Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

o1s1n

I have no words, other than 'holy ****!'

the groutch

I think if I had that I'd never leave, and just sleep on the pool table.

o1s1n

Maintenance would be a bastard! I'd say as soon as you got your broken ones fixed, more would break!

Still, a small price to pay for the sheer amazing feeling you'd get walking down into that basement. Imagine the sound

By the way, look at all those balltops... :pac::pac:

Kenjataimu

Here is another similar post robbed from reddit
Not as flash but still good.

http://imgur.com/a/vbx9a

The Last Bandit

So 'XBOX One' eh - coming to A&R in the next 8- 10 years...

Retr0gamer

But what do we call the first XBox now!

The Last Bandit

Retr0gamer wrote: »

But what do we call the first XBox now!

SH1TE.

DinoRex

Half hour in and the only games they have shown are the dull EA sports games so far.

johnny_ultimate

I'm sitting on a bus just chuckling at 'Xbox One'. Ridiculous name.

DinoRex

Quantum Break seems to rely on FMV sequences. It's 1995 all over again!

johnny_ultimate

A Halo TV series, because the plot was the best thing about Halo.

DinoRex

I've heard that Microsoft is also working hard to bring Heroes back to their TV service.

o1s1n

So '360' was so it didn't sound inferior to Playstation 3... now they've decided to go all out and give it the same name as a 12 year old console?

Me confused!

johnny_ultimate

o1s1n wrote: »

So '360' was so it didn't sound inferior to Playstation 3... now they've decided to go all out and give it the same name as a 12 year old console?

Me confused!

You can rest comfortably in the fact that, going by the evidence, this console is not aimed at the kind of gamer who posts in an arcade & retro forum. Actually, its not really aimed at gamers at all.

Jack burton

did someone say the one

DinoRex

The new Call of Duty has a dog in it. They'll probably have to pay royalties to Peter Molyneux.

Retr0gamer

DinoRex wrote: »

I've heard that Microsoft is also working hard to bring Heroes back to their TV service.

Now there's a pandora's box that really should have remained closed after season 1.

That was excpetionally poor. And people give out about the WiiU. At least it has good game son it and interesting games on the way.

o1s1n

Google image search - Xbox One - original console.
Bing image search - Xbox One - new console.

I see Microsoft are overwriting history already :eek:

DinoRex

The only positive thing I can say about the new Xbox is that the controller looks sort of nice, but I'd need a better look at the trigger buttons.

Retr0gamer

So the 360 was called the 360 because MS thought people would look at the Xbox 2 and think it was less powerful than the PS3. Now the new Xbox is the XBox One?

Jack burton

Controller does look pretty slick.

I do like how a lot of things now are returning to a more basic design. For a few years there everything had to be curves, looks like these big companies are finally discovering the rulers they are thrown in the corner for years.

I'm banking on the iphone 6(?) looking like this

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

So the 360 was called the 360 because MS thought people would look at the Xbox 2 and think it was less powerful than the PS3. Now the new Xbox is the XBox One?

Is there an echo in here?!

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Is there an echo in here?!

Everything is moving so fast I can't keep up.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Everything is moving so fast I can't keep up.

Viagra is the solution.

Retr0gamer

So does anyone think the 360 or PS3 will be remembered as classic games machines? I really can't see it myself for the 360, the PS3 I think will be more fondly remembered. I don't see a lot of current gen games really aging well.

o1s1n

We may look back on the 360 in the same light we do the Saturn for shmup ports.

Other than that... Dark Souls and Child of Eden..can't really think of anything else timeless?

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

We may look back on the 360 in the same light we do the Saturn for shmup ports.

Other than that... Dark Souls and Child of Eden..can't really think of anything else timeless?

Bullet hell shooters, meh. The saturn was a much better shmup machine.

Retr0gamer

And pushed out on to the table while people are focused on other matters is this tidbit of information:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407912/microsoft-confirms-pre-owned-fee-for-xbox-one/

Andrew76

Retr0gamer wrote: »

So does anyone think the 360 or PS3 will be remembered as classic games machines? I really can't see it myself for the 360, the PS3 I think will be more fondly remembered. I don't see a lot of current gen games really aging well.

I would have thought the 360 shone brighter than the heap that is the PS3 (and I don't mean the red lights :pac:).

Retr0gamer

Andrew76 wrote: »

I would have thought the 360 shone brighter than the heap that is the PS3.

At the start yes. It had some nice exclusives like Gears of War and third party games run much better. XBLA was a revelation as well with some nice exclusive indie games. In the last few years exclusives on the 360 have dried up while the PS3 has got some really great exclusive content and stepped up their game with PSN. Developers have moved away from XBLA but PSN has still been quite good. I much preferred the 360 but in the last few years the PS3 has been on top by a considerable margin.