PixlBit

I don't get why Pachter magically thinks that all the technology and services they're pushing are going to come so cheap. I'd love for the consoles to be that cheap, but it's simply not happening--they need to be a big step over current gen stuff and last for years.

And I'm sure they'll be cutting current-gen stuff this year. They still have to sell those consoles and the games for them for a while, especially when the next-gen consoles won't be backwards compatible. Considering how much sales have been dropping, they need another price cut to boost things.

It seriously is. I can't believe that was actually an official price, especially in a device with no built in memory. It's no wonder it's been selling so shittily.

That's the highest possible price they'll be able to get away with, I think, especially when neither is going to be backwards compatible. Which is an important factor for early adopters whether Don Mattrick thinks it's "backwards thinking" or not. -_-

Anything lower than that is just pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking IMO. This stuff won't come cheap.

I'd bet money they didn't use SD cards because they didn't want to A) help facilitate the rampant modding, hacking and piracy the PSP dealt with, or B) piss off retailers by making it easier for people to avoid buying stuff at retail. I suspect it didn't have built in memory (like any other mobile device does nowadays?) for the same reason. The whole thing is built around a 2005 mindset that doesn't exist anymore.

The fact that the Xone has such a small drive when they expect people to install ALL their retail games onto it is ludicrous. Especially when it can't be easily swapped out, like the PS3. Having to hook up external drives to accomodate more downloads crimps the whole "one box to rule them all" marketing.

Agreed 100% on the Basic. Frankly, 32GB is too low even at $300 IMO. The absolute minimum should be the 160GB in the PS3 slim, with the option to replace it with something bigger as needed. And that's only because you don't have to install your retail disc games.

Between all the BS we saw this gen, and how it stands to get even worse on next gen consoles, I honestly wouldn't mind if there was a sharp industry contraction in response to all this nonsense. It's not like the industry doesn't have it coming--indeed, when you look at the studio closures and poor financials for a lot of publishers, it's already been happening.

This gen is shaping up to be a very interesting case study when it comes to used games, and their broader implications for the industry as a whole.

Will the money publishers finally get for used sales make up for the loss of trade-ins and new game purchases due to restrictions on how resales are handled? Will it make a difference either which way in the wake of budgets that, inexplicably, are set to increase yet again? Despite many companies struggling to turn a consistent profit this gen, and some companies failing to adjust to HD gaming altogether?

One thing's for sure; if this stuff blows up in the industry's face, they aren't going to have any convenient scapegoats left to blame. It'll be all on them, and this time they won't be able to deny it. I expect them to try anyway, though.

So godlike.

Useless as they are in telling you what the game will look like, I LOVE watching CG trailers. I've always enjoyed seeing how much more artists can do with it as the technology evolves.

Fact is, we as a nation are being shafter too hard to be thinking tribalistically.

LOL u mad? XD

Seriously, though, I can't believe that this is just now a thing.