'll build a global leading product that people are going to love and embrace."

In any case, he went on, "we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity - it's called Xbox 360. If you have zero access to the Internet, that is an offline device."

Elsewhere in the chat, Mattrick cautioned players at large against making judgements without the benefit of firsthand experience. "It's very important to them and they're opinionated. And they're smart. So they look at all those things and say 'hey, is this going to impact me in a negative way?' And until you use it, it's really hard to understand what all the advantages are."

http://www.oxm.co.uk/56183/microsoft...y-an-xbox-360/

Mattrick. Guess the problems with Sim City were made up then.

Interesting strategy from Microsoft - alienate the current customers that have legitimate concerns and hope it pays off in the long term.

[GP]

Microsoft have really screwed the pooch.

Xbox 360 was the best of it's generation, it's amazing they've screwed up so bad.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Stupid question this but with the new ps4 being announced, they still will make ps3 games right or do they phase them out pretty quickly? I can't remember what it was like with ps2 and ps3

[Munchies]

Stupid question this but with the new ps4 being announced, they still will make ps3 games right or do they phase them out pretty quickly? I can't remember what it was like with ps2 and ps3

Still make them , loads of people will still keep their PS3 for some time to come and so will I . The latest Pro Evo (2013) game came out on ps2

But does anyone know if the PSN of the PS3 will remain free ? The PS4 online will cost £40 a year.