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You f***er, I was just about to post that!!!

By the by, I'll be in LA September 18, Vegas 21st if you want a boozy sesh!

What’s the occasion? If I lived out there I definitely would, but I live between Boston and New York. I was just visiting LA for E3.

And have Fridays off, so my news/rumor speed is difficult to beat. At least that’s what I tell the ladies.
 
What’s the occasion? If I lived out there I definitely would, but I live between Boston and New York. I was just visiting LA for E3.

And have Fridays off, so my news/rumor speed is difficult to beat. At least that’s what I tell the ladies.
I'm hosting a bunch of wig seminars...

...and that is not a joke.

I'll be in New York on October 12.

If any of you kids want to catch up, yell out!

(*If Trump lets me in)
 
I'm hosting a bunch of wig seminars...

...and that is not a joke.

I'll be in New York on October 12.

If any of you kids want to catch up, yell out!

(*If Trump lets me in)

Actually I’m pretty sure I can make that. We’ll have to hash out our business plan for a new Drag Race-esque show that starts with cosbabes and eventually spills over to rich housewives.

But seriously, I’m in. If anyone else is close, feel free to meet up.
 
I'm hosting a bunch of wig seminars...

...and that is not a joke.

I'll be in New York on October 12.

If any of you kids want to catch up, yell out!

(*If Trump lets me in)
I would go, but I am straight.
 
Oh, Bellybama you gonna continue the American Dream and tradition of trying to lose your virginity either before you graduate highschool or in Vegas *cough*orinthephilippines*cough* wear protection ;)


If I’m in town I may be down :)
 
I'd totally go if it was anywhere near here... but it's not... Texas ....

You been to the States before, Belly?
 
I do love the post apocalyptic setting, zombies and post apocalypse almost always make a game better than it really is for me. I'll try it out tomorrow.
 
I know he said that. There isn't anything stopping Sony from doing the same though.
Bruv, NO WAY IN HELL Microsoft looses the power game again. NO WAY! Not after the schlacking gamers and journalists gave them for being "under powered" at the beginning of this gen. Sony'll have a powerful box, but the smart money is on Microsoft topping it by a substantial margin.
 
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Anyone have popping/crackling issues while using headsets plugged directly into the controller? I mean a stereo headset not a mono chat headset. I tried it on 5 different controllers which are all updated and I get the same result. I get NO popping or cracking however when the headset is used on the PC, PS4, cell phone, etc.
 
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I honestly love this mentality. Like movies, your machine will play all of the games in your library. If they go in from the design stage as something built for forward compatibility, then getting "back-compat" would be automatic. Dynamic resolutions, unlocked framerate modes, and LOD and draw distances could go a long way to achieving automatic upgrades in graphics on new systems.

It's very focused on the consumer end value. I like that. I also think- with this talk of streaming- That they will build that capability as a feature into their consoles, but that it will be for streaming content from your box to your smaller devices. That should help with the hub-proximity issue. It would also free up server-side computing resources for those that do chose to engage in a streaming service.

I still don't think that tech would be feasible as a replacement for hardware at home, but it could work for those that can accept the degraded experience in order to have it on the go.

It makes me believe even more that this notion of "no more generations" has been either poorly communicated or taken the wrong way by some, the One S/X aren't going to play games made for the new gen machine IMO but the new gen machine will be backwards compatible they'll just call it something else. I'm sure early on for both the next Playstation and Xbox that a lot of games will just be current gen versions with patches to improve them but once games start being made for those "new gen" consoles they won't work on the older consoles.
 
Anyone have popping/crackling issues while using headsets plugged directly into the controller? I mean a stereo headset not a mono chat headset. I tried it on 5 different controllers which are all updated and I get the same result. I get NO popping or cracking however when the headset is used on the PC, PS4, cell phone, etc.
I use two different stereo headsets on my Xbox with various controllers and mine seem to be fine.

Does it do it with multiple controllers?
 
