At this point is there any reason to own an xbox one?

Wow that's some ignorant and myopic ways of thinking right there. "stupid" or "poor" are the only reasons someone might not want a gaming PC? Talk about living in one's own little private world of denial...

It can be a fun thing to get to see behind the curtains of a fanboy's mind here on System Wars, and be privy to things people think but would never say out loud to someone.

@casharmy: what the hell are you ranting about? All the Sony exclusives have been trash thus far except for bloodborne. And don't talk about indie garbage .

Last of us was phenomenal but that' was last gen. And uncharted 4 looks pretty bland.

The ps4 is terrible on the exclusive part so far, 2016 looks somewhat bright but I'm not getting my hopes up, last gen was better so far

I got a Xbone cause I always enjoyed the Xbox series in consoles.

There is plenty of reasons to own an Xbox. The main one of course is you are like the majority of people you don't own a gaming PC and like the games.

I would also like to point out that this is the first Windows device which was Bill Gates original plan for the first Xbox. I have no idea where it goes from here and neither does anyone else that is not in their braintrust, but have to say they have me intrigued.

One thing for sure is they are truly a 2 higher end platform that Sony can't match. Unless they want to give their profits to Steam.

If you prefer to game on PC Windows store will gladly except your cash as will Xbox store.

Sadly you console wars diehard fanboys are the very small majority that cares.

Does it bother you that preorders of SFV are half the price of PS4?

This is a sign of things to come. Get used to it.

If you think these consoles can just keep doing the same shit and just gradually increasing you will be very disappointed.

@NathanDrakeSwag: I give a shit about PC gaming, that's why I got X1, btw, I also got PoS4 for the same reason.

I assume people who prefer gaming on PC Windows Store are the same people that like to share needles with Pamela Anderson. Only a total masochist would pick the PC Windows Store over Steam.

It's totally garbage compared to Steam. I can't even begin to list all its problems.

Forza is amazing. Halo 5's multi-player is amazing. Ori and the Blind Forest is amazing. I love the xbox one elite controller. It's a good system.

you do realise a 4k tv does not make the games look better when they are 900/1080p games right?

xbox one is a good system if I don't factor in anything else outside of the system itself.

My argument isn't that xbox one is a bad system, my argument is that it has lost it's identity and value as a console since virtually all it's exclusives are being set up to release on PC now thus killing it's value, for me at least, as a console.

If I can get all of xbox one's best "exclusives" on PC I feel like I'd be cheating myself by buying an xbox one and missing out on better versions and more games without the XBL requirement.

What would I be supporting exactly? What's the purpose of putting dollars in an xbox one without anything of value to gain from it?

This argument boils down to the owner having a beefy PC. This isn't the case for many, many people, so yes, plenty of reasons to own one.

Forza really... Sometimes I do look at my X1 and wonder why do I own it for other than Forza. Rare replay kinda helps, but not that much. But i'm also not one for selling my stuff. Halo 5 sucked, so yeah. Forza is pretty much it. I already bought it, so why not hold onto it incase something good comes along.

Of course there is a reason to have one. I play games on it with my friends, and I use it for movie/tv/apps.

My Xbox One is the reason I've been thinking about getting a new lap top. With the windows 10 integration and stuff. I haven't had a desk top for 10 years maybe more. Haven't used a lap top for probably close to going on 5 years.

Only time I use PC's or lap tops now is work. Everything else is done on tablets or Xbox One.

Why would the PC have to be "beefy"? Isn't it argued by many that a mid range PC does the job being much more powerful than consoles for all games this gen?

When did the argument evolve to PC's needing to be beefy to accomplish this task?

@casharmy: You'd still end up spending 400-500 dollars. Point is, the only way this argument works is when you include another system entirely.

Very much like how a person, sometimes, gets a thread going, arguing about scores or games, and the TC states something silly as "Well, we're not counting PC". Yes, it has happened before. Same deal. The argument only works with the inclusion or exclusion of certain systems, and that in itself is just very flawed reasoning.

