P.S. I also find myself subconsciously thinking ‘White Knight Chronicles’ whenever I use that old white knight metaphor. :)
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@Julian: I guess bitter, jaded individuals like myself exist to offset him then. And hopefully, berate them into taking a more critical view. To be fair, Lusipurr himself is giving EA the benefit of the doubt, while even Chris is not (I side with Chris on that one, EA is clearly playing the white knight card knowing MS and Sony are doing their dirty work for them).
Not a criticism of you Lusipurr, I understand your position of wait and see. However EA is Microsoft tier in terms of tyranny in my personal standing, so I’m unwilling to take a neutral stance towards them.
]]>That is why he’s content to sit back and give both EA and Microsoft the benefit of the doubt time and again. He’s a nice guy, but that’s what makes him a bit of a sucker.
]]>I still wish that he’d view this Xbone situation with more gravity than he’s currently assigning it though. We’re facing not a question of good games and fanboyism, but a potential window into unprecedented privacy invasion. As well as a relegation of game ownership to more of a long term subscription model. This is not a time to be blinded or wowed by technological possibilities, it’s a time to look ahead and see how this can quickly devolve into a very negative chain of events.
You really only need to look at Google to see how the camera/mic combo can go wrong. The FBI and CIA have demanded information on individuals gathered by their Google searches and online activity through them. Do you think they won’t do the same of Microsoft if it becomes a household norm?
]]>He will buy and defend the Xbone up until the point where Microsoft does something to it that he doesn’t like (because it effects him personally), and then he will turn on it – with the sincere belief that everything was fine up to that point, but now everything is ruined!
]]>That said, c’mon Chris. Don’t support the Xbox One. Even if it’s for the purpose of having access to a triple A game, it’s still akin to giving Microsoft the thumbs up that they can pretty much do what they want with no consequences. There’s times you just have to draw a line, even if it hurts you, and this is clearly one of those instances. Don’t let corporate greed score a victory this major. Otherwise gaming in another decade may be something we don’t even have a stake in. A bit of an extreme statement, but looking at how alien the developerscape is today compared to last decade, I don’t think anything is out of the question.
Also, I support ‘Xbone’ as the official derisive tag for MS’s new monstrosity. I’m absolutely terrified that this thing will somehow be accepted and set the groundwork for a gaming world that’s essentially one big subscription model, complete with intrusive, privacy-violating hardware. At this point I can only hope the notorious gamer rage collective works in our favor for once. But hey, it doesn’t seem to have done so in the past, so why get my hopes up?
Anyways, great show this week. I was really looking forward to hearing you lot tear into MS, and I was not disappointed.
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