[Sichr]

Hm. I got about 400+ games on my steam account, and some more on gog and gmg. The only reason i bought XB gaypad for PC was Dark Souls PC ed. When I saw GFWL welcome screen I wanted to kill somebody. Good it allows offline mode. The only reason to buy PS3 is Last of us. And I hope they make it playable on PS4, so I can buy my first console ever. Then I'd have to wait for Steambox. So I can avoid Microsoft as much as possible. And, in fact, I love Valve for the same things I hate on MS. Strange.

[Sichr]

Atw its not just angry nerds, but also Gamestop push that made MS to change their plans.

[RHat]

Can you picture Star Trek with people paranoid about the computer constantly listening for commands?  There are microphones and cameras and trackers everywhere.  "Computer, what is Commander Riker's current position?"  Oh, no can do, sorry.  We're too worried about the computer listening in on us and reporting our chat contents to the Federation.

There's a difference between what would be acceptable on what is a craft operating on a military-style chain of command which has a clear and valid security cause to be able to track the positions of people on board (and even then in most cases, before the computer is queried an attempt to contact the person is made) and something in the home where no option is given to you.

[GiraffeShaman]

I'll counter Star Trek with Spaceballs, where the female officer comes on a huge screen in the President's bathroom as he's taking a piss.

[CanRay]

I'll counter Star Trek with Spaceballs, where the female officer comes on a huge screen in the President's bathroom as he's taking a piss.

And looks down. 

[Michael Chandra]

XBone is now the XBox 180, to be abbreviated as XB180 which translates from leetspeak into X-Bibo. So there. =)

[Sichr]

Also MS marketing strategy can be remembered as X-TURN

[Michael Chandra]

Now I'm wondering what a X-Turn would look like. I mean we all know a U-turn, but what would an X-turn be?

[I_V_Saur]

Now I'm wondering what a X-Turn would look like. I mean we all know a U-turn, but what would an X-turn be?

I believe it involves intense stress, and two halves being sent in opposing directions violently. Possibly caused by poor steering.

Ironic.

[Michael Chandra]

Hm... If the origin is the center of the X...

Oh, I know what an X-turn is then. It's when you get quartered with horses. Which fits.

[I_V_Saur]

Hm... If the origin is the center of the X...

Oh, I know what an X-turn is then. It's when you get quartered with horses. Which fits.

...Horses?

I was picturing an X-wing cutting itself in half.

[CanRay]

I was picturing an X-wing cutting itself in half.

So, a Z-95 Headhunter?

[Mirikon]

Until we went to discs, backward compatibility was less than unheard of.  NES>SNES?  Nope. SNES>N64?  Nope.  N64>Wii?  Nope.  The Playstation was the first line to offer backward compatibility, starting with the PS2, but they killed that with the PS3.  The Xbox 360 offered a modicum of backward compatibility, but it was far less than stellar.  Computers are the only place where there's been much in the way of compatibility, and that's because it's not a console limited to a specific form factor.

Maybe on consoles, feeney, but on the Gameboy line, up through the original DS, you could still slap in your old game cartridges and play. All they way back to the original Gameboy games.

[mtfeeney = Baron]

An X-turn is people taking lefts from opposite directions.  And yeah, you could use original gameboy games up through the gameboy advanced.  That wasn't true for the other handhelds though, plus he was talking about consoles.

[The_Gun_Nut]

Backwards compatibility may not have been a big thing previously, when the release of new systems heralded a giant leap in technology, but today it is.  The SNES outclassed the NES in every way, and the N64 put the SNES to shame.  However, while the Xbox 360 is definitely better than the Xbox, and the Xbone is better than the 360, those improvements aren't the giant leaps that occurred in previous consoles.  They also have a HUGE list of titles attached with each one that remain in the hearts of the gamers that played them.

I still have my old SNES, and my old Sega CD-X, and my Dreamcast.  I have games for them, and I've played them and had fun with them.  But if someone made a system that let me play all my old games on one system, and added a bunch of new games to the mix, then I would be VERY, VERY INTERESTED.

Just something to think about.