The Great Big E3 ThreadFollow

I've found endless enjoyment in the Nintendoland game.

Not like someone didn't just post this at all...


...anyway, my criticism:
I only see that it says EA did not lobby for the policies. That is, Microsoft considered them or designed around it, then asked developers/publishers if they would support such a system. If EA had been the one to lobby, then Microsoft would be implementing the policies out of demand from EA and the like.

I don't know Moore's track record, but he only claims that he, himself, is against used game policies. This means nothing about EA, which as you've said, has been pretty much anti-used games so far.

Yes and no, Ubisoft always wanted the Always online check type DRM which is one of the worst, EA didnt care what kind it was as long as they felt it stopped piracy, leading up to the eventual Online Pass system and Simcity 5

So we might be under the impression that a number of XBone games are exclusives, and they aren't? Wow... That certainly doesn't help them.

Also, regarding the 3DS, I have difficulty justifying the purchase. Nintendo's apple-esque approach to its handhelds annoys me, and I can't handle the 3D feature. I know it's not required, but it just seems crazy to purchase a 3DS when the only real difference is that its a DS that handles 3D. I seriously doubt that any 3DS game, sans the 3D stuff, couldn't actually be played just fine on the DS.

So it just feels like being forced to purchase something for no good reason...

Granted, I want the Fire Emblem game. And Pokemon XY. I imagine I'll live, though.

I Bought my 3DS for Tale of the Abyss 3D, I love that game. I just sold it for moving expenses and I wasnt playing it nearly as much as I would have hoped.

...and activation limits.

I don't use the 3D feature. I can't hate 3D and it makes me nauseous so leave it off all the time. That said, it's still a good system with some good games and more on the way. It can also play DS games and has some older stuff available for cheap in the store. It's also more powerful than a DS. I doubt the DS could have handled Kingdom Hearts or Tales of the Abyss.

Then again my love of the 3DS may also be partly because I travel a lot so a good handheld system is important to me. Who knows?

You cant on an Xbox 360 Proprietary only, For PS3 you would see a small gain in install/delete speed and a tad on loading but it was using Sata 1 at the time.
As for the PS4 maybe , It depends on what Sata they use and how the system itself works with the HDD It could be great or not. Also the XBoner aslo has proprietary HDD , the PS4 again does not.

Edited, Jun 12th 2013 3:37pm by BeanX

Reason I ask is that I just watched a Forza 5 live gameplay video and it had a 30 second load time for the race. That's about the same as last gen and I guess I expected a faster loading time out of this generation.

after researching some (yes i posted first then researched later) i found that in GT5 load times ~halved with an SSD.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/playstation-ps3-ssd-upgrade-loading,11811.html

Well, there's always a chance I'll get it when XY comes out, particularly if there's a sale.

But unless I start commuting via public transport, there just isn't much reason to get one. I drive 3-4 hours a day now, and I barely have time to play any of the massive backlog of games I have now...

Aw man, that's bogus. I seriously can't even imagine, that must be such a bummer.

Lol, no kidding. my 20 minute commute pisses me off.