I hate to be console war-esque here but I think a large part of Microsoft's problem is that that PS4 was just flat out superior to the Xbox One. I bought both at launch, which was I believe a week apart? The Xbox One was just terrible in terms of launch and post launch software. They also had public relations issues and could not run cross-platform games as well as the PS4 could. PS4 was running games at 1080p that the X1 could only run at 720p.
Those are pretty objective observations. Subjectively, I think the UI was terrible (and is still terrible - or at least worse than the PS4's which also isn't that great).
Frankly, I was ashamed for Microsoft and my Xbox One has mostly collected dust while my PS4 has shined. Xbox One definitely has some nice features. Cable box pass-through is cool, though finicky. Backwards compatibility is nice. Play Anywhere is limited but cool, even though both MS and Capcom have squandered some of my faith due to the Dead Rising 4 debacle.
Maybe some of this is anti-MS bias. Hard to say. Their attitude just feels a lot more businessy and clinical than the face Sony puts on. All three - Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo - are businesses, at the end of the day, but frankly Microsoft just seems very business-esque, Nintendo seems like a toy maker that just wants to make what it wants to make without giving a shit about the wants of the people it's making toys for, and Sony seems like an adult pal that actually wants to give you a cool gaming experience. I just don't get that vibe from MS and Nintendo is too weirdly standoffish for me some times.
*shrug*
Which is funny because out of the three sony is straight-up the most anti-consumer of the lot.
Not calling Microsoft a saint here, but Sony has a really rough history of leveraging their might as a corporation to fuck over smaller businesses (bleem), customers(rootkit debacle), etc.
they also run fast and loose on security and I have had to replace two credit cards courtesy of Sony's shittiness on that front.
I try not to personify them because the face of their PR can change on a dime, and this year's "we just want to let you play games" was "five hundred and ninety nine us dollars" in order to try and win a format war at the expense of their consumers just a handful of years ago.
SW-4158-3990-6116
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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@visiblehowl how was my stream last night? was i being coherent and engaging? i need tips and you're good at it
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i think everyone in the great lakes area becomes a polish catholic on fat tuesday
It was an old joke. If anything the ability for them to poop the non-game pokemon go out of their second butthole and immediately make a billion dollars means they are not doomed.
The Xbox controller is superior to the PS one though. The Elite is god-tier.
Yes, I have the Xbox One Elite Controller and it is god-tier. But guess what? I almost only use it on my PC because my Xbox One is quite useless for me.
The last time my Xbox One was even on was during the Superbowl. And it fucking fucked up on me when I literally went to change the volume through my headphones, so I missed the first 5 minutes of 24: Legacy.
Yet another reason I hate their total shit UI.
Even Games with Gold I redeem using my browser rather than the console.
I weighed 172.6 today. Spent the whole month below 175. Man, that used to be my goal when I weighted 210.
Like I'm not complaining, but I do have a vague overpowering "What now?" feeling.
continue eating healthy for the rest of your life for no more reward until they can give you a robot body
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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I find the Lazytown art style/universe whatever
incredibly fascinating
I can't stop looking at it when someone posts some dumb video in chat
What crazy genius was behind that bubblegum opiate esthetic
I am p excited that my Switch is arriving in just a couple of days!
Also one thing that makes me feel good about its potential third party support is how much better Nintendo's developer portal has gotten. Like, apparently here's what their developer page looked like up until recently:
...dear god.
Here's what it looks like now:
Shit, that makes me want to try and make a Switch game and I'm not even a game developer.
My old cell phone plan with my ex. It had me, her, her parents, her friend, and her friends daughter on it.
What you see there is the culmination of all of the early termination fees, the remainder of the phone cost, and an unpaid, disconnected, shut-off account.
And considering it's ATT and linked to my marriage, I couldn't be happier to pay it if it means I can get rid of it without another year of interdependence with someone I do not want that kind of relationship with by a company that doesn't really even function in my area.
