@jayntampa: That's what I thought when I first read the headline.
So Xbox gets ads and the user has to pay to see them (aka Live fee?) Good to be a PS3 user then I guess. We get game related ads, but they are free. (No console wars intended - just a new fact I did not know about before...)
Microsoft probably saw all the chatter that said there's no way it'd sell at that price because, a) people will think it's a cheap peripheral, and/or b) they expect Microsoft will charge more.
So Microsoft probably thought, "Hell, they want it more expensive," and started messing around in the marketing department to see just how much they could charge.
Seriously, it's a camera with some software. I imagine most of the software is doing the work, so I have no idea why people believe it will cost (see any comment in comments section), but it may end up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. #rumor
@Victor Soon: It has multiple cameras in it. 2 to be exact. A good bit of tech in it to compile this info into one data stream and a microphone or 2 in it. It won't sell for the same as the PS3 Eye. Think about it. If Sony makes a rechargeable controller and Microsoft makes a controller that COULD be rechargeable with a $20 add on without motion control which will be more expensive. Even the quality is down the drain there. 360 is 25 hour life PS3 is 36 hour life. 360 has a new HDD size and it sells for over $100 when it is less then a 250GB HDD (Which you can find 250GB HDD online for about $70 now. Now why would they think about lowering the price of this? They can sell it when it first releases at let's say $120 with a Wii Sports style pack of games. They want to cover all of the development costs first. The cost to manufacture it is next to nothing seeing as everything Microsoft has made for 360 aside from the point cards are prone to damage. They want to pay everyone that put in their 2¢ and start making money on it. Then they will keep the price there until the holidays. It will go down to a new low price of $99.99 or $79.99 with a new bundled game and they will still be making upwards of $20 per unit they sell. #rumor
@Paul_Is_Drunk: I forget what it was exactly now, but there was once some informercial with some crap product for sale at 9.99. No one bought it. The price made it sound cheap. So they raised the price 10 bucks and suddenly they've got a hit on their hands.
Maybe Microsoft's taking a page from the Ron Popeil playbook.
@AD.Munck: Are you sure it doesn't have its own processor? I remember the E3 videos where Natal ran into a computer and the computer was hooked to the 360. Maybe it was just "in the mixing bowl" rather than being baked then. I don't know. It just seems like the calculations necessary for motion tracking would/could cause a significant drop in performance if the 360 was trying to run a game, too.
Yes, another reason to turn your Wii on every day, along with all of those other perfectly valid reasons, which I am sure will strike me any moment now.
Because...y'know, it's not like it plays video games or anything.
I wish Kotaku's writers didn't troll the Wii so much. If you guys don't like it, that's fine, but making fun of it on a daily basis has gotten kind of old. #bbciplayerwiichannel
@spiderweb1986: Ah its not that bad, nothing to what you see in the average Wii article thread on Kotaku. But I agree it got old a while ago #bbciplayerwiichannel
And this probably explains why it broke accessing it through the Wii browser.
Now If only they gave PS3 it's own app rather than a hard coded bookmark.
Cos the desktop Iplayer on PS3 would be amazingly useful. #bbciplayerwiichannel