Because my two year old laptop most certainly isn't going to play Scalebound or Quantum Break very well if at all.

No point at all. I areadly have 2 Powerful enough PC. Not super high end but better than the Bone. At this point no way in hell I will buy the Bone..thank you philly boy for saving me some money and space .

I feel like the same people who go around shitting on the PC are now trying to turn around and use it as a plus for their own fanboyism

Unless you absolutely hate using PCs, then no. I see absolutely no reason at all to own that crapfest of a console.

Can we now agree that PC/Xbone is the worst combo since gaming was invented?

If you own a decent PC then no there is no point.

Wow, you take this waaaaaay too personal.

That's the mentality :)

I don't care about exclusives either, all games could be platform agnostic for all I care, only mattering what you like to game on. And I'd still be one happy gamer.

As someone else said in this topic: MS will lose some Xbone sales from hardcore PC gamers with high end rigs, but the software sales will more than make up for it.

At the people calling Phil Spencer an idiot: they have no idea how a business works. Supporting multiple platforms you own is good for a company, not bad.

No one cares about how you feel lostrib either post on the topic or shut up, you can't seem to contribute to any topic you are in. My post has nothing to do with fanbyism dimwit because as I stated I have defended xbox one in the past against PC using it's very exclusives as the reason.

My arguments points have NEVER changed at any point in my posting history so miss me with your baseless stupidity about fanboyism. I have always been a console gamer first and always defended any console over PC because I value console exclusives. However, like I have pointed out in this thread, what MS is doing with xbox one is an unprecedented event for a console where they are setting up to put all their major exclusives on PC.

When my main argument points for console over PC have always been their exclusives, how exactly is anything in my thread related to fanboyism numbskull? Would you like me to pull some of my posts where I defended xbox one over PC using it's exclusives to prove you're an idiot?

Like I said post on the topic or GTFO, as usual you are barking up the wrong tree with your assumptions and brain dead post contributions.

Well, we better all go buy one then, dont want to miss out on those three exclusive games that might be good.

Too many reasons to list, lets just say it's the center of my entertainment center and used every day plus ya know, games, games, games, preordered QB yesterday, can't hardly wait.

Now the PS Bore on the other hand, BB machine, one hit wonder, nuff said. :P

Are PC versions of console games cheaper? SFV is laughably £45 on Steam.

That depends on what you like to play but I would say there is little point to owning any console if you have a PC

I feel like this is the first gen where this is not the case in general.

From a PC gamer point of view, I don't really see the value in the PS4 either. Both consoles are failing imo this gen since way too much is multiplat. Each have a handful of games, but I don't really want to buy a console for the promise of a handful of games.

Only the Wii U has a lot of value to a PC gamer.

@HalcyonScarlet: I just bought SFV for $32 yesterday at cdkeys.com, that's half of what it is on consoles.

I don't think the original Halo Wars was on the PC.

That's pretty cool. I'll have to keep an eye on that site.

@casharmy:

Plenty. The UI, control of the TV, all in one box, plays games, GWG, Bing rewards, PC Xbox One cross play (looks to be universal buys), W10 streaming (this one is huge), Kinect (I wouldn't want an Xbox One without it), W10 Xbox App (Smart Glass on other OSes), the price.

Just wanted to point out why I said the W10 streaming is huge. Pick up a W10 comp stick, plug it into any TV in your house, now you can have an Xbox One on every TV. Have a W10 laptop or tablet, now you can game (or stream live) anywhere in the house. I use this all the time; the little one comes up to the tree house and want to watch something, I playNetflix or Hulu on PS3 (Little Einsteins, Doc McStuffins), then stream the Xbox One to my W10 tablet and continue gaming.

If you are strictly a console gamer and don't care about PCgaming and enjoy or are looking forward to the following games/franchises then yes there is a reason to buy one.....off the top of my head....