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I am p excited that my Switch is arriving in just a couple of days!
Also one thing that makes me feel good about its potential third party support is how much better Nintendo's developer portal has gotten. Like, apparently here's what their developer page looked like up until recently:
...dear god.
Here's what it looks like now:
Shit, that makes me want to try and make a Switch game and I'm not even a game developer.
Like I said, every single humble bundle / steam indy darling game maker should be on this - there will be millions of units and almost no good games for months outside of zelda and betas.
Fucking get your shit on the switch now and establish it as THE mobile indy games platform.
SW-4158-3990-6116
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I am p excited that my Switch is arriving in just a couple of days!
Also one thing that makes me feel good about its potential third party support is how much better Nintendo's developer portal has gotten. Like, apparently here's what their developer page looked like up until recently:
...dear god.
Here's what it looks like now:
Shit, that makes me want to try and make a Switch game and I'm not even a game developer.
I'm amazed that copyright date in the first image started with 2
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I hate to be console war-esque here but I think a large part of Microsoft's problem is that that PS4 was just flat out superior to the Xbox One. I bought both at launch, which was I believe a week apart? The Xbox One was just terrible in terms of launch and post launch software. They also had public relations issues and could not run cross-platform games as well as the PS4 could. PS4 was running games at 1080p that the X1 could only run at 720p.
Those are pretty objective observations. Subjectively, I think the UI was terrible (and is still terrible - or at least worse than the PS4's which also isn't that great).
Frankly, I was ashamed for Microsoft and my Xbox One has mostly collected dust while my PS4 has shined. Xbox One definitely has some nice features. Cable box pass-through is cool, though finicky. Backwards compatibility is nice. Play Anywhere is limited but cool, even though both MS and Capcom have squandered some of my faith due to the Dead Rising 4 debacle.
Maybe some of this is anti-MS bias. Hard to say. Their attitude just feels a lot more businessy and clinical than the face Sony puts on. All three - Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo - are businesses, at the end of the day, but frankly Microsoft just seems very business-esque, Nintendo seems like a toy maker that just wants to make what it wants to make without giving a shit about the wants of the people it's making toys for, and Sony seems like an adult pal that actually wants to give you a cool gaming experience. I just don't get that vibe from MS and Nintendo is too weirdly standoffish for me some times.
*shrug*
Which is funny because out of the three sony is straight-up the most anti-consumer of the lot.
Not calling Microsoft a saint here, but Sony has a really rough history of leveraging their might as a corporation to fuck over smaller businesses (bleem), customers(rootkit debacle), etc.
they also run fast and loose on security and I have had to replace two credit cards courtesy of Sony's shittiness on that front.
I try not to personify them because the face of their PR can change on a dime, and this year's "we just want to let you play games" was "five hundred and ninety nine us dollars" in order to try and win a format war at the expense of their consumers just a handful of years ago.
I'm not trying to sanctify them either, trust me, but public face goes a long way. If I were really into comics and I can choose between a place where the workers enjoy the hobby themselves and engage me like a person versus a corporate megacomplex that vends comics to you without any personability, I'm probably going to choose the former. Maybe Sony has done some shitty things, but I feel like they work hard to engage users and provide an enjoyable experience. I really do not feel like Microsoft has that approach at all. And I think Nintendo is a little of both. They want you to have a fun experience, but only on the narrow terms they define. They don't really care what we think.
Also, I'm not really sure I can fault them for bleem! at all. That's a bit weird to me.
I am p excited that my Switch is arriving in just a couple of days!
Also one thing that makes me feel good about its potential third party support is how much better Nintendo's developer portal has gotten. Like, apparently here's what their developer page looked like up until recently:
...dear god.
Here's what it looks like now:
Shit, that makes me want to try and make a Switch game and I'm not even a game developer.
Like I said, every single humble bundle / steam indy darling game maker should be on this - there will be millions of units and almost no good games for months outside of zelda and betas.
