deanb Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 The supposed new logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 That's a dorky looking logo. On an unrelated note, I always kind of bristle at taglines like 'Introducing a NEW way to play'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 The only way I'd forgive that logo is if the console was awesome. But everything points to it NOT being awesome. Just call it the "Microsoft X" or something it's no longer a gaming machine it's a machine that games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 That's a dorky looking logo. On an unrelated note, I always kind of bristle at taglines like 'Introducing a NEW way to play'. I hated "YOU are the controller." with a passion. "You" are not the controller, Kinect is the controller. "You" are the thumbs that interact with the controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 For me, it always feels like they're implying 'Controllers suck, let's have a set of gestures and expect a machine to match them up perfectly! Nothing could go wrong!'. And then everything goes wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) I could imagine the marketing that goes with that logo. A little girl's voice goes "Xbox. Introducing a new way to play!" *giggles* *Multiple kids giggling* Edited March 27, 2013 by eleven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) if it's like the giggling easter egg when you started the gamecube i could find a place in my heart for it. Edited March 27, 2013 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 That logo looks like the button you would click to kill a pop up ad. So maybe it's befitting Xbox Live after all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 It's funny because Microsoft whored out the xbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 OH ETHAN. http://kotaku.com/the-next-xbox-will-require-an-internet-connection-to-st-470062456 mm. yeah. mmmm yeah. almost there. shake that. shake that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I still just can't believe that's true. I mean, it would be the worst decision made in the gaming industry since the Virtual Boy. Microsoft has done a lot of crap I don't like lately, but it's hard for me to think that they're really, truly, seriously THIS stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Ads on my xbox? Charging me to use services like HBO Go, Amazon and Netflix that are free to use everywhere else? Having the shittiest deals for the online store? STILL charging to play online? The xbox management is in a whole new field of fucking up. If this is true, which with so many rumors to a degree it'll be I guarafuckingtee it, they have screwed their last pooch. They (and by that me since i currently have a 360) have nothing besides Forza and Halo that is worthwhile. Gears of War ended with the third tbh. They opened a studio but I'll say it right now, it'll be a third person shooter. Alan Wake was the reason I was sticking around but that's multiplat now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Assuming this rumor is indeed true, I can only think of two reasons they'd do something so monumentally ill-advised: 1) Piracy, which would be kind of like cutting off your leg because you got athlete's foot. 2) Xbox isn't a "game machine" anymore, it's an "entertainment" machine, and they intend to use it more like a streaming/television device that just happens to play games. Sure you need a connection to stream tv, movies, or music, but why would you need one to play games? I see no upsides to this idea, but plenty of downsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 It's still just rumors. Wake me when there's something official. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 2 is basically what they've been wanting to do Jack. Remember how much effort they're putting into getting cable to work with the xbox and getting people like comcast to sell the xbox over a cable box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Still doesn't give an excuse to require a connection to play games on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Once whatever monstrosity MS makes is released how long do you think the good ol' 360 adboat will be supported? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Original Xbox got booted pretty fast, but there was some external factors to that that don't (currently) exist for the 360. As for the 1 and 2, the Xbox was never a "games machine", just had more of a leaning towards games than other media at the start. It was always a 'Microsoft entertainment PC in your living room'. Video games come under the "entertainment" umbrella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) So the Creative Director (Or soon to be former...) of Microsoft may have confirmed the "always-connected" rumor while being an ass? Thoughts? Nevermind? Seems like the two were fucking with each other but still... bad PR if this gets carried away by mobs. Edited April 5, 2013 by MaliciousH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Joke or not, it is not smart to be fanning those flames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Sorry it's been confirmed for me. I'd be willing to bet a Steam game on it. a free steam game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Yeah, you can now dance on the table and I won't object. Also, what the fuck is he talking about with "Every device now is 'always on.' That's the world we live in.""? Not a single device I own requires a connection to function except my phone and my modem. There's a difference between making a device which supports constant internet connectivity and making a device which requires it in order to do anything. Things like cable boxes have to be connected because by their nature they are accessing remote content, but making an always-online requirement for anything accessing local content is just asinine. As far as "electricity goes out too", I've lived in this house for 2 years and I think the electricity has gone out twice in all that time, whereas my internet connection fucks up at least a couple times a month (for a while last year it was broken all morning every Saturday, but that hasn't happened in a while). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 I can actually play games on my phone without a connection. I can see one of these "Xbox 720 vs. Some Other Device vs. A rock" comparison charts coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Yeah, I can too. I meant in order to use its phone functionality it requires a connection, because obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Yeah, should have expanded more on my point. I agree a phone is about as "always on" a device as you can get, but even that can start up and run stuff without a connection. I don't know exactly what their plans are for connectivity, but making an internet connection a hardcore, set in stone, device won't even boot, requirement does seem somewhat premature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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