Originally Posted by
Kardan
You're saying your PS3 enables you to watch TV when you turn it on? But XB1 is crap for doing so?
What i was meaning was you just press a button and it switches to your tv. And i meant when i turn on my ps3/sky it changes to it automatically.
Words fail me.
D:
And if an XB1 is for playing games not watching TV. Why do you have a PS3? You can browse the internet, watch movies etc. Game consoles are no longer for just playing games. I couldn't even tell you the last game console that could even fit that definition, the PS1 could play music discs!
Microsoft revealed the console and said nothing but tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv and when i got to games it was bloody EA. You don't announce a new GAMES console then start talking about TV.
I'm defending it because the XB1 is getting slack for doing more than games. Every single console in the last few years has done more than play games, it's called evolving... The PS4 will likely have most of the features over the XB1, except this 'Enables you to watch TV instantly' thing (which isn't even available in the UK, so for us two, it's not even relevant?).
I'm not arguing over evolving and doing more features. I'm complaining that they announced it as a new games console and spoke about TV. I'll say it again. TV. It's not in the UK at launch but will be within the next year or so. They way they handled the reveal is all wrong. They were going at it as if the TV function was the Primary reason for buying a the console and not for the games.
I honestly can't see why being able to watch TV from your Xbox suddenly makes it the worst thing in the world? The fact is, if XB1 didn't do it, someone else eventually will. Technology will go that way, look at Google Glass and all that voice automated technology stuff.
People would do it but they would have handled it better than Microsoft. They should have done it as follows
- Talk about the achievements with the 360
- Reveal Xbox
- Talk about the console itself and the new interface
- A Sequel for people to wow over the graphics so Forza for example
- Bring in EA to talk briefly about w.e
- Mention some other features and mention the you can plug in your cable box to watch tv aswell
- Say about exclusives and there new IP's and show a couple of them.
- Call of duty
- Finish on Halo teaser (You tease it so people talk and come E3 when they announce one the 2nd one comes as a suprise)
Well not saying thats perfect but i would rather have watched that then there one.
Oh, and then of course, there's the obvious point. If you don't want to watch TV on your XB1... Don't.
Yup
Fair enough, I can understand all the criticism over Kinect and the price, but because you can watch TV? Really? You can watch iPlayer on your PS3/XB1, that's the same thing, just not live. Shall we get rid of them?
Never worked for me when i tried it so never used it again.