I agree. I'm not buying the PS4 either, yet— I will eventually, for both of them, but for now they're just new underpowered consoles relative to the PC. I was really excited about the One, because savvy gamers were already lining up their groups in such a way that they'd be paying for roughly one-tenth of the games…

So, this kills family shares? This kills the idea of trading in downloadable titles? It takes the entire things-the-360-CAN'T-do aspect of the console, throws it out the window, and makes it a PS3?

I'm honestly more excited about the family share feature than I am about any other single thing about the One or the PS4 (although my "who won E3" answer is Nintendo, just because OMG WII U GAMES FINALLY!)... I know I'll have a little group of friends, sharing our game experiences and libraries, and it'll allow me to…

I'm cool with these changes— I just wish they'd ban achievements that can be rendered impossible (like some of the NBA Live achievements about playing together with so many other players simultaneously).

I'm actually more excited about the Xbox One than I am for the PS4. I'll buy both eventually, of course, but Sony didn't bring any exclusives that I care about (I'm burned out on Infamous and Killzone is meh to me) so when Quantic Dream hit the ground running on PS4 (or if Team Ico EVER hit the ground on any platform…

I feel the same way, but about the label button in portrait on phones. I wish I could replace the move to folder button with label. Le sigh.

I didn't think that the backwards compatibility issue would be a big one, but it's proving to actually be a bigger issue than the whole online/used things, just because of XBLA. I didn't realise it but I have a LOT of arcade/indie titles and that's a lot of sunk costs I'm out of (because I don't want to keep my 360…

Then you are luckier than the rest of us. And I'm happy for your good fortune. It happens!

I suppose I can understand the line between wanting to be online and being made to be, but for me it's never been an issue. We're all different, I guess.

These answers are, by and large, amusingly idiotic. For a thread designed (I assume) to actually provide a little elucidation in case the folks in Redmond are listening, a whole mess of you decided to use the opportunity to shit the bed.

The aspects of the system that seem to be bothering most folks don't much bother me at all. Online checks? Steam's had them for years, and the sun still comes up. The used thing? Well, games are expensive enough now, but doing a little work on CAG always seems to yield new titles for around $35 or $40 pretty close to…

I wasn't referring to the online requirement. I was referring to Sony's very noncommittal response about having a similar system in place regarding playing used games. They have stopped well short of saying the PS4 will simply play used games the same way the PS3 does, and when pressed on the issue Sony's PR have…

I'm uncertain I get how it's nonsense. Obviously you're not entirely against the idea of "offline mode" and online checks, because Steam— which you admit to using— uses the same.

Sony hasn't exactly confirmed they aren't doing this, friend. They have, so far, danced around the issue in ways that specifically allow them space to spring this exact thing on people. I really, really doubt Microsoft did this for publishers out of the goodness of their hearts. Things like this happen, generally, as…

• Survey Question One: If the Xbox One must use the Internet but can run online, then I will accept an offline gaming mode that lasts as little as ________ hours/days/weeks/months. (Put N/A if you are sure you would simply never accept such a mode.) I've thought about it, and I'll buy the system anyway (just as I bought…

I don't really care so much about GameStop because, really, fuck them, but this puts a massive hurt on Redbox and GameFly. And that's too bad.

MicroCenter has a very, very weird price matching policy. They'll price match a reasonable number of online retailers— and do so in some instances preemptively (frequently against NewEgg)— but getting approval to do it is an extreme hassle. But they will not, ever, go below their "employee purchase price" on an item,…

Buy them an OLPC. Trolololol.

Plus, since Google announced they'd be selling an unlocked S4 running stock Android, it may be a great bet if you can't get your hands on a Nexus 4 (or your carrier is incompatible with it).

Almost every single nomination of the Galaxy Nexus in the original post was for the Verizon version... that much should've been obvious to you. Lifehacker is a primarily American website, and Verizon is the largest American carrier by subscription numbers, and the Galaxy Nexus is the only Nexus device available for…