Unless instead of selling it for an upfront price of 400$ like a traditional console, they sell it as a 50$ monthly subscription that includes Netflix or other services, like the phone business model, which makes a lot of sense with their Media Center/Service approach.
People hated steam when the service first started, but eventually Valve was able to offer a great service and earned the respect of PC gamers. Mircosoft has a lot of work and proving themselves to do before people want to give up their discs and offline play.
But don't you see? They're all services. They're only seen as products because they've been fixed to proprietary media and devices. Content is clearly a form of speech and you can't call speech a product, but speaking is a service. Yes, providing a service does put control in the hands of the one performing the service,…
Why bother giving your money to someone that doesn't converge identical services? I won't blow more money just because the networks practice market segmentation so they can charge you multiple times for the same service. I have the internet, it's all I need. If they can't serve me through that medium, then they don't…
True. But I'm still concerned about the cost of the system, and how badly that might limit the expansion of its early user-base. I honestly think that hte PS4 as well as the Wii U stand a better chance of gaining a solid foothold. XBox Live has been the XBox's strength for some time. But going forward I could see it…
So how do you guys feel about the ads here on polycount then? PS3 had ads as well. It is a way to keep the costs of the services down. Servers, customer service. It all costs money. Advertisers pay good money to get on here. Honestly I ignore most of it as it is no bother but look around. You will find ads everywhere.…
Overlord you crack me up. What are you going to do when the Internet goes down? Or services are closed (for literally whatever reason) *oh no I have had this argument before.