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| Megatron:
--- Quote from: quickfingers818 on June 17, 2014, 08:30:52 AM ---What I don't get from Microsoft is all these new commercials where they are showing off the power of the kinect and then at the end they advertise the $399 bundle without the kinect. Just doesn't make sense..... --- End quote --- My guess is half of these commercials (especially the one with Jesse) were probably in production for a while. Then Microsoft got smart and ditched the Kinect, making the system more affordable and hopefully the games better (now that developers can access more of the GPU). Still, they still WANT you to buy the Kinect bundle, but they have conceded that some people just won't pay that price point. |
| MaSHoe:
--- Quote from: quickfingers818 on June 17, 2014, 08:30:52 AM ---What I don't get from Microsoft is all these new commercials where they are showing off the power of the kinect and then at the end they advertise the $399 bundle without the kinect. Just doesn't make sense..... --- End quote --- They also say "starting at $399," it is no different that car manufacturers advertising luxury features in their commercials when they aren't available in the bare bones model. I agree that it is misleading though. The funniest ad that I saw from Microsoft came during the whole "Resolutiongate" fiasco. I believe it was Phil Spencer that came out in an interview and said something to the tune of that resolution and framerate don't matter and that Xbox One has the power of the cloud and Kinect, but later an ad for Forza 5 came out that was advertising 1080p and 60 fps as a feature. I just thought to myself "Sure thing, Phil. It is totally not important." |
| Megatron:
To be honest, anyone who has to advertise 1080p as a highlight is selling a sub par product. This is 2014. 1080p has been around for years. 1080p should be the STANDARD right now, not the exception. I'm an Xbox guy, so I am happy to see some games starting to go that route, but even the PS4 feels lack luster. Overall I am totally dissatisfied with the current generation. Not a single MUST HAVE exclusive to any new console (not counting Wii U) |
| wiggy:
The fact that they dropped the Krapnect AFTER stating that it was virtually impossible to do so is just one more reason for me to avoid it. Lies. Lots of lies. |
| Megatron:
--- Quote from: wiggy on June 17, 2014, 09:37:26 PM ---The fact that they dropped the Krapnect AFTER stating that it was virtually impossible to do so is just one more reason for me to avoid it. Lies. Lots of lies. --- End quote --- Yes, but all companies do that. Sony originally had DRM, and like the Xbox One, would not let used games exist...that is until it was leaked that Microsoft was doing this. Then Sony quickly modded this and came out against it. All video game companies are out for themselves. None of them care about us. If the masses had accepted digital downloads and DRM, then everybody would be doing it. I don't care if people like Xbox, Playstation, CD-i, whatever. But eventually every company does shit people won't like. Sad thing is it usually comes to be universally accepted a generation later. That said, the Kinect is dead. Let us rejoice and be glad. |
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