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univbee posted:To do this yet again: Seems dumb. Change the color of the stupid box lol
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TheScott2K posted:The people who care about CoD and go to the trouble of getting a launch-window Series X will get it right Not the moms getting it for their six-year-old. But gently caress them anyway.
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Sep 30, 2020 20:33
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I blame Activision for that more than MS. The Smart Delivery/No-cost upgrade games have been showing off a single box like the one on the right.
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Sep 30, 2020 20:33
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Happy Hedonist posted:Seems dumb. Change the color of the stupid box lol But but but branding!
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Sep 30, 2020 20:34
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univbee posted:Not the moms getting it for their six-year-old. Rated M for Minecraft Is What You Get Your Kids
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Sep 30, 2020 20:34
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Why did Microsoft pick the word 'Series'? Its such a dumb word for an object. If they wanted to stick with this 's' and 'x' nomenclature they should have gone with a nice solid word like 'Scorpio' (obviously they've already used this one, but if they hadn't). Then you could have an Xbox One (x or S) or an Xbox Scorpio (x or s) and the degree of confusion would be a lot lower. The word 'Series' sounds like it's waiting for another word, or it's a description of something else. It's Phil Spencers one small mistake (still love you Phil)
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Sep 30, 2020 20:35
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But Phil said it would make sense I believe in Phil I'll just keep waiting for it to make sense
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Sep 30, 2020 20:36
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Crafty posted:That really is a shitload of money for one game, edging towards that 100 quid mark! Kind of odd that a brand new series s console at £250 would be the same cost as 3.5 games. Seems kind of strange, sure that back in the day consoles to game cost ratio was always much higher than that? SNES was $199, and games were $60. Ratio of 3.3! I guess we're going back to cartridge-era price ratios? It was the Playstation that drove down game costs. Games were really loving expensive for the NES / SNES.
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Sep 30, 2020 20:38
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Evil Badman posted:I blame Activision for that more than MS. The Smart Delivery/No-cost upgrade games have been showing off a single box like the one on the right. This is also hit and miss, though.  Doesn't include the Series X version on the disc, you can just download it for free during the next year and run it with that disc as a license check. Once FIFA 22 is out you can't do this anymore and "Dual Entitlement" becomes lies.  This game is meant to work the same way but has different indicators on the packaging than FIFA, where's the "Dual Entitlement" logo?  Same package layout as Madden, but there won't be a next-gen version of NHL 21 so we have a difference in product without a difference in package. What's with the different listing order for "Series X" and "Xbox One"?  Does not run on Xbox One at all (at least this one doesn't say Xbox One anywhere). univbee fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Sep 30, 2020 20:42
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"I can't wait to get the Series" "What Series" "THE XBOX SERIES" Did they ever give an explanation for the choice? I only started paying attention recently. Is it so they can have a series V and things like that? I mean that still doesn't really make sense though, you could just get rid of the word Series in that scenario. I typed the word series too many times there and had to google it to make sure it was right.
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Sep 30, 2020 20:43
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They are loving hideous
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Sep 30, 2020 20:43
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I genuinely wish they had named the Series X the Super Xbox, and the Series S the Less Super Xbox.
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Sep 30, 2020 20:47
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Quantum of Phallus posted:They are loving hideous Those EA sports covers are the busiest and ugliest I have ever seen, with or without the Dual Entitlement logo.
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Sep 30, 2020 20:47
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aaa rrp is £30 you can't convince me otherwiseCrafty posted:"I can't wait to get the Series"
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Sep 30, 2020 20:48
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:I genuinely wish they had named the Series X the Super Xbox, and the Series S the Less Super Xbox. Series X - Super Xbox Series S - Subpar Xbox
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Sep 30, 2020 20:48
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graventy posted:Those EA sports covers are the busiest and ugliest I have ever seen, with or without the Dual Entitlement logo. They should have gone with Nina Matsumoto's cover from two years ago. 
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Sep 30, 2020 20:50
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The 18 or 19 covers were all super minimalist for sports, like a dude and a colour. Guess they wanted to make a big change.
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Sep 30, 2020 20:53
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:I genuinely wish they had named the Series X the Super Xbox, and the Series S the Less Super Xbox. Maybe the 'Good Xbox', and the 'Great Xbox'. This give the bonus for next console cycle of the 'Super Good Xbox' and the 'Super Great Xbox'
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Sep 30, 2020 20:54
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Akuma posted:The 18 or 19 covers were all super minimalist for sports, like a dude and a colour. Guess they wanted to make a big change. I guess they also couldn't really do any promo shoots because of COVID. I still don't like them, instead they should've done something like 
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Sep 30, 2020 21:01
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For those EA Sports covers I seriously thought Univbee pasted a screenshot on top of the box because of the giant picture in the middle of the box.
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Sep 30, 2020 21:11
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lol there are a lot of little incomprehensible things here i love. the number one indicator that the one on the right is the next gen version is the X logo in the upper right which means nothing to a layperson. you might logically conclude that this is the 'series X' version as opposed to the xbox one version from the order in which those are printed on the top-left banner, assuming you already know what those mean, but could logically infer the opposite from XBOX ONE being more prominent in the lower right. why do they even want to advertise that the xbox one last-gen version is playable on series x on the left box when you could push them to the more expensive next gen version?
