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Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by workbench »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #36

I am a Microsoft Engineer so take what I am about to say as gospel: There's no way to know when someone claims to be something on the internet that they are that thing unless the company itself corroborates it. The pastebin was posted on 4chan... 4chan... And all of the information in it could have been gleaned from publicly available sources. We should at best discuss it like it is rumour, and much more realisticall…

The fact it's on 4chan actually gives it much more credibility than if it were a throwaway account on Reddit or similar

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by workbench »

alyx wrote: post #67
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #36

I am a Microsoft Engineer so take what I am about to say as gospel: There's no way to know when someone claims to be something on the internet that they are that thing unless the company itself corroborates it. The pastebin was posted on 4chan... 4chan... And all of the information in it could have been gleaned from publicly available sources. We should at best discuss it like it is rumour, and much more realisticall…

It's a terrible thing when somebody (Microsoft Engineer or not) tries to make sense of all the fact'less back n' forth about how much Microsoft sucks and they can't do anything right. If more people stopped to think what the Master plan here might be, we would all be better off. Instead we're entrenched in cold-war-like mentality of Apple-FRIEND, GOOGLE-FRIEND, SONY-BEST-FRIEND, ... Microsoft-ENEMY. Microsoft stopped…

IE6, NEVER FORGIVE! NEVER FORGET!

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by andyhmltn »

I'm sorry, I don't buy it. Maybe internally they look at it like this. But I honestly think the reasoning behind the always online policy is so they can collect analytics from the kinect.

From an advertisers perspective, it's the holy grail. Imagine being able to see the viewers heart rate, where they were looking, how they were sitting, how the move and body language. All of that data would be very useful. I'm sure there are systems like this already, but to my understanding they are in a controlled environment. If you sat me in a room and told me to look at an advert after having to travel etc I'd act a lot differently to just sitting on my couch.

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by rvkennedy »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #36

I am a Microsoft Engineer so take what I am about to say as gospel: There's no way to know when someone claims to be something on the internet that they are that thing unless the company itself corroborates it. The pastebin was posted on 4chan... 4chan... And all of the information in it could have been gleaned from publicly available sources. We should at best discuss it like it is rumour, and much more realisticall…

He claims to be a Microsoft Engineer, but talks like a Microsoft PR. "Consumer delight"? "Sick second screen"? I don't know any technical person who uses this kind of doublespeak.

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by voyou »

beloch wrote: post #107

The engineer bases his argument on an assumption that is usually erroneous: The price of a product is related to its cost. This is a logical assumption, but almost always false. It is far more commonly true that the price of a product is dictated by what consumers are willing to pay. If the PS4 version of game X sells for $59.99, it is more than likely that the Xbox1 version will sell for the same price, because peop…

"people will perceive both versions as having the same value and be willing to pay the same amount for them both."

If they can resell one game but not the other, they're not necessarily going to perceive them as being of the same value. If they use the money they get from reselling the PS4 game to buy more games, they're not only not going to be willing to pay the same for both, they won't be able (except for the segment of the population that is able to increase its total spending on games).

It's hard to make a comparison with Steam, because there is pretty much no used market for PC games, so necessarily the economics are going to be different.

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by Buzzzz »

baq wrote: post #205
Buzzzz wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thing is that here in europe/sweden steam is always the most expensive choice sine must publishers equals 1 usd to 1 eur. So here the only sane reason is to wait until they have sales since then it is just expensive and not overly expensive. //Anders

That's because 1 USD plus VAT pretty much 3 equals 1 EUR. USA has sales tax which is not added to the price, it only shows up on the receipt.

Still more expensive than to pop down to game stop and buy a new one.

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by alimbada »

hhandoko wrote: post #226
dagw wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the risk of getting way off topic. I also like Windows 8 on the desktop. Yes, it is very slightly annoying that I have to click a large desktop icon after booting up, but after that it is simply a slightly faster, slightly better version of Windows 7. I can't think of any touch interaction aspect that I even see when using it in desktop mode. I miss it when I'm at work using Windows 7.

I agree, ignore the Modern UI stuff and it is a better, faster Windows 7. If you don't mind parting with $10, I recommend purchasing the Start8 and ModernMix from Stardock. Boots straight to desktop, gets the old start menu back, and runs ModernUI apps in a window.

Or just wait for 8.1 if all you want is boot straight to desktop.

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by oeb »

rmrfrmrf wrote: post #184
seldo wrote: post #51

"Some PS4 viral team made them all "U TOOK R DISCS" and they hiveminded." I'm not sure how delusional you have to be to believe that the reason your customers hate your DRM is because your competitors had a "viral team" that persuaded them to be.

The amount of delusion necessary to create this massive of a failure is beyond comprehension: - "Scratched discs" and my "little brother" messing with my games are two use cases I have never encountered in my entire gaming life. For those who have encountered those issues? Bummer! Life goes on. In fact, props to PS3 for using Blu-Ray, which has extra protection against scratches by design . - How in the world is Game…

I don't think it's the cut of the $5 that the consumer gets that the publisher wants, it's the $30 that gamestop slaps onto that to resell. I don't know what way gamestop prices things everywhere else, but in Ireland it's a rip off to all parties.

You buy a AAA title for €60, don't like it, trade it back in again a few days later. You get €10 - €20 for it. This then goes back on the used shelf at the €50 - €55 price point, just enough to make it slightly more attractive than purchasing at the rrp.

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by jordanwallwork »

Zakharov wrote: post #215
ensignavenger wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The poor schmuck in rural Nebraska with 25kb service won't be able to play the Xbox One period- MS has already proposed a min speed of 1.5mbps. And if you are in an area (like pretty much most of the US and the majority of the rest of the world) where your service goes down periodically for more than 24 hours, you will be locked out of playing any games while it is offline. Or if MS gets hacked like Sony and their ne…

Are you sure that min. speed isn't just for multiplayer? I don't see why the call-home would know or care how fast your internet is.

You can use a mobile connection to check in, so clearly speed isn't an issue, I'm pretty sure that the 1.5mb min is just for multiplayer gaming

Re: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1

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Post by _pmf_ »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #210

=== Bullshit Detected === "If you want games cheaper than 59.99, you have to limit used games somehow." Author thinks publishers will lower game prices to $39.99 since used games won't cut into their profits. Author clearly doesn't work at Microsoft nor in the game industry. Nor has a clear idea of how Capitalism or running a company works. Facts: A Game that launches on all 3 platforms: Xbox 360 (disc based, allows…

> Facts: A Game that launches on all 3 platforms: Xbox 360 (disc based, allows used games), PS3 (disc based, allows used games), and Steam (digital DRM based, no used games) all launch at the SAME price.

This is not the case in the EU. I also think this is bullshit for the US territory.

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