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

Column_sl said:

Digital expansions for the multi player games are the same LOL, are you that much of a sheep that you cant tell what these game companies are doing?

BF4 season pass cost as much as the damn game, and they pretty much force you to buy those new maps if you want to play with your friends.

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Sheep? I don't buy that stuff either. I suppose if you want to call something like heart of the swarm dlc then I'm guilty as charged, but now we're just arguing semantics.

Which is exactly the point..

If Killer instinct would have said we are offering a demo with one character, and the option to buy the full game to support the game makers at 20 bucks then all the internet tards are quiet.

But since they said its a free game with one character, and an option to buy the full game at 20 bucks, or buy only the characters you want.
All the sudden the internet nerds are crying foul when it boils down to the same damn thing.

SF4 charged for costume packs, and made you pay 60 bucks up front.

There is no way to get away from DLC's ,or micro transactions at this point. The publishers won that war a long time ago, the only thing we can cry about is price gouging which it's obvious Killer Instinct is not doing.

Just to be clear the 40 buck version is for the full version of Killer Instinct 3, and all costumes unlocked with the HD remake of classic Killer instinct.

And amazing port imho

The regular full version of KI3 is only 20.

Heh, host is an NSAphobe he doesn't let us use his WiFi for tablets or smsrtphones no way he'd let me online.

Cool guy, but has some weird hangups. (Actually worked for BHG preAmalur stuff,corrected him saying tthey were in RI at first then I checked wiki and found kut they were local prefolding)

Rofl at gauging how deep a game is by playing it locally with non-fighting game players.

an accordion_sl said:

Rofl at gauging how deep a game is by playing it locally with non-fighting game players.

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Was a good litmus when I was younger in arcades that translated out. Shrug.

Best buy has some ps4 bundles (MSRP) available online. They aren't huge bundles, like console+game or console+controller, decent if you are still looking for one.

Also looks like they have just the console as well.

Vaclav_sl said:

Heh, host is an NSAphobe he doesn't let us use his WiFi for tablets or smsrtphones no way he'd let me online.

Cool guy, but has some weird hangups. (Actually worked for BHG preAmalur stuff,corrected him saying tthey were in RI at first then I checked wiki and found kut they were local prefolding)

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He's afraid of the NSA and bought the Xbone? You should write for The Walking Dead.

Abefroman_sl said:

He's afraid of the NSA and bought the Xbone?

You should write for The Walking Dead.

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Heh not sure of his reasoning, he just doesn't share his WiFi, joke in the group is NSA related.

Besides, he's a programmer - familiarity with the hardware is likely a must I'd imagine, no?

Golden Xbox One Will Cost You Just $9778.80

British dream factory Harrods is selling this 24-carat-gold-plated Xbox One for just ?6,000, or $9778.80, or the price of approximately 19 normal (peasant) Xbox Ones, but what is money to the truly passionate video game fan? Go get this baby before someone beats you to it. Because if you're not willing to spend $9778.80 on a golden Xbox, are you even really a gamer?

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Behold a true masterpiece, PC peasants:

Not as heavy as the original Xbox.

Bet that motherfucker still red rings before my peasant ps4.

PS4 and Xbox One Attacked By Hackers 34,000 Times A Day, 4.6 Million Total:Hackers like Playstation 4 and Xbox One too

Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab has been measuring the hacking attempts against the new Playstation 4 and Xbox One units - as well as other game platforms - and has seen a surge, coinciding with the late November releases.

Globally, the company estimates an average of 34,000 attacks a day. Kaspersky says it currently known of about 4.6 million pieces of gaming focused malware that are directed against the game systems.

It's measure of European attacks found gamers in Spain getting the most attention, with 138,786 attacks so far this year. Poland was in second with 127,509, followed by Italy on 75,080.

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Targeting game consoles:

Some gamers might be surprised to learn that their machines are subject to attack, but after all, they're computers and increasingly they're connected to the Internet. But instead of looking for your bank account number and your credit card information, these cyber crooks are mainly interested in something else - your user name and password.

