Thanks for writing this up and articulating something that I think has been increasingly... complicated. As you pointed out - this isn't necessarily a 'right vs wrong' or 'causes violence' conversation. The questions are closer to: what direction are we pushing gaming and how do our choices, voice and wallet pave the…

You know what, I have a question, Dr. Nerdlove. So many of these questions that you address boil down basically to "I treat women like objects, but they don't react like objects. Why?" That is to say, so many of your answers end up needing to include baseline information like "He's not your competition because this…

That first quote is absolutely right. It's in peoples nature to want to stick to the same formula because its comfortable, but that stops advancement. I dont think that applies necessarily to Xbox-One, But its in my opinion the leading problem with media today.

And so, Initial D drifts quietly into the sunset.

Microsoft's 180 on region-locking basically proves, beyond a doubt, that there's no real utility to it anymore. One month before they made the reversal, they were feeding the same excuses to the media. There's no way that they could have invalidated any those excuses in the period of a month if they were being legit…

Here is the thing.
People complain about Nintendo using the big three IPs to move sales.
People demand that Nintendo make new IP's.
This comes from gaming journalists and gamers alike.
Nintendo comes out with Wonderful 101. New IP under Nintendo, everyone says it's not enough to get a WiiU.
Pikmin comes out. Hasn't had a…

Disappointing that MS has done a pretty shitty job selling some of the innovations they are trying.

I am among those futurists. I was really looking forward to seeing what the Xbox One could do. I feel like a lot of features, such as cloud computing, will be put to the way side because now players can play Xbox One games without a stable internet connection. I mean, it's great for people that don't have internet or…

Xbox One innovations:

"If you're in a situation—I'll go to an extreme—where you can't connect to the Internet, you can't tether to your phone, you have no Internet connection, the Xbox One isn't going to be the box you want to buy. Because the box, it's similar... I'm not making fun of anybody else's product, but if you think about an…

Dear Microsoft:

Exactly. Honestly, XB1 could've saved itself a hell of a lot of trouble if it nixed physical copies entirely. Nobody asks why someone can't lend out their Steam games, no one asks why someone can't lend someone else their copy of Ocarina of Time they bought on the Wii virtual console. The act of still having it…

Same. I can't really respect an MMO that has nothing a player can do on his/her own. Demanding socialization at all times just isn't human nature.

Hello Mr. Viral Marketer, Microsoft is all out in their reputation management blitzkrieg I see.

You bring up the main reason I see PS4 doing the same thing, which is why I'm not holding my breath. Good comment.

Absolutely none of what you said requires an always-on connection and in fact all of it is available on current gen consoles. The simple fact of the matter is that an always-online (or let's call it forced-online) console incurs absolutely zero benefits against an optionally-online device.

Not quite. Microsoft announced that publishers will have the option to let you trade your games in if they want to.