Yeah, the whole "We are watching you all the time" aspect of the Xbox One is what is going to make me get the PS4.
Absolutely. I find it insane that people are up in arms over this bullcrap about used games... That's nothing in comparison. Screwing the gamers that way is moronic, sure, but to me the idea that I basically have to have my X-Box connected to the internet 24/7 and the damn thing won't even turn on unless the Kinect is plugged in and running? Give me a goddamn break. Has anyone seen the movie Antitrust? Early 2000s flick. About a fictionalized Microsoft. That tapped into video sent through their OS to spy on programmers and steal their code.
This, the same week the PRISM scandal erupts? The used game BS made it extraordinarly unlikely I'd buy a One, fueled by the fact I haven't turned on my 360 in months in favor of the PS3. I absolutely will not even consider it as long as the Kinect crap is how it is.
Are they really going to spy on anyone with it? Hell no, the crapstorm that would erupt if they were ever found out would bankrupt them in seconds. But could they? Hell yeah they could. Further, who knows what some Anonymous hacker could exploit and end up with access to, or what a shady game dev could add to their game and end up with similar access.
Never mind the fact that with that FISA court the way it is, might not some government agency realize they have a potential 'in' which could net serious intel and even save lives by tapping into it? Worst case it'd require warrants and specifically target someone deserving of being spied on, most likely just paranoid impossible BS - but the fact something like that can even spring to mind shows just how incredibly delusional Microsoft has been with regards to the X-Box One. I'm not sure they've done
anything right so far - oh wait, the Killer Instinct E3 demo was awesome! Rape jokes by a MS employee and all.
An always on camera and microphone in my home hooked up to an always internet connected device + telling me $60 per game nets me nada resale or sharing rights = no f'in thanks.
Add in a PS4 $100 cheaper and with none of this BS? Say hi to Nintendo in the console clearance aisle for me, Microsoft.
Rant over, the PS4 does look pretty spectacular. Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer was incredible. Considering how expensive the PS3 was at Release, I was expecting even worse for the PS4... Some nice news there, even though folks are already speculating that it'll bankrupt Sony and that Sony hadn't even set the PS4's price until this week - basically, their plan was 20% off the XBox One's price.
Poor Nintendo. My idea of epic Zelda news wasn't a 3DS alteration to A Link To The Past. No Metroid news. Poor, poor Nintendo. I'm only glad they didn't release a 'must have' at launch so that I didn't end up buying one. That'd be money down the drain at this point.
