Katkillad

You are incorrect about netflix, they said it is available at launch.

No new monster hunter no thanks.

No you guys don't get it, games like angry birds are leading the downfall of the consoles! Why would I spend $60 dollars on a game when I can pay $1 dollar for angry birds on my Iphone??? Source: CNN games journalism.

I voted for the candidate you don't like.

no

See what you have dont Patrick, i hope you are happy :(

If this website endorses a candidate i'm done.

What's up with the GDC article? What happened that they had to make a post warning people?

Yes let's keep pointing out and complaining about the hard drive space. I am upset the Wii U doesn't have 250gb hard drive and costs $100 dollars more because of it. If only there was a way to use our own external hard drives for the Wii U which would be cheaper for consumers...

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@hookem1883 said:

This article represents a lot of my recent problems with this site. Patrick, as others have written, you need to step up your game. I know you probably don't have access to a copy editor (it's a position that doesn't make money, so why have one), but you are a professional writer. Have respect for your craft. With regard to the article itself, what's the point? There's an army of revenue managers at Microsoft who have crunched the numbers, and determined that the non-game stuff makes more money. They know that more promotional space for Mark of the Ninja isn't going to make any difference to the bottom line. This article treats a numbers decision like it's an unfortunate XBL glitch or oversight. It's business. This article, as well as your article on Steam's Project Greenlight, comes across as merely a means to post something rather than an attempt at real journalism. We can get complaints from developers about Microsoft or Steam's policies on Twitter - don't settle for being an aggregate source. You can do better. I know it.

The point is, people are paying a monthly/yearly subscription to play video games on a video game console. The added media center options are nice and i'm sure some percentage of users might use Xbox360 primarily as a "media center device" and less of a video game console, but i can guarantee they are in the minority.

What value do you get from paying for XBL service? You get to play games online and there are sales, which are a complete joke except the big sale they do at the end of the year. If you compare that to Sony, and i'm thinking completely with business logic as I don't even own a ps3, these are things you don't have to pay for with an option for a premium service that gives you actual video games and video game deals.

Now that is kind of a tired/old comparison at this point, until you factor in how the XBL service has changed. It went from functional, to user friendly and focused on games, and finally to something slightly unrecognizable as primarily a video game service. From a business standpoint, you are right...it's pretty damned brilliant to have people paying a subscription that now focuses on advertisements unrelated to video game content and in many cases replacing updates/notices on games we could potentially be interested in.

This is a video game website and i'm assuming patrick wants what is best to further the industry. With the "indie boom" the relationship between game developer and end user has changed and users are getting more vested in the games they enjoy. So instead of microsoft helping developers with advertisement, instead you get to see a state farm insurance advertisement or MSNBC's funniest clip of the week. It's not good for gaming and that is the point you failed to see.

I think more people should be upset about it, personally if microsoft has a paid service again next console generation i'm not buying into it again, because it's hard to see what value i've got from it when you compare it to PS3 and Steam.