Quote Originally Posted by Aulayna View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
It's also amazing that Sony's shares shot up 10% after they showed games and MS didn't.
Most of which has already dropped off again and they're back down to similar trading value as they were before Microsoft's press conference. Even with that 10% increase Microsofts shares were still 10% higher than Sony's at that point in time. It's completely anecdotal evidence.
Actually, they're still up 6-7% at the time I'm making this post, so I'm not sure how "most has already dropped off" - 3% isn't most. MS is still higher, certainly, but a 6-7% increase is a substantial change. To whoever said it's because of things aside from the conference, I'd love to know what those things were that happened at the exact same time as the conference.

I don't buy Xbox Live on a yearly basis, Danielle and I never know if we're going to be interested so we paid it month-by-month. £9 each per month at GAME. You're right that I could get it for less, apologies for any confusion, I was going by what I would pay for a month and then simply multiplying it. With two people having to pay in order for us to both go online on the one console (which is stupid, by the way), it kind of sucks balls that we have to pay for something which is 100% free on the PS3. Anyone who thinks that Xbox Live is still leaps and bounds ahead of PSN hasn't been keeping up with PSN's improvements over the years.

For the Smart TV thing, I'm not even talking about Smart TV, I'm talking about on demand services available from Virgin, Sky and others. I'm not really sure how this thing compares, but it's not something I care about in my console because I don't use my console to watch TV. I use Sky.

As for Skype, I can only really say what appeals to me, and I have no interest in video calling people while I game. If other people do, I'm sure this is a great thing for them, but I seem to recall something similar being punted out on the PS4 (and I didn't care for it on the PS4, either).

You're right - it'll be the games that make the difference, but the developers will make the games for the consoles that sell big. Do I want to have to buy two consoles? No. I'm honestly hoping one or the other crashes and burns, and based on what I've seen, I'm kind of hoping it's the Xbox One because the PS4 so far seems a lot more interesting to me. If they both succeed, I'll probably buy both but I don't expect to be playing online on the Xbox One if I have to pay to do so. That's just such an archaic model to me when PC gaming online has always been a free thing, as with PS4 online gaming, and for me they all deliver an even experience. If the PS4 starts charging for it's network, too, I'm gonna be gutted. But yeah, we'll just have to wait for E3. The good thing for MS is they don't have to do as much to improve on what they've already shown, while Sony got a positive reaction from gamers and it'll be interesting to see how they can top that. Easier to improve when you're low than when you're high, after all.