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Microsoft: 4 Out Of 10 Xbox Owners Do Not Use It For Games | |
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| Time: 08:03 EST/13:03 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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It is without question that Microsoft built the XBox 360 for gaming, but a Microsoft executive reveals that only 60 percent of all Xbox 360 consoles sold around the world are used for playing games. | ||
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| #1 By 7754 (173.8.117.81) at 11/15/2010 11:28:25 AM |
| Man... people will twist things any way they can to get a more sensational headline. How misleading. |
| #2 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at 11/15/2010 11:51:10 AM |
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It may get worse with XBL costing $60 a year now.
Mine expired last month. I don't have much in the way of plans to renew it. The horrific 2011 version of Tiger Woods sure isn't a reason to. I think I'm going back to PC gaming. The games are half the price, much higher in resolution, perform better (usually) and with Steam no friggin' CD's needed. What we need to do now is reverse this whole "Develop for XB, port to PC" BS that seems to plague us now. This has resulted in some pretty shitty games on the PC. |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 11/15/2010 11:56:07 AM |
| #1: What are you talking about? The entire article was 3 sentences and a quote, and two of the three sentences were variations of the title. You're seeing a negative and reacting to it, but I'm not sure there's a negative there. So 40% don't play games on XBox and, instead, use it as a media centre. So what? When I first read the title, my anti-MS funnybone chimed in and assumed it's because the 40% that don't use it for games have a red ring of death issue. |
| #4 By 7754 (173.8.117.81) at 11/15/2010 12:15:02 PM |
| #3: they get the facts totally wrong. It's not that 40% don't play games on their XBox, it's XBox owners use their XBoxes not for gaming 40% of the time. That's quite different. |
| #5 By 7754 (173.8.117.81) at 11/15/2010 12:18:21 PM |
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BTW--Paul Thurrott had the same reaction:
But that's because the other 40 percent of the time, the console is in Mesquite, Texas getting fixed. :) |
| #6 By 20505 (75.84.254.249) at 11/15/2010 2:01:51 PM |
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#2
You know MS is touting the fact that PCs play BluRay Discs and Macs don't. So a media PC that you can play games on = PS3. (Actually, my kids who have both an Xbox and PS3 argue constantly over which one is better. The youngest is in the Xbox camp and the older is in the PS3 camp but they will both opt for some games on one or the other platform. Go figure.) |
| #7 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 11/15/2010 2:18:14 PM |
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#4: Ah, now I see what you mean.
#5: He's still around? I stopped reading his stuff when his site started being stupid with the ads and click-thru's and other various friction/grind pages. Make me jump through hoops to read your opinions, er, I mean "analysis" and I'll find someone else's opinions to read instead. |
| #8 By 37 (192.251.125.85) at 11/16/2010 7:22:56 AM |
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Tech Larry wrote: "It may get worse with XBL costing $60 a year now. Mine expired last month. I don't have much in the way of plans to renew it."
I have never spent more than $39 on Xbox Live for year, and many times, it's usually $30. I buy my subscriptions at Buy.com, free shipping and no tax. I just got one last week for $38.99 that puts me through January 2012. This is even after the $60 new price. Truly your loss if you are paying full price. Tech Larry wrote: "I think I'm going back to PC gaming. The games are half the price, much higher in resolution, perform better (usually) and with Steam no friggin' CD's needed." Half the price and higher resolution, yet have half as many games. With PSN and XBL moving to Games on Demand day of release at some point, Steam won't have as much of an advantage in regards to lack of CD. Tech Larry: "What we need to do now is reverse this whole "Develop for XB, port to PC" BS that seems to plague us now. This has resulted in some pretty shitty games on the PC." The biggest problem with PC is not the ports, but the lack of desire to make a good PC game when 90% of the time the game is just pirated. This post was edited by AWBrian on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 07:23. |
| #9 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at 11/16/2010 10:05:23 AM |
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The only games I played were Military Flight Sims; the best of all was EF 2000. It seems that people has lost interest in them and what is dominant now is these "First person shooter" kind of games which, maybe because I was involved in the "real thing" do not appeal me.
Well to be 100% specific I also played Lara Croft.... till Angel of Darkness; I did not like it and the next ones did not attract me. Maybe I am payng my toll to aging. Out of curiosity what is so appealing in Consoles? They are locked systems, they even implement Region Code like DVDs and the hardware is not upgreadable. I can understand the easiness ( you pay for it) of social interaction but other than that....... I mean I was use to play on a 27" Sony monitor, the only game I was playing on my phone was Solitaire and now MS stripped it ff WP7. |
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