Except it wasn’t really solid hardware until the X came out. It cost more and was less powerful the the PS4 for a long time. The S and X really helped them a lot. Microsoft really messed up this generation. 

Microsoft has never sold a console at a loss, neither has Nintendo, the PS3 is one of the only examples of this strategy. 

You can’t rent out Disney Passes, you have to present ID. A lot of the hotels here will give you discounted tickets because they get them for promotional use. Any of the discount kiosks basically just get you normal price tickets that you an get from Disney themselves. Also fast passes come with every ticket, everyone…

Ok, and VR is still like a newborn in the tech realm. 

I am totally down for Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2... though I am not sure how you can make a sequel to Overwatch, add a full co-op campaign? Nah I better not get my hopes up. 

PS3 had some awesome games when it came out, Ridge Racer, Resistance, some jack and slash Dynasty Warriors style game that wasn’t actually dynasty warriors, Madden. It was a decent launch, unfortunately the 360 had an entire year on the market to build a back catalogue at that point. 

I think that just means you don’t get any games but if you buy the new Assassin’s Creed you can play it with no monthly fee... after you buy their controller and a chromecast.

My One S does indeed output 4K HDR (but it only renders at 1080p), came with Minecraft and a bunch of DLC, 1 month of Xbox Live Gold, and 1 Month of Game Pass. Black Friday price of $140. And there is Zero input lag on an Xbox. 

I got my Xbox One S Minecraft bundle on Black Friday for $140. 

I have a chrome cast and if I could hook up a PS4 or Xbox one controller to try this out I would, but since I have to buy a $70 controller just to see if this would even work there is a zero percent chance I will even try it. 

I’m not worried about blurry ness, I am worried about input lag. There is no way this works well. 

Right? If you are traveling and want to game who the bell (edit: this was a typo but I’m leaving it) isn’t buying a switch over this?

The Xbox One S has 4K output and a 4K HDR Blu-ray player. It might not run games at 4K but neither will 90% of the US based on those Mbps charts in the article. 

So what happens to all the games you buy when google decides to shut this down in a year or two?

But the $12 a month doesn’t include all the games, it is just like Xbox live where you get a few free games, but I bet every big game will be buy separately until google gets desperate, and then you lose everything when google shuts this down in a year or two, like google does with everything. 

You know they are sure going to try. I heard they have something like 15 in house games to announce this year. Whether those are full AAA games or small little bite sized games we don’t know, I am just hoping for more Halo MCC PC news and a Fable reboot announcement hopefully also on PC. 

I agree with everything you said except for VR being dead. VR is in its infancy, and has so much potential and growth left. 

It was NOT a sudden turn, if you feel that way you are bad at paying attention. It has been building slowly and then she snapped. 

I thought it had more to do with a contract with Microsoft. But I have been wrong before. 

It isn’t about the money saved for the company, it is about the compromise for the consumer.