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Sakubo:
--- Quote from: halfelite on May 29, 2013, 02:07:14 AM ---looks like MS decision has not effected the sales much already posted blockbuster UK has had more pre orders for xbox one then anything before it.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-breaks-pre-order-records-at-blockbuster/0116237
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That article is pretty useless. I mean first off preorders don't mean anything until a person actually purchases the system. But more importantly they give no numbers. They just announce they have more preorders than any launch in all of blockbusters 24 year history. I dunno about you but blockbuster is the last place I would ever buy a console from. I cant believe there previous preorder history is all that big. Until they give some solid numbers this doesn't mean anything.
ThePlaneJet:
--- Quote from: Sakubo on May 29, 2013, 03:35:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: halfelite on May 29, 2013, 02:07:14 AM ---looks like MS decision has not effected the sales much already posted blockbuster UK has had more pre orders for xbox one then anything before it.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-breaks-pre-order-records-at-blockbuster/0116237
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That article is pretty useless. I mean first off preorders don't mean anything until a person actually purchases the system. But more importantly they give no numbers. They just announce they have more preorders than any launch in all of blockbusters 24 year history. I dunno about you but blockbuster is the last place I would ever buy a console from. I cant believe there previous preorder history is all that big. Until they give some solid numbers this doesn't mean anything.
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Pre-order numbers are important actually. Not to the consumer but to the people making the product. I think they used blockbuster since it's probably the first (only?) place to allow pre-orders at the moment. Strange that people would pre-order so soon though.
Saras:
--- Quote from: halfelite on May 28, 2013, 08:54:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: nstgc on May 28, 2013, 08:40:15 PM ---The biggest problem with your statement is that a console will not, within the foreseeable future, replace a computer. Nor will a tablet for that matter. Also, I seriously doubt that we will have hard core gaming TVs, as specs on those things would have to vary quite a bit, and the market isn't large enough. Besides it doesn't seem that advantageous.
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The tv would not do the hardcore gaming so no need for hardware. Everything would be offloaded to a cloud infrastructure. Sony is saying they are testing cloud gaming of ps3 games on the ps4 for backwards compatibility. So if they can offload ps3 games over a cloud in a couple years anything could be possible. There are pro's and con's to a setup like this. But for someone like MS and SONY you drop the hardware profit loss, you can make all your money either running the cloud systems, Both have extensive libraries for titles, and ads. Its not ment to fully replace a PC because at this point int time you really cant. But in a couple more years it will be possible. IF you look at the pc licensing structure its already on its way to full cloud environments for enterprise class software. where most places are just using dumb terminals, and offloading everything to a datacenter or there own cloud based structure.
The main thing holding back is not everyone has fast enough connections to the web for this. But with LTE push going strong at 13mbit that puts most people in range.
just to further sony is thinking the same thing here is a funny patent from sony.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/30/sony-patent-is-hilarious-terrifying/?iid=obnetwork
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13 mbit over LTE? Lol no.
Think a direct >1gbps, low latency fibre connection, then we'll speaking.
mgz:
--- Quote from: ThePlaneJet on May 29, 2013, 05:15:34 AM ---
--- Quote from: Sakubo on May 29, 2013, 03:35:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: halfelite on May 29, 2013, 02:07:14 AM ---looks like MS decision has not effected the sales much already posted blockbuster UK has had more pre orders for xbox one then anything before it.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-breaks-pre-order-records-at-blockbuster/0116237
--- End quote ---
That article is pretty useless. I mean first off preorders don't mean anything until a person actually purchases the system. But more importantly they give no numbers. They just announce they have more preorders than any launch in all of blockbusters 24 year history. I dunno about you but blockbuster is the last place I would ever buy a console from. I cant believe there previous preorder history is all that big. Until they give some solid numbers this doesn't mean anything.
--- End quote ---
Pre-order numbers are important actually. Not to the consumer but to the people making the product. I think they used blockbuster since it's probably the first (only?) place to allow pre-orders at the moment. Strange that people would pre-order so soon though.
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preorder numbers are important just not from blockbuster IMO, typically they look at BIG stores like bestbuy or gamestop, or amazon etc. You know places go to buy consoles
halfelite:
--- Quote from: mgz on May 29, 2013, 10:00:49 AM ---
preorder numbers are important just not from blockbuster IMO, typically they look at BIG stores like bestbuy or gamestop, or amazon etc. You know places go to buy consoles
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Guess it depends how big of a reseller blockbuster is in the uk. I don't think they have bestbuy chains. Not sure there regular brick and mortar names.
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