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  1. Duke Togo
    I dunno, I thought we've been pretty civil and engaging.
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    Speaking at GDC Next, a summit for game developers interested in using Microsoft’s Xbox Live cloud for off-site compute, Xbox Live lead program manager John Bruno said that the service was only 18 months old as of 5 November 2013, and still had issues with game updates and Xbox One clients. “Once in a while, rather frequently actually, the host OS will require an update, meaning the physical machine is going to get rebooted whether your code is running or not,” he explained. “That’s a problematic thing for a game, and oftentimes it’s in the middle of a multiplayer session. We’ve worked very hard to overcome that, but that’s not to say it’s going to be a reality in every case.” We've all heard the statements from game devs about ongoing driver and performance issues (along with resource problems due to system overhead). And i'm sure many of us have heard the rumors about Xbone's cloud servers not being ready for launch, either (granted, these are just rumors). The more I hear, the more I buy into the rumor that MS was blindsided by Sony's early reveal of the PS4, and have been struggling to get it ready to go sooner than expected.
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    The patent filing? Yeah, I remember that. Again, It wouldn't surprise me if a system was in place that allowed publishers to choose to enable their own DRM (and thus facing the wrath of gamers on an individual basis). I am curious: does anyone view the day-0 PS4 patch (and the limitations without it) as anything other than a deterrent to improper unit sales before the actual street date?
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    I've seen no evidence that they actually ever seriously considered it. Edit: wouldn't surprise me if publishers made use of technology on the system to impose their own DRM.
  5. Duke Togo
    It's more than just price point; as we're clearly seeing now, the Xbone has resource issues due to system overhead, and it impacts the performance of cross-platform games. There is also the issue of extra service costs with the Xbone, which you don't have to pay on the PS4. How do they justify charging an extra monthly fee to be able to watch Netflix (which you already are paying for)? And then you have to worry about what they will impose on the system in the future. Terms of use can and will change. One word on price point: they're charging an extra $100 for a device that none of my 360-owning friends like or use. Their insistance on forcing Kinect on customers is not all that dissimilar to the way they have tried to force Windows 8 users to buy touch screens to effectively use their OS (the difference being that they don't profit from monitor sales).
  6. Duke Togo
    I will agree with you here--to a point. There was a lot of grumbling over the rumors, but they were only just that. They could have been wrong (as the same rumors about the PS4 ultimately proved to be). When he essentially confirms them with his comments is when the shite really hits the fan. I'm still flabbergasted by how MS handled this.
  7. Duke Togo
    Oh, I don't disagree with buying CDs. I just see it as an archival medium. I rip everything down to digital files and the CDs go on the rack.
  8. Duke Togo
    You couldn't be more wrong. MS restricted usage rights that had been in place for decades, and somehow were totally ignorant of the realities of broadband infrastructure and limitations not just in the US, but around the world. Their user base reacted very negatively toward this, and bailed when Sony said "hey guys, nothing janky going on over here."It's also important to note that by the time the first rumors were hitting, the PS3 had already surpassed the 360 in global sales. They had to give consumers a reason to buy their new console, and instead they pulled another Windows 8 and said "take this and adapt--we don't care if it doesn't work the way you want it to." Compounding the issue is that MS ignored months of customer backlash over the leaks that were coming out about the console, and only changed course when they realized PS4 pre-orders were dwarfing those of the Xbone. You can't ignore your user base, and you can't sour potential customers on your product before it even hits the shelves. Btw, who plays CDs on their game console? Hell, who plays CDs?
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    I'm pretty sure MS policies were responsible for people switching to the PS4. This guy just made some fairly stupid comments about the user base's reaction to these policies.
  10. Duke Togo
    Those aren't spoilers. When these open cast calls became public last week, it was widely reported that the information contained therein was not real. Essentially, those characters are placeholders.
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    It's certainly possible that we'll see official releases of the GOUT. Until then, I highly recommend you check out Harmy's Despecialized Editions HD (Uber-fan Simon Pegg approved). On the toptic of purple lightsabers, I own a Master Replica Mace Windu saber; I'm not a toy collector like a lot of the people here, but this was one I had to had. They restored the negative and digitized it.
  12. Duke Togo
    It's because the game controls are listed in-game, and there isn't really anything else going on with it that needs to be put into a manual. I'm not even sure why it even has a single-player campaign anymore.
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    We're back to this discussion again?First off, Kathleen Kennedy has the final say on all this stuff. She could fire Abrams tomorrow if she so desired. Also, her reputation as an executive producer is stellar. Secondly, for all intents and purposes, the Bad Robot crew isn't working on this film, and neither is Abrams usual writing team. You KNOW who the writers are, and you know their reputation. Lastly, Abrams loves Star Wars, and it had a huge impact on his childhood. He absolutely does not want to muck this up. I suppose this post will hold us over until we're on the next page of the thread and this is brought up all over again. Until then, feel free to return to the usual Jar Jar, Ewok, and Disney jokes. It's not up to him anymore; it's up to Kathleen Kennedy and 20th Century Fox (who retain the distribution rights to the OT).
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    JJ has seen the video, and has said he and the rest of the production team are pretty much in agreement with it.
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    Relax. The usual suspects who write for Abrams aren't involved, and we know that Arndt, Abrams, and Kasdan have all spent a lot of time talking to George about the SW universe and it's rules. Bleeding Cool is also now reporting that they did not dump Arndt's script, and that "Abrams and Kasdan appear to be reworking the flow a little, but the building blocks of story are staying pretty much untouched." Essentially, it's the same thing that happened on Empire.
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    For the price that thing would cost you you're better off building your own machine.
  17. Duke Togo
    Culture shock as a weapon isn't new, but this instance was certainly amusing.
  18. Duke Togo
    Looks like Keith got his copy of Ghosts 3 days early, lol.
  19. Duke Togo
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is streaming on Netflix!
  20. Duke Togo
    BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
  21. Duke Togo
    Which is what, 3 years away? Come on now, Az.
  22. Duke Togo
    They confirmed this evening that CoD: Ghosts is upscaled from 720p on the Xbone, and runs natively at 1080p on the PS4.
  23. Duke Togo
    Well, so much for that. They just posted the theatrical re-release trailer ('79?) for the original Star Wars.
  24. Duke Togo
    Teaser doesn't require much. Hell, the Empire teaser didn't have one second of actual footage.
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    The kicker is they were already deep in development of the PS4 version,
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