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So where did the Xbox Holiday sale go?

Why did Xbox players get shafted out of the holiday sale? Looks lik both PC and PS4 got it.

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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,454 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    Should have bought a PC.




    Seriously though, sounds like Microsoft gummed up the works.

    Also, a quick forum search would have revealed the answer to your question, and the fact that the last thread didn't end so well. So just a reminder, be respectful. This thread has a better tone already to start, hope it can stay on the upside.

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1226583/why-did-x1-get-fd-to-begin-with

    But yeah, shoulda bought that laptop...
    "Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell BAD." - Spock
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    Yeah i dont really understand that purchase choice, a laptop or desktop can be about the same price for a console but it does a lot more. Whatevs.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,409 Arc User
    Yeah i dont really understand that purchase choice, a laptop or desktop can be about the price for a console bit it does a lot more. Whatevs.
    Exclusive games. This really the most important reason, for all consoles.

    There used to be "easy couch-multiplayer" as well, but apart from Nintendo, the rest pretty much gradually dropped that in favor of online multiplayer.
    #TASforSTO
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    Yeah i dont really understand that purchase choice, a laptop or desktop can be about the price for a console bit it does a lot more. Whatevs.

    Console players do not have to worry about system requirements. If a game has been released for a specific console, then it can be played on that console whether the game is released in 2016 or in 2020. Run a PC game in 2020 on a PC / laptop purchased in 2016 and you may or may not be able to run the game depending on the hardware.
  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,454 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Yeah i dont really understand that purchase choice, a laptop or desktop can be about the price for a console bit it does a lot more. Whatevs.

    Console players do not have to worry about system requirements. If a game has been released for a specific console, then it can be played on that console whether the game is released in 2016 or in 2020. Run a PC game in 2020 on a PC / laptop purchased in 2016 and you may or may not be able to run the game depending on the hardware.

    I can almost guarantee that by 2020, XBOnes everywhere will be in the landfill and the latest Microsoft Console Games will only run on the XB2 or XB3, so while my PC may or may not run something, XBOne owners will be XBx owners or SOL.
    "Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell BAD." - Spock
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    bergins wrote: »

    I can almost guarantee that by 2020, XBOnes everywhere will be in the landfill and the latest Microsoft Console Games will only run on the XB2 or XB3, so while my PC may or may not run something, XBOne owners will be XBx owners or SOL.

    The point is whenever a game that is released for a specific console regardless of when it has been released whether it is next year or 4 years from now, it will run on that specific console.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,865 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    bergins wrote: »
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Yeah i dont really understand that purchase choice, a laptop or desktop can be about the price for a console bit it does a lot more. Whatevs.

    Console players do not have to worry about system requirements. If a game has been released for a specific console, then it can be played on that console whether the game is released in 2016 or in 2020. Run a PC game in 2020 on a PC / laptop purchased in 2016 and you may or may not be able to run the game depending on the hardware.

    I can almost guarantee that by 2020, XBOnes everywhere will be in the landfill and the latest Microsoft Console Games will only run on the XB2 or XB3, so while my PC may or may not run something, XBOne owners will be XBx owners or SOL.

    Abandoned by 2025 probably. But our current PCs will be mostly useless for gaming by then too.

    Xbox 1 uses PC hardware and runs a locked-down version of Windows under the hood. The Xb2 will most likely just use faster PC hardware. Than means that STO could probably keep using a single client for both X1 and X2. If the X2 is released in 2018 or 19 that will probably have no effect on STO's X1 support.

    The PS4 and PS5 will be similar. Just updated PC hardware, with little or no effort needed by Sony to run PS4 games on the PS5.
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    You guys don't call us the PC master race for fun.
  • anodynesanodynes Member Posts: 1,999 Arc User
    bergins wrote: »
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Yeah i dont really understand that purchase choice, a laptop or desktop can be about the price for a console bit it does a lot more. Whatevs.

    Console players do not have to worry about system requirements. If a game has been released for a specific console, then it can be played on that console whether the game is released in 2016 or in 2020. Run a PC game in 2020 on a PC / laptop purchased in 2016 and you may or may not be able to run the game depending on the hardware.

    I can almost guarantee that by 2020, XBOnes everywhere will be in the landfill and the latest Microsoft Console Games will only run on the XB2 or XB3, so while my PC may or may not run something, XBOne owners will be XBx owners or SOL.

    Abandoned by 2025 probably. But our current PCs will be mostly useless for gaming by then too.

    Xbox 1 uses PC hardware and runs a locked-down version of Windows under the hood. The Xb2 will most likely just use faster PC hardware. Than means that STO could probably keep using a single client for both X1 and X2. If the X2 is released in 2018 or 19 that will probably have no effect on STO's X1 support.

    The PS4 and PS5 will be similar. Just updated PC hardware, with little or no effort needed by Sony to run PS4 games on the PS5.

    I'm not even sure about 2025, to be honest. Xbox 360 was released over 11 years ago and they're still releasing games on it. 2025 will be the 12th year for the Xbox One.

    Next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Scorpio, is due out in late-2017.
    This is an MMO, not a Star Trek episode simulator. That would make for a terrible game.
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