What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?

[Lauren]

This is actually pretty good on me.

[FlipMode]

That awkward moment when my dad messages me on FB and I have to reply because he'll know I've seen it......crap

Dude I'd never have my family on Facebook for that reason. Took me 21 years to get the buggers out of my life, let alone adding them on there.

^LOL what's happening?

They've made some very poor decisions about the Xbox One. An Amazon poll says 95% of people polled will be buying PS4 instead, and, more amusingly, since the system will only be functional in 21 countries at launch and requires an internet connection at least once a day, the military is very opposed to it and are outraged, so many of them won't be buying it either. Basically they're losing customers for making their stuff suck.

Yeah well those people are uneducated fools in regards to gaming. Cloud gaming IS the near future, MS are going there full pelt while Sony are tiptoeing around it to please consumers and indie developers... which obviously is going to work for now, but it won't last long.

[Shadowfax]

Not sure wether to go read in bed or carry on writing this fic? Hmm...

[Regulus]

Cloud gaming IS the near future

I beg to differ. As soon as a game becomes outdated, and thus no longer profitable, the game dies if can only be played online. That's it. It's gone forever.

Are you seriously telling me that is the future of gaming?

Edit: Sorry if that seems a bit snappy, but I really find it hard to believe that could gaming is all that great for anyone other than the publisher.

[Shadowfax]

I'll compromise. Fic till 11.45, then Game of Thrones till 12.30. Sorted

[Buffy]

^Good plan!

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I'd do some reading while this game takes forever to download, but I'm hungry. Let's see if I have the stuff I need to make a peanut butter and jam sandwich.

[FlipMode]

Cloud gaming IS the near future

I beg to differ. As soon as a game becomes outdated, and thus no longer profitable, the game dies if can only be played online. That's it. It's gone forever.

Are you seriously telling me that is the future of gaming?

Edit: Sorry if that seems a bit snappy, but I really find it hard to believe that could gaming is all that great for anyone other than the publisher.

No. you are just misunderstanding what cloud gaming is. Games right now are on 50GB BR discs on consoles... Guess how much space a game can take up on the Cloud? Unlimited, because it streams via internet. Cloud gaming doesn't mean ONLY playing online, just digital distribution of the games.
And it IS the future of gaming yes, just like it was for music and just like it has started to become for movies, it's taking longer for gaming because they need more bandwidth but if every other media is being distributed via the cloud (which is just an industry term for internet) then how are games NOT going to go the same way? How popular is Steam again?...

Just look at One's DRM for a kick off, the reason you can't play your friend's disc is because you don't need it. You share your games on One via the internet. For instance, all of us here on MLK can share Xbox One games between us if we wanted. It's pretty cool and definitely more of an actual innovation than what Sony are doing.

[Shadowfax]

Want tea.. But can't be bothered to move! D:

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Ezzzzzzzz!

[AdAstrα]

That awkward moment when my dad messages me on FB and I have to reply because he'll know I've seen it......crap

Dude I'd never have my family on Facebook for that reason. Took me 21 years to get the buggers out of my life, let alone adding them on there.

One of my biggest regrets in life is adding my dad and his girlfriend on Facebook. I'm not even kidding. Her kid stalks me on there, and he's followed me on Spotify now too (I mean who does that? Seriously?)

[Carl]

^LOL what's happening?

They've made some very poor decisions about the Xbox One. An Amazon poll says 95% of people polled will be buying PS4 instead, and, more amusingly, since the system will only be functional in 21 countries at launch and requires an internet connection at least once a day, the military is very opposed to it and are outraged, so many of them won't be buying it either. Basically they're losing customers for making their stuff suck.

Yeah well those people are uneducated fools in regards to gaming. Cloud gaming IS the near future, MS are going there full pelt while Sony are tiptoeing around it to please consumers and indie developers... which obviously is going to work for now, but it won't last long.

Any game that requires online to play is a game I'll never be able to play. Any game that has to be downloaded or streamed is a game I'll not be able to play. Whether that's "the future" of gaming or not, it's unfairly cutting out people who can't afford online play or people who don't have internet in the first place. It's not only rich people who play games and I'm tired of people acting like it. Requiring the internet once a day is bullcrap no matter how you look at it.