Peterson has big news --soon

[TheTastyGreek]

Game stop going the way of Blockbuster, Newspapers, and the 45".

New Xbox thread?

[filmerj]

New Xbox thread?

Meh, not necessary. Old man rant done.

[TheTastyGreek]

Meh, not necessary. Old man rant done.

[filmerj]

Microsoft took a page from Adobe CC.

[UNT90]

Nerds.

[Green P1]

Nerds.

Says the guy posting in a thread about women's basketball?

[GrandGreen]

Says the guy posting in a thread about women's basketball?

You have to be a nerd or female to comment on girl's basketball?

[oldguystudent]

You have to be a nerd or female to comment on girl's basketball?

Well, I am a total lesbian at heart.

[UNT90]

Says the guy posting in a thread about women's basketball?

But I wasn't commenting about girls basketball.

But you did.

Nerd. ;-)

[MCMLXXX]

Perhaps she will be the something like an Akeem Olajuwan, except in a skirt.

[H-towngreen]

I remember hearing something about a big time recruit once. Wonder what ever happened with that.....

[H-towngreen]

Still waiting......

[UNTcrazy727]

What's the point of having an Xbox right now if its not connected to the Internet? I get some of the other complaints, but the Internet one just seems stupid. Unless, you live somewhere without an Internet connection, which means your life really sucks.

[TheTastyGreek]

What's the point of having an Xbox right now if its not connected to the Internet? I get some of the other complaints, but the Internet one just seems stupid. Unless, you live somewhere without an Internet connection, which means your life really sucks.

I'm very old school. I still have an original generation machine (no direct HDMI outputs, no wi-fi adapter) that's plugging along. When I want to be online with it, I connect a network cable in the back. And when I don't, I don't have to be.

I think the complaining about mandatory online connection is less about inconvenience (though it is a major deal for some people in places with spotty connections or limited broadband access) and more about the fact it feels like a trojan horse to screw people out of ownership over the games they buy. PC games are basically just licenses, and that's what's going to happen with consoles, too. And I hate it.

[mgfan]

I have read that a constant connection on line isn't true.... but they are looking at once every 24hrs. I also read that if you borrow or buy a used game you will have to buy an activation code. I

wasn't impressed with with the new console. I don't need something to change my channel for me or be able to surf the web. My current x box can surf the web and I never use it. I feel like they are

forgetting what they are making and focusing more on an all in ONE (hence the name). AND IT IS BS THE CONSOLE ISN'T BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE.

*** none of these are confirmed but if they are I will not be buying a new x box..... PS4 here i come

[Andrew]

This is what we are talking about... O brother. I thought I was old at 26 to be playing vide games and i am working on putting it away. We have 30 and 40 year olds playing video games like crazy.... Now my eyes are open I suppose.... Stick to the idoit box.

Edited May 28, 2013 by Andrew

[Andrew]

Back on topic does anyone know when we may hear the big news?

[Shuke-D]

This is what we are talking about... O brother. I thought I was old at 26 to be playing vide games and i am working on putting it away. We have 30 and 40 year olds playing video games like crazy.... Now my eyes are open I suppose.... Stick to the idoit box.

Yeah. I mean, being a grown man and getting on a computer to pretend you are someone you're not, that you have special knowledge and abilities and can do things that you can't in the real world. Who does that?

[GrandGreen]

Obviously the news is not soon, and I really hope that it actually turns out to be good. All of this could have been a fiendish plot to mysteriously create a thread about gaming.

[UNT90]

Obviously the news is not soon, and I really hope that it actually turns out to be good. All of this could have been a fiendish plot to mysteriously create a thread about gaming.

Interesting. Peterson is older, bit does wear sweater vests.

And nothing screams Nerd like a good sweater vest.

[forevereagle]

AND IT IS BS THE CONSOLE ISN'T BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE.

It is? Backwards compatibility is the exception, not the rule. The 360 was barely backwards compatible. Go back into the history of gaming consoles and see that it is pretty rare. What is the big deal? Are you going to trash your current system when you buy the new one? Are you really that likely to play those games frequently enough to warrant it? They could do it, but it would require a lot more cost to you.

[TheTastyGreek]

It is? Backwards compatibility is the exception, not the rule. The 360 was barely backwards compatible. Go back into the history of gaming consoles and see that it is pretty rare. What is the big deal? Are you going to trash your current system when you buy the new one? Are you really that likely to play those games frequently enough to warrant it? They could do it, but it would require a lot more cost to you.

I didn't expect it to be for discs... But if I had spent a lot of money on Xbox live games and now faced the prospect of buying them all over again... I can see why people are upset about that.

[TheTastyGreek]

Obviously the news is not soon, and I really hope that it actually turns out to be good. All of this could have been a fiendish plot to mysteriously create a thread about gaming.

Systems come out in fall... Will our Big Soon News happen first?

[CMJ]

Systems come out in fall... Will our Big Soon News happen first?

[UNT Five&Dime]

You guys are silly. Here's the answer to all your problems: