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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I'm sitting here throwing my money at the TV.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The naval combat looks fun. Crashing on stage isn't great though!
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Not sure I can get excited about FF, amazing trailer though
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Am I the only one not seeing Japan listed on the Xbox One supported countries? Really not surprising though, they would never recoup costs even with a huge marketing focus. I'm almost certain the PS4 will be a slow seller there too, they seem to be a mobile/handheld centric market.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I may be wrong, but I don't remember seeing a single thing mentioning WiiU from EA or Ubi. I sure hope thier first party output is amazing or they may be in trouble. I think the Rayman game is WiiU, was supposed to release this spring but they delayed it.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I hadn't heard anything about The Crew or The Division... Nothing else today has been a huge surprise.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The Division looks to be a real system seller for me. First game I've seen that really looked new and interesting. Sure it's a shooter, but it really looks neat. I loved the Defiance game even though it was janky as hell, this looks like a similar idea but more polished.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Yeah I'm in the process of finding a more living room friendly case for my PC, going to set it up as a HTPC and Steam Big Screen mode setup. Everything I'm seeing so far makes me think the PC is really going to shine this gen.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The Crew looks really great. Seems like they are doing something interesting with the genre.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Yeah, for the most part all I'm seeing is the same old shit with slightly better IQ. Especially the AAA stuff... The only thing that looks halfway inventive is Titanfall, and even then it's just more of an evolution and combination of different IP's and not so much real innovation. I'm not...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    If Sony can come out the gate at 399 or lower I think they have this in the bag... Only thing that worries me is Sony's financial situation. They can't afford to sell at a loss I don't think. What time is thier conference ?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I'm a big car and motorsports fan, go to track days when I can and just love cars. Most of the ppl I know that are hardcore GT or Forza fans are car guys first, gamers second. If I didn't love cars, I would think it is pretty boring too. Most ppl don't give a shit about driving a Porsche GT3...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Forza is the only thing that could push me towards buying at launch, and with so much stuff to play even right now I can't justify a purchase for 1 game plus the shitty DRM. Titanfall looked insanely bad ass though, may wait til that comes out. Ok Sony! It's your turn, my money is ready...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I wish I knew more about the financial side of the business, it would be pretty easy to figure out the ultimate goal if we knew the numbers. How much do console makers actually make from the licensing? Is the majority of their revenue from console sales or game sales? I think MS is going to try...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I still think MS is going for the straight up "AAA or bust" market. They know how much they make from XBL, and decided to cater to that market, and that market only from day one. Looking at it, the Xbone is designed to appeal to the big publishers and with all of the entertainment stuff built in...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Neogaf is in hyper attack mode right now, any mention of anything related to MS is burried in rage. They aren't wrong for doing it, but appears to be going a bit overboard. MS really does seem to be doing everything wrong with the Xbone though. They want a digital distribution box and are...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Twisted Pixel, aren't they supposed to be a decent studio? Because what i just watched was just worthless. wow.
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    Piecing together a speaker system

    Hrmmm, i tried to find a frequency response graph for that sub. No luck! Having heard the AJones speakers, and just looking at the specs on that sub i am going to guess the LFE output on the floorstanders is going to be better than the sub all the way down to 40hz. So.... Set front...
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    Piecing together a speaker system

    What are the specs on the receiver and sub? You mentioned your crossover settings in the receiver, does your sub have a crossover dial? Ideally you want your crossover settings to allow the fronts and the LFE to transition without any holes in the frequency range. If i remember right your sub...
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    Summer in Vail

    One of my best friends goes with a group every summer to do downhill trail riding, he says its amazing. I will find out if there are any must include places.
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    I haven't kept up with radar detectors lately. At one point the Valentine One was pretty much unbeatable. I am assuming some of the other brands have caught up.
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Hahah yes, i know exactly what you are talking about.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I figured EA dropped their online pass to gain a bit of consumer good will after getting hammered with negativity after the sim city crap, while knowing full well what MS was planning and rightfully thinking the negativity would be directed toward them. To answer your question: as someone who...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    So now the real question is what does Sony do? Do they double down on the traditional console approach and hope the buying public rejects microsofts idea of an online and always connected console. If the hardcore crowds reaction is any indication, it appears they are going to have some real...
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Yup, center channel is one of the most important parts of a HT setup. Having dialogue drowned out my your fronts just sucks.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    If I'm coming off as rustled, I'm sorry. I should have clarified that my entitled comments were not directed at anyone here. I posted too soon after reading that thread on gaf, I got rustled by osmosis!!!
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I'm not defending a damn thing. Just simply stating my opinion. To think that any of these companies should change thier products or policies to suite your individual needs comes off as entitled. These are 100% luxury entertainment devices. If you don't like the damn product that is offered...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    They killed the family plan. From reading the XBox website it sounds like every XBL gold account can have up to 10 family members. No idea how they plan on implementing it (would assume IP based or you link consoles to activate) The amount of rage is cracking me up! I understand why some...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I am sure I will get flamed to all hell for this and called an Xboner, corporate apologist and whatever else is negative right now. But im going to say it anyway... I like the direction they are taking this. I think there are some really talented and creative developers out there that are...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Its all going to depend on the exact car that you get really. I cant really think of any sports or sporty type cars (other than a Miata or s2000 or somwething) that at least a vinyl sticker on the top part of the rear window/hatch wouldn't look bad on. Just find a good shop and come up with...
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    WDTV/ Roku Streamers

    Yeah ive got a Harmony 600 I use for all the AV components, was just having trouble finding something I really like for the HTPC. That MCE remote with the IR receiver looks like it may do the trick. Thanks!
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    WDTV/ Roku Streamers

    So what are good remote/interface options for an HTPC? I've got a wireless keyboard that works fine, but I'm having trouble with the mouse. The couch is a good 10 feet away from the box. I've read of people using a nexus 7 tablet and an IR blaster? Are those Logitech wireless touchpads worth a shit?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Well yeah that would be a lot!! But it gives them a lot more headroom for the OS and media functions. But now that's out the window with the ps4 having an equal amount
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    From what I understand of the 2 designs, Sony got really lucky with the 1gb chips of GDDR5 becoming available for mass production. MS wanted 8 gigs of ram from the start, Sony wanted fast ram from the start. If rumors are correct, the original design was for 4gb of GDDR5 vs 8gb of DDR3. The...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I really enjoy playing the hardware specs game on my PC. When I build a new one I always research the shit out of every possible component and make sure I get the best possible specs for my cash. With consoles... I just don't really care. The benefit of a console to me is the plug and play...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Planetside 2 confirmed on ps4? That's pretty cool!!! If MS really is having build issues, I think delaying the launch wouldn't be too bad. I would think that having solid hardware and not being supply constrained would be better than lowering the clocks. If they really do rush it out the...
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    The Last of Us

    I bought one last year to use as a bluray player and with the hopes there might be something that comes out that I want to play. This makes me happy I did!
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    One thing you should do is look into a wrap/vinyl graphic for your car and your wife's car. When I owned the restaurant we had a nice graphic in the rear window of the truck and got quite a few hits from that just running errands and such.