Microsoft Setting Up To Answer Sony?

http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/02/22/xbox-event-website-registered

XboxEvent.com has been registered!! This is certainly a shot across the bow! I think Xbox will be announcing the Durango/720 in the coming weeks!

This holiday season is going to be good for gamers!!

I wouldn't exactly call it great. I promised my daughter I'd get her the new X box when it came out and I'm definitely getting the ps4. Looks like I'm already dropping a G just on me and my daughter alone this Christmas.

Rumor has it that the PS4 will come in 2 skus. $429 & $529. I figure I'll drop about $700-800 on it at launch. The $529 PS4, an extra controller and 1-2 games. The Xbox will have to wait for a while.

Of course if Xbox wows me, I'll get that system and the PS4 will wait.

Yeah... I predict that most people will remain loyal to their platform for next gen. XBL & PSN will act like Trojan horses. I'm a level 15 trophy hunter in PSN and I barely have 6,000 gamer score in XBL.

But if Xbox does something spectacular, I could get it first and the PS4 can wait until I get some more $$$.

That's the primary reason why I refused to buy a PS3 and won't buy a PS4. I'll continue to stick with PC gaming.

If Microsoft manages to make the next console backwards compatible they will score a major plus over Sony, people being able to migrate their libraries across.

I hope they do. I would be very depressed if I couldn't go back and play Jet Set Radio Future, Jade Empire and GTA San Andreas on my 360 every so often. My library of 360 games is larger than my XBox1 library and my 360 is still a loud launch model, so please MS, let the next XBox be backwards compatible too.

My copy of Magna Carta for the PS2 just sits and collects dust because I won't buy another PS2 for just one game. While I might buy another 360 since my library is larger, I'd rather not have to.

Exactly!! The exotic architecture if the PS3 is what made the backwards compatibility for PS4 too expensive.

The truth is that of the launch PS3's that were BC, the feature was only used 5% of the time. I plan to hold in to my PS3 when I buy my PS4, but as far as I'm concerned, old games are... Well... Old games. Showe the new hotness!!

It was kind of a big deal for the XBox since Halo 2 could run on the 360 at launch, so they were able to carry over quite a loyal following of online gamers. XBox Live was crucial to the 360's success.

There are just some games that are so good, they deserve a good replaying every now and then. Personal taste may vary, but I'd compare it to re-reading a favorite book.

I wonder if their next console will have as many red rings as their previous one. M$ should just outsource their manufacturing to Samsung. Then at least people will know they be getting good hardware.

PC Gaming FTW!

Not gonna lie, i went out an bought a used PS2 just to replay Kingdom Hearts and KH2. I switched to Microsoft after not all PS3s were backwards compatible. I'll switch again to PC if both companies end up fucking it up this time (or get a Wii and booze).

Why didn't you buy a PS3 when they were backwards compatible?

I was poor when they came out. Plus, I tend to stay away from new consoles for 6-12 months for the launch bugs.

Correct. If memory serves, when the PS3 debuted, there were two versions. 20GB and 40GB. The initial run of the 40GB version was the one that was backwards compatible. But, again, if memory serves, it was produced for six months or less.

Yup. I waited about a year to get my PS3 (I only wanted if for FFXIII), and by then they'd phased out BC and added more memory.

My 60GB one is fully PS2 compatible.

Well there you go...

Xbox 720 reveal scheduled for May 21st!!

http://majornelson.com/

Metro.

Just a few weeks away from E3. I think they had to retool and repackage their reveal based in what Sony did.

I'm also hearing rumors of a second PS4 event. At this point, they should just do it at E3.