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Sep 30, 2020 21:11
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Microsoft gives their consoles meaningless incomprehensible names because they don't want people to associate with the console, they want people to associate with the broader Xbox brand. Nobody says they drive a 3 series/play a series s, they drive a BMW/play an Xbox
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Sep 30, 2020 21:15
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Wheeee posted:Microsoft gives their consoles meaningless incomprehensible names because they don't want people to associate with the console, they want people to associate with the broader Xbox brand. I hope you are being sarcastic because their naming is confusing and bad.
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Sep 30, 2020 21:18
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this is not at all my experience with people that want to talk about what car they drive
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Sep 30, 2020 21:27
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Car guys are as relevant to major brands as forum posting turbonerds are to Sony and Microsoft, which is nearly not at all.
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Sep 30, 2020 21:28
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“What type of DDR this baby packing?” *slaps controller*
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Sep 30, 2020 21:32
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I know when I go to the car dealership I just ask for the one that says Ford on it. The gently caress is this stupid take?
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Sep 30, 2020 21:38
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Crafty posted:“What type of DDR this baby packing?” *slaps controller* 
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Sep 30, 2020 21:43
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The entire world of gadget product naming is bad, with the exception of PlayStation who have managed the clear simplicity of steadily increasing numbers (with the brief Pro misstep). No one else has managed this feat. The closest is Apple who have mostly managed to name iPhones well but the rest of their product naming is a consistently obfuscatory mess. Nintendo's "we launch a new brand every time" is almost there. And then you get to the world of PC parts/monitors which wear their bizarre cat walking across a keyboard "is this a product name or a serial number" monikers with pride. Xbox is not as bad as that, but it's certainly trending into at direction.
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Sep 30, 2020 21:44
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The Series X and S aren't great names, but it's not a huge deal or anything... ...but that Box design is just actively loving terrible. Like.... real real real bad. Both in just aesthetics and UX. What the gently caress man.
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Sep 30, 2020 21:51
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BonoMan posted:The Series X and S aren't great names, but it's not a huge deal or anything... Nah the design is great.
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Sep 30, 2020 22:00
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BonoMan posted:The Series X and S aren't great names, but it's not a huge deal or anything... I don't understand this opinion at all. It's a non descript black box that manages to be somewhat compact for what's inside. It's both significantly smaller and less ugly than the PS5. Boring? Ok. Terrible.... No
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Sep 30, 2020 22:01
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Twerk from Home posted:SNES was $199, and games were $60. Ratio of 3.3! I guess we're going back to cartridge-era price ratios? MSRP of your games was still $50 in the nes/snes era... the problem was that stores were less inclined to stick to MSRP, so you'd have abominations like Chrono Trigger getting limited prints in the US and stores would sell them for outrageous prices (I got mine for $50 at the local game store because I preordered it, but the ones they sold off the shelf were $120. Software Etc. at the time IIRC). What really helped that whole generation of systems was the sheer number of sales; consoles took near the end of the generation and volume of sales went up enough for games to start getting regular printings and cutting back on scarcity. China and India began to really ramp up manufacturing in key cities as well, lowering the costs of production for cartridges and CD's. While this didn't affect the MSRP, it meant that if a game sold out quickly you could easily get a second print run instead of having to try to schedule it against your other upcoming game releases. On top of that, emulators took off in the late 90's and CD's became relatively easy to copy as well so piracy became a significant threat to sales. All of this led to game retailers having to actually sell at MSRP because trying to overcharge would just lead to unsold stock. A load of game resellers, mostly pawn type shops focusing in rarer carts, just straight up went out of business (in the US... they are still huge in Japan). The failed launch of E.T. to the launch of Goldeneye was a wild time to be a gamer.
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Sep 30, 2020 22:02
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Seltzer posted:I don't understand this opinion at all. It's a non descript black box that manages to be somewhat compact for what's inside. It's both significantly smaller and less ugly than the PS5. Boring? Ok. Terrible.... No The game boxes, I presume. Lot of busy logos.
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Sep 30, 2020 22:06
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Yeah we're talking about the hideous cover art
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Sep 30, 2020 22:08
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Ah ok fair. I did stumble upon this neat comparison given the dimensions. https://comparesizes.com/comparison/PS5-Disc-vs-Xbox-Series-X/1601499891403 The PS5 Is so drat huge it's incredible
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Sep 30, 2020 22:09
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doingitwrong posted:The entire world of gadget product naming is bad, with the exception of PlayStation who have managed the clear simplicity of steadily increasing numbers (with the brief Pro misstep). I always find it funny when anyone gives Sony credit for calling their 5 consoles 1,2,3,4 and ....5. You’re going to go ballistic over led zeppelin’s album names
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Sep 30, 2020 22:15
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Crafty posted:I always find it funny when anyone gives Sony credit for calling their 5 consoles 1,2,3,4 and ....5. You’re going to go ballistic over led zeppelin’s album names It makes it about as idiot proof as possible for the people most likely to gently caress it up and buy someone a game for the wrong system. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one.
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Crafty posted:I always find it funny when anyone gives Sony credit for calling their 5 consoles 1,2,3,4 and ....5. Look at their two main competitors though... Nintendo: WiiU (not a Wii), New 3DS XL (not to be confused with a new 3DS XL) Switch Lite (doesn't "switch") MS: XBOX One (the third Xbox), One X/S/SAD, Series X/S
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Thom12255 posted:Nah the design is great. Seltzer posted:I don't understand this opinion at all. It's a non descript black box that manages to be somewhat compact for what's inside. It's both significantly smaller and less ugly than the PS5. Boring? Ok. Terrible.... No I'm talking about the game boxes! Shouldn't have capitalized "box"... my bad. I love the physical design of both the S and the X  .
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