Cynics - Are You Swayed?

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Edited By Seppli

Poll Cynics - Are You Swayed? (576 votes)

Yes - I'm hyped for the new generation! 37%
Nope - I'm still cynical and grumpy. New coat of paint, old shit. 53%
Fuck videogames! I'm out. 12%

I've been pissed at people for being negative about the new generation for the longest time. The lack of imagination and enthusiasm drove me up the wall. Just wait and see I said over and over again. The wait is finally over! Eat your hearts out cynics.

I can't fathom that there's still a videogames enthusiast out there, that's not positively hyped for these new boxes from the second the Konami logo came on at the beginning of the MS conference. By the time that trailer was done, my smile was so wide, it's been borderline grotesque, and I fear it might be permanent. Microsoft frenched my butthole good with their showing, and I think the whole industry will do just as great a job at showing me a good time today.

You are hyped too, aren't you? Or do you want to tell me otherwise?

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I don't appreciate being called a "cynic" because I'm not ready to throw down 500 bones and ignore BS DRM for what Microsoft had shown. Some of it was impressive, but none of it was worth the price or the baggage.

Agreed, plus the mandatory Kinect bullshit.

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#152  Edited By ExplodeMode

Cynic for next gen? Not yet. Ask me tomorrow.

Cynical about Microsoft? If you want to call it that. Sure, you bet.

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I'm not a pirate. But I will become one.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to that new Assassin's Creed game, too.

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#154  Edited By Freshbandito

@seppli: I think you're confusing people's outrage at their basic consumer's rights being taken away by the left hand of big companies whilst the right hand jingles shiny keys and cooes "espn on your consooooooooole....." for apathy about the next generation.

We'll all find some games that excite our broad collections of tastes at E3 but don't go expecting that us going "oh wow that whole building collapsed! and they showed mirror's edge 2!" to then naturally flow into "That makes me perfectly happy to lose my rights. I'm bent over big business, right here in my ass, that's where you can fuck me and my rights"

People don't develop apathy or cynicism purely apropos of nothing, what we're hearing from microsoft's poorly handled pr and sony's continued silence pre E3 has left people cold about the entire generational lurch. You can't just declare people grumpy cynics and forego asking the question "why are these people upset?" the give and take between consumer and provider is something people need to assess constantly and when the consumer is upset he should voice this whether he thinks Need for Speed Rivals looks like mana from heaven or not.

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Not sure people were expecting. I'm definitely hyped. Lots of good games on the horizon it seems.

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#156  Edited By Tackchevy

Cynics by nature can never be satisfied. That's just how it goes.

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I am optimistic, though the lack of a new Banjo-Kazooie nearly brought me to my knees.

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Ok I'm back sony wins the console wars game over

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XBox One is dead.

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You're alright Sony.

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So with all the arguments about how to pronounce X-Box One, are we going to start seeing XBox OwNEd?

Yeah. That was bad.

Also PS4 at a hundred bux less than the Xbox One? Yup.

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#162  Edited By indiana_jenkins

I'm glad I held off on voting earlier. Sony has saved console gaming.

Sure it's hyperbolic, but not by that much.

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#163  Edited By ajamafalous

Hahaha, man. It's literally not even a competition anymore.

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I wouldn't go as far to say Microsoft's dead out of the water, but Sony sure has the upper hand now right out of the gate. They definitely have to rethink a few things, although I'm not sure they can take back some of that stuff easily.

Edit: I just came across this.

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#167  Edited By Azteck

The Sony show made me really psyched for the coming generation.

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Sony has me back on board. It will allow me to play OctoDad on an HD television. That is day-one for me.

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Buying a PS4 and a Vita. Currently own a PC and an XBox*.

*Used to. Just traded it in for PS4 credit at gamestop.

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Maaaan, I wish I could go back and change my vote. The Sony conference has me genuinely hyped for the first time in ages, from the slams against Microsoft to the incredible support for indie games (hopefully PSN's self-publishing system ends up better than XBLIG did, some curation or promotion of quality would go a long way there), plus the great price point. Even if I'm not interested in the majority of the games that both systems showed, I'm excited to see where gaming goes from here.

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#171  Edited By Red

I don't care so much about the new hardware (yes, there have been some very good looking games shown, but I've been pretty satisfied with the graphics of most games coming out on current systems) but a new console generation means a lot more competition and new IPs. I'm not especially psyched about putting down another $400 for some incremental graphics upgrades, but I am pretty excited for a good creative burst in the industry.

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I was out now im back

PS4 pre ordered. I just wanted the same rights that ive always had and the ability to play games iowed into the forseeable future