Kinect No Longer Mandatory For Xbox One (But Will Still Come With It)

So I don't have to use Kinect at all, but I still have to buy one to get an Xbone? Fuck you, MS!

edgecrusher said:

Kind of like Zombi U!

Speaking of, I finally got my brother to try Zombi U today, and he loves it. LMAO

I had been telling him how great the game was for months...how I thought it was the best game on the system and one of the best horror games in ages. All he kept saying was "Eh...it got mixed reviews though" and refused to try it...even going so far as to tell me my love of horror has clouded my judgement on quality.

So now he finally plays it and loves it.....

I still need to get that game. I enjoyed the demo, but not enough for full price. Second that game hits $30 though I'll grab it. Basically it'll be race between Zombie U and Lego City. Whichever gets cheaper faster will get my money.

Just a random thought, and sorry for the language:

WHY THE FUCK HAS NINTENDO NOT COMMISSIONED SQUENIX TO BRING AN HD THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU TO Wii U YET?!

The GamePad would be --IDEAL-- for that game!!

phantom_leo said:

SOLD!

Well what do you know? It's on my Amazon wishlist and i have a birthday coming up soon, so I'm going to see if one of the family members decides to get it for since it's now entering the realm of reasonable price.

Dvader said:

Big LBP announcement tomorrow! Maybe LBP3.

It better be PS4.

Vita.

Ravenprose said:

Kinect No Longer Mandatory For Xbox One (But Will Still Come With It)

So I don't have to use Kinect at all, but I still have to buy one to get an Xbone? Fuck you, MS!

Microsoft are nihilists.  They believe in nothing.

edgecrusher said:

The power of the Wii U is fine to me. Its not a cutting edge PC, but neither are the Xbox One or the PS4. Having a killer PC, a slight power advantage in the console wars doesn't really mean shit to me anymore because my PC is better than all of them anyway. To me it comes down to the software and the Price of admission. This is why I decided not to get the PS4 this year....just not enough exclusives to justify the $400. Because most of the non-exclusive games I am getting on my PC.

So for me, the Wii U is pretty equal or even greater than the other consoles because they have great exclusives. I mean by the end of this year U owners will have Pikmin 3, Legend Of Zelda: WindWaker HD, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, Super Mario Land, The Wonderful 101, on top of older stuff like Zombi U and Lego City...pretty great list of exclusives.

For people that don't game on the PC...I can see why they would pick the PS4 or Xbox over Wii U...because their console IS their PC so they want the one that has the most to choose from. But I will never understand people that game on the PC and still say the Wii U is 3rd place for them.

I wonder how much this will impact sales.  Out of the 3 consoles, Nintendo's is the only one that guarantees you it'll have enough exclusives worth having that won't ever show up on Steam.

Also, with the arrival of Steam and their aggressive pricing, along with PC games these days being made with older tech in mind, I see more and more people using their PC's to play non-exclusives on.  Heck, I've been a console gamer for 25 years and I've only started gaming on my PC somewhere in 2012.  Because Steam took away the hassle.  Because I could buy a cheap wired 360 controller and pretend I was just gaming on a smaller TV.  Because using my laptop I already own was way cheaper then buying another console.

I can't see many reasons why I would want a PS4 or X1 at this point in time.  It'll take the arrival of many unsuspected, fresh, games to convince me to buy one, and it will be years down the road.

Dvader said:

Big LBP announcement tomorrow! Maybe LBP3.

It better be PS4.

SupremeAC said:

I wonder how much this will impact sales.  Out of the 3 consoles, Nintendo's is the only one that guarantees you it'll have enough exclusives worth having that won't ever show up on Steam.



Also, with the arrival of Steam and their aggressive pricing, along with PC games these days being made with older tech in mind, I see more and more people using their PC's to play non-exclusives on.  Heck, I've been a console gamer for 25 years and I've only started gaming on my PC somewhere in 2012.  Because Steam took away the hassle.  Because I could buy a cheap wired 360 controller and pretend I was just gaming on a smaller TV.  Because using my laptop I already own was way cheaper then buying another console.

I can't see many reasons why I would want a PS4 or X1 at this point in time.  It'll take the arrival of many unsuspected, fresh, games to convince me to buy one, and it will be years down the road.

When Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii came out, I was not a PC gamer AT ALL! The only game I had ever played on PC at that time was Warcraft 3, because I never had a good PC. I was always a console guy.

In 2008 I built my own PC, and played Crysis on max settings. I was hooked. I saw how easy and, at the same time, in depth gaming on the PC could be. Then when I found Steam, I was amazed...its like Xbox Live on the PC...for free, with much better deals. Last year, I sold my PC to a friend and built another one...which I have now. Its such a powerhouse that it already outclasses anything the new consoles can do and I know I'm set for at least 5 years in terms of upgrading. Meanwhile, Steam has become even better....with big picture mode its like having a PC and console in one.

I was thinking about this just the other day...Steam is a game changer in many ways. And the more companies that use it as their service, the better. Its EXACTLY what PC needed; It simplified the experience and made it a shitload more user-friendly.

Again, this is why I cancelled my PS4 pre0order. I was like "Do I really need to spend $400 on a new console right now that's going to mostly have games I can get on the PC?" Until PS4 or Xbox start ripping out insane amounts of badass exclusives, I see zero reason to jump in. I am always tempted by the allure of new hardware, but its gotten to the point where I can resist, because I know I don't NEED it.

EDIT: Oh, I also have my PC hooked up to my 60 inch TV...so I'm not even sacrificing screen size or sound. Another reason to be happy.

Dvader said:

Big LBP announcement tomorrow! Maybe LBP3.

It better be PS4.

LBP: Brawl for All . . . for PS3.