Fucking get your shit on the switch now and establish it as THE mobile indy games platform.
it's what seems to be happening if you look at the lineup
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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If anyone wants a copy of the new Metallica album, physical or digital, let me know. It looks like I have four copies I can give away.
can you feel the struggle within?
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Don't like it
American Ninja Warrior
all those rooftop millenials will save them
ive been eating them for breakfast all week and I really need to stop myself
There are a lot of Poles and a lot of Catholics. And everybody else.
maek u thnk
Boooo
Every Tuesday is Fat Tuesday
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Which is funny because out of the three sony is straight-up the most anti-consumer of the lot.
Not calling Microsoft a saint here, but Sony has a really rough history of leveraging their might as a corporation to fuck over smaller businesses (bleem), customers(rootkit debacle), etc.
they also run fast and loose on security and I have had to replace two credit cards courtesy of Sony's shittiness on that front.
I try not to personify them because the face of their PR can change on a dime, and this year's "we just want to let you play games" was "five hundred and ninety nine us dollars" in order to try and win a format war at the expense of their consumers just a handful of years ago.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Embrace Catholicism tonight and you'll be forced to not eat them tomorrow!
fried food? thats not hard.
Yes, I have the Xbox One Elite Controller and it is god-tier. But guess what? I almost only use it on my PC because my Xbox One is quite useless for me.
The last time my Xbox One was even on was during the Superbowl. And it fucking fucked up on me when I literally went to change the volume through my headphones, so I missed the first 5 minutes of 24: Legacy.
Yet another reason I hate their total shit UI.
Even Games with Gold I redeem using my browser rather than the console.
continue eating healthy for the rest of your life for no more reward until they can give you a robot body
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
incredibly fascinating
I can't stop looking at it when someone posts some dumb video in chat
What crazy genius was behind that bubblegum opiate esthetic
that's a regret
Also one thing that makes me feel good about its potential third party support is how much better Nintendo's developer portal has gotten. Like, apparently here's what their developer page looked like up until recently:
...dear god.
Here's what it looks like now:
Shit, that makes me want to try and make a Switch game and I'm not even a game developer.
literally hitler
or stalin
your choice
hard drugs.
OH
I was like "W-why? What's so special about these last two days?"
The whole god thing, right.
@TL DR
My old cell phone plan with my ex. It had me, her, her parents, her friend, and her friends daughter on it.
What you see there is the culmination of all of the early termination fees, the remainder of the phone cost, and an unpaid, disconnected, shut-off account.
And considering it's ATT and linked to my marriage, I couldn't be happier to pay it if it means I can get rid of it without another year of interdependence with someone I do not want that kind of relationship with by a company that doesn't really even function in my area.
Like I said, every single humble bundle / steam indy darling game maker should be on this - there will be millions of units and almost no good games for months outside of zelda and betas.
Fucking get your shit on the switch now and establish it as THE mobile indy games platform.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Stalin, for the puns.
pleasepaypreacher.net
I'm amazed that copyright date in the first image started with 2
fair
(i do eat like trash though)
I'm not trying to sanctify them either, trust me, but public face goes a long way. If I were really into comics and I can choose between a place where the workers enjoy the hobby themselves and engage me like a person versus a corporate megacomplex that vends comics to you without any personability, I'm probably going to choose the former. Maybe Sony has done some shitty things, but I feel like they work hard to engage users and provide an enjoyable experience. I really do not feel like Microsoft has that approach at all. And I think Nintendo is a little of both. They want you to have a fun experience, but only on the narrow terms they define. They don't really care what we think.
Also, I'm not really sure I can fault them for bleem! at all. That's a bit weird to me.
I don't think that has anything to do with the spectrum. I have these convos with husband often. I bet your lady and I could commiserate a lot :P
it's what seems to be happening if you look at the lineup
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I think the show is Icelandic in origin.