My controller seems to have issues, ever since I got it, with the headset, it’s the Forza edition Xbox. It kinda makes makes the pop and crackles only if the male port is all the way, I gotta prop it out a bit with my nail I order for it to work :(

Can’t say anything about the x since it’s still in the box that it was delivered in :’( lol soon though soon.
 
Bruv, NO WAY IN HELL Microsoft looses the power game again. NO WAY! Not after the schlacking gamers and journalists gave them for being "under powered" at the beginning of this gen. Sony'll have a powerful box, but the smart money is on Microsoft topping it by a substantial margin.

I'm going with whatever one's more powerful. You?
 
Bruv, NO WAY IN HELL Microsoft looses the power game again. NO WAY! Not after the schlacking gamers and journalists gave them for being "under powered" at the beginning of this gen. Sony'll have a powerful box, but the smart money is on Microsoft topping it by a substantial margin.

Agreed. I don’t think MS will ever lose the ‘power war’ again (although I don’t think we have too many generations left anyways). Although if they launch at the same time, they will probably be so close in power it won’t really matter.

Lots of people here have spoke of diminishing returns going forward, and based off the cost of components, I doubt there will be a significant difference in performance.

The biggest thing MS will have going for them at launch is all of your current games will be playable on Day 1, for free. And hopefully a few good launch titles.
 
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I use two different stereo headsets on my Xbox with various controllers and mine seem to be fine.

Does it do it with multiple controllers?

Yes, it does it with all 6 that i own, it also does it with other headsets, and I confirmed with my girlfriend who has my old One S with the official Xbox One headset that she has crackling and popping noises as well.

I just played over 3 hours straight of PS4 with a buddy and had 0 crackling/popping issues with the headset.
 
I don’t think MS will ever lose the ‘power war’ again

They better not. Power is the only tangible advantage they've ever had. Sony has the games on lock. It's going to take another generation for Microsoft to get rolling first party wise. Assuming they're even serious this time.

It took Sony nearly three generations to get their first party studios pumping out quality games. 08-09 of the PS3, for my money, is the first couple years where it was like wow Sony has some talented devs. I haven't felt that way about Microsoft once. Way too much reliance on third party stuff.

As long as Microsoft has the power advantage they'll be fine. They got gutted this gen because not only was there a lack of games but they didn't have the power advantage. Some like to say it was only because they lost the power advantage for a few years there but that's wrong. If they don't bring games from the start, they have no shot next gen.
 
If they don't bring games from the start, they have no shot next gen.

I think they will. Seems to me they're getting their ducks lined up. It took them a whole generation to right the ship, but it's looking good for 2020.

I think next gen is going to be a real battle, at least in US and UK. Europe is so committed to Sony, I don't know how much that will budge. Unless Sony pulls another boner. It's their turn in the ABP (alternating boner program).*

*cue Belly for joke about alternating boners.
 
I think they will. Seems to me they're getting their ducks lined up. It took them a whole generation to right the ship, but it's looking good for 2020.

I think next gen is going to be a real battle, at least in US and UK. Europe is so committed to Sony, I don't know how much that will budge. Unless Sony pulls another boner. It's their turn in the ABP (alternating boner program).*

*cue Belly for joke about alternating boners.

All true.

Maybe Sony’s ‘boner’ (odd though, you’d think ‘floppy wiener’ would be a more embarrassing term), if there is one, will be assuming they don’t have to do anything else. Like continuing with great SP games, but also no cross-play, no GP/EAA, no free BC, etc.

I realize MS has been making so many moves because they have to, and maybe Sony really does just need to steer the course and they’ll continue to dominate.

But I think at the very least, based on what we currently know, MS will probably gain at least some of their market share back next gen . Possibly a large amount.
 
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Yeah I remember when Sony was putting out s*** like the Getaway. It takes time to build studios once you’re serious about it. Management kind of fukced the Xbox division this go around.
 
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