If you visit an underground hacker forum, as Kaspersky experts do on a regular basis, you'll find a thriving marketplace where usernames and passwords are bought and sold. This market is fueled by attacks on the gaming companies themselves. Earlier this year, Kaspersky said it found a major espionage campaign on a range of massively multiplayer online games makers, with source code and other valuable data stolen.

"We've just seen two of the biggest console launches ever, with the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One," said David Emm, senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab. "That means there will be more gamers for criminals to target, especially as the Sony and Microsoft machines increasingly use the Internet for a fuller gaming experience. And don't forget the PC, still the most popular gaming platform and cyber crooks' favorite target."

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Pushing their buttons:

This specialized type of malware targets specific games, such as the hugely popular Minecraft. They often prey on gamers' competitive spirit.

Earlier in 2013 hackers created a fake Minecraft tool built with Java that promised to give the player special powers, such as banning other users. But it was an empty promise and did nothing more than steal the victims' usernames and passwords.

Taking advantage of the hugely popular launch this year of Grand Theft Auto V, hacker sites offered fake downloads to access the new game for free. But when users tried to get the game, all they got was malware - yet another example of blue chip names getting abused to lure victims into downloading malicious code.

Hackers also employ email phishing scams, baiting the hook with discounts or cheap gaming goods but end the end stealing personal information.

"As computer games continue to become an increasingly prominent and important part of our lives, and our culture, expect malicious actors to up the sophistication and the volume of their attacks on gamers," said Emm. "If people want to enjoy their new toys this Christmas, they have to be careful, as it's clear they are facing a greater threat than ever."

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I should have scrolled down on that Neogaf thread:http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/12/...-and-xbox-one/

It's amazing what a little creative editing can do, and someone, somewhere, decided to re-engineer a PR piece from Kaspersky Labs to make it seem like that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are being targeted with 34,000 hacking attacks per day.

That "news" has now whizzed across the internet and landed upon the TSA Newsdesk, but as the link we were sent couldn't even get a picture of the PS4 correct I did a little more research and found the original press release.

ABINGDON, England, December 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -

Just days after the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered that PC gamers across Europe were hit by a massive number of attacks in 2013. Currently Kaspersky Lab knows 4.6 million pieces of gaming focused malware, with the total number of attacks facing gamers hitting 11.7 million globally. On average, users were hit by 34,000 attacks related to gaming malware daily. With Christmas coming up and hundreds of thousands expected to receive games as presents, Kaspersky Lab experts are recommending users take the right precautions.

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As you can see Kaspersky have rather unwisely tried to piggy back news of PC troubles on the launch of next-gen console, there is not mention of the next-gen consoles being hacked. Kaspersky use the same tactics a little later on in the same press release:

"We've just seen two of the biggest console launches ever, with the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. That means there will be more gamers for criminals to target, especially as the Sony and Microsoft machines increasingly use the Internet for a fuller gaming experience. And don't forget the PC, still the most popular gaming platform and cyber crooks' favourite target," says David Emm, senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab.

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Whilst it is true that you could get malware on your PC which could, in theory, steal your password for your PSN account if you used the web store, there are no viruses on the PSN ox Xbox Live networks themselves.

It is also very unlikely that someone is trying to hack just your console, apart from the NSA and GCHQ of course.

Obviously we advise that you should keep your PC virus checker up to date, there are plenty of free versions on the web which don't come packaged with scaremongering, next-gen console press releases.

Tuco_sl said:

So let me get this straight, KI has:
1. A free demo
2. Can be bought for $20
3. Paying $40 gets you a bunch of other shit including an HD remake.

And noodle is upset because that generous model is just a sneaky way to easily allow them to start charging high prices for new characters? I guess it's a reasonable threat but bitch when it happens don't bitch before.



And Vaclav, not knowing the skill level of your friends you can easily play KI online. Try some ranked matches and see how quickly you rank up by pressing Y over an d over.

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I only said it was a slippery slope in the beginning before Gaige and Column got all mad about it. A slippery slope is exactly what it is, I never really got mad about it.