Halo 5

Halo Wars 2

Cuphead

Scalebound

Sea of Thieves

Gears 4

Quantum Break

Below

Forza 6

Everspace

Fable Legends

Killer Instinct

Recore

Inside

Elite Dangerous

Forza Horizon 2

....also backwards compatibility with 360 titles. It is more than reasonable to think that newcomers may have missed out on 360 games and if that is the case they can now buy it from the xbox store if it is backwards compatible.

**Edit**

...I forgot Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Rare Replay

None of those games make non xbox 1 owners want to buy an xbox one!

Let's be realistic here unless you are already a xbox fanatic none of those games you listed are going to draw anyone outside of MS's core demographic to support xbox one.

I said "at this point" for the specific fact that I was looking at xbox one for it's new exclusive IPs that MS announced, to be exact, Quantum Break and Scalebound! I think most people who don't currently own a xbox one was looking at the system for either one of those specific games.

I am not very fond of Gears or Crackdown but there was also hype for those games among some other people. My point is the few high profile games that got people interested in xbox one that don't already own the system are getting shared with it's more versatile PC cousin now.

Halo 5 is out but it isn't even as good as a lot of xbox loyalist expected it to be, how is that supposed to draw in non xbox owners? Forza..well it didn't even chart the month it released so even the owners of xbox aren't very interested in it.

People who aren't loyal xbox fans aren't going to buy an xbox one for the same HaloForzaGears trilogy anymore and that is pretty clear but the new IP's MS has did interest a lot of people (QB, SB) but these games are now being projected to release on PC as we speak, I couldn't justify owning a PS4 either if Sony did this. I mean all the high profile games for xbox one going to PC. First Recore, now Quantum Break on day 1!

The biggest selling games on Xbox are multiplatform games they even sell more than the PC versions

@the-a-baum: Says "There is plenty of reasons to own an Xbox", names no valid reason to own an Xbox.

Facepalm

The bold, are all out or projected to come out for PC. That leaves Halo 5 and 2 Forza games to buy an xbox one for....and even xbox fans didn't buy Forza

Halo Wars 2 is confirmed for PC. Forza Horizon 2 is also on 360.

I'd still give value to an xbox one game that was on xbox 360 if it's not also on PC because the xbox one would be the superior version and I don't currently own or want to buy any past gen systems.

Same here but lems try to downplay Persona 5 and MLB 16 for having gimped PS3 versions so its only fair.

That depends.

1. Some folks buy the system their friends all play on.
2. Some folks simply pay no mind to gaming on a PC.
3. Some folks prefer the controller.
4. Some folks enjoy the few exclusive franchises (Halo, Forza, Gears).
5. Some folks care about backwards compatibility.

For me....Rare Replay and Scalebound.

If those hit PC then nope, it's worthless to me.

I know I know but I don't care about that flip flop fanboy shit, my argument points don't conveniently change because of the system of reference is different or whether or not I'm talking about my preferred gaming platform in discussions.

I view PS4's past gen titles not on PC the same way I veiw xbox one past gen titles not on PC. They are brand exclusives and naturally an advantage for the current gen platform since most people aren't looking backwards when expecting current gen game.

Both Titan Fall and Rise of the Tomb Raider released on xbox 360 on launch but I don't remember anyone making much noise for the 360 versions of those games and naturally I didn't either. For most people brand exclusives are an advantage for the most up to date system within that brand Nintendo, Sony, MS ect.

Hell, if MS announced Scalebound and Quantum Break for xbox 360 instead of PC i'd still be a reason for me to get a xbox one as I wouldn't have to bother with last gen versions.

Sure. I like the console, most of my army buds like the console, those are the people I prefer to play with/chat with while playing, I cant keep playing Halo anywhere else, I like Fable, look forward to other releases. These other releases may indeed go to PC, but none, zero, none of the aforementioned army buddies game on PC. As one said to me, "the minute I have to look up a way to make a game work I know this isn't for me".

This forum isn't reality, just like there are many that love PC gaming and the upkeep, there are millions that want nothing to do with it. If you like the games it offers and aren't into PC gaming, well you cant play those games on WiiU or PS4, so.....