@adroge1 And you make your basis on not even considering the XBox on . . . what exactly? Considering we still know so little about it, seems you might be jumping the gun a bit.
@Gallowhand I enjoy the connectivity of games. But I enjoy a strong single player experience just as much, if not probably more. It was the one thing I didn't like about his stance. I'm not going to be a fan of "constant connectivity," and if they try and push it too much, they will find out all too quickly it isn't going to fly.
@Spartan_418 If they're stupid enough to let an issue like RROD pop up again, they deserve all the repercussions and hate they will get in response. I can't see them not being sure to test it as many times as possible before launch to make sure there are no hardware failures going forward with this console.
@Xethrayne @TheGamerPhenom And I won't deny that fact. But let's look at the birth of each generation. In each one, there are games that come out *relatively* close to the release date that aren't what we are really used to. Just start, for example, with the 360. Gears, COD4 (which granted, was a "sequel," but played more like a completely new game), Assassin's Creed. The list could keep going on new IPs that come with a new console. It always works that way. The "old" series will still keep running, sure. But not all of them are necessarily running because of how good they are. Many of these franchises (Call of Duty, to a lesser extent now AC) run more on name brand appeal than anything else.
I guess where we have our main disconnect is that while it isn't *technically* broke (hell, I still play my PS2, 64, etc. etc. regularly), that doesn't mean that new innovation shouldn't be welcomed, and shouldn't be brought on. I'm ready and excited to see some new things, ready to see some original ideas, and another big thing is, I'm ready to see these "old" franchises running on something newer, shinier, and likely more powerful and better than the current generation (not a definite, but I feel it's pretty likely). I definitely see your point, but for me personally, it's time for an upgrade.
@ragnar320 No doubt the entire story is dripping in irony, but the fact remains that even though the guy was an idiot for long stretches as the head honcho at EA, he still makes good points here.
@Xethrayne Not me. We've gone almost eight years now on the same consoles. As a 360 guy, I'm more than willing to say that I think the 360 was phenomenal, and that I still enjoy it, but it's time for something new if you ask me personally. Everything is getting kinda stale, even with "new" games coming out (and here I note that out of the games you listed, only one, Watch Dogs, is really a new title, with the rest simply being sequels).
The hope I personally have is that with the new consoles, maybe companies will take some initiative, and use these new machines to push the boundaries and come up with new and fresh ideas. I for one am sick of seeing a Battlefield, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, and so on year, after year, after year. The new console may not help that, but there's a chance it could, so I'm more than ready for it.
@GSGuy321 Maybe. But they could also be catching the economy at the right time if the projected upswing were to continue. There might not be AS much as there was at the beginning of the last console release, but it's not going to be as bad as many make it out to be.
@Sushiglutton Is there one new "standard" PC coming out that every gamer is going to use? Highly unlikely. Like it or lump it, (and I say this without trying to insult PC gaming in any way, it has many great strengths), the "Console Wars" so to speak, are always going to be between the major companies that are producing a major, standard setting console in each generation.
If a computer company were to take the initiative and try to make a gaming PC that could become a standard for every computer gamer to use at a FAIR price, then this would be a point. That isn't the case however.
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