I used a cold cathode tube for PCs in my lamp:

But it was the outside world lol! Microsoft back pedaling didn't just happen from the outrage on Kotaku... There was hundreds of people outside that did as well.

It really doesn't matter, Microsoft's made its bed as far as I'm concerned. They can show off all the exclusives they want, I'm not touching it. I love gaming and I'd love to continue playing everything but I also love the industry and my hobby enough to understand that this is where I make my stand. If Sony ends up…

This might help you:
"Based on a dual action Out The Front (OTF) Mechanism with a ring driven ratcheting pulley system to index the OTF Mech."

It's quite obvious they are just backtracking on all the things that are making people not to buy it and honestly I would prefer they just admit it, instead of acting like they told all their reps the wrong information. I would respect them more if they came out and just said here is what we have changed based on…

They wanna confuse people, if they did tell the truth, they would be even more massacred than they are being right now.

Publishers will go where the install base is. Developers will develop for what publishers tell them to. And consumers go to the path of least resistance that suits their needs. If the backlash turns into poor sales, it doesn't matter how "great" the DRM is, publishers will go with Sony instead. People vote with their…

All that tells me is that maybe Microsoft themselves aren't totally sure yet......

Here's what changes:

This still means a person could not resell a game on their own through Amazon or eBay, which is not ideal - it basically forces you to go through Microsoft authorized resellers. Ugh.

*sigh* Leave it to Microsoft to give answers that only make me more confused.

Oookaaaay.... And which type of people are willing to pay that much on a video game console? Gamers should be the target audience, right?

Used movies don't generate revenue for movie studios. Used CDs don't generate revenue for music labels. Used books don't generate revenue for book publishers. And so on. There's nothing special about the game industry that it should have a right to gain proceeds from 2nd/3rd/4th hand sales.

Plus, microsoft would have full control, unlike steam who is at constant war with amazon and GMG, among others, even when they're just codes that have to be put on steam. Its not like someone can open up a competing marketplace on the X1.

I've been calling it the Zune 2 around the office. Works for me.

This belongs here.

Not as good as those gifs but i still laughed.

This one is funny too

Part of the problem is Xbox Live Arcade games. While there's plenty of precedent and tech reasons why not to expect the disc games to work, part of the advantage of digital is that you own it forever and don't have to worry about losing it, storing it, etc. Music you bought from iTunes and Amazon back when they first…

I have 90+ Arcade games on a system that will eventually lose online connectivity. If something is going to be purely digital it's the distributor's responsibility to figure out how I'm going to keep my collection. If my NES breaks I still have my cartridges. If my 360 breaks after live is no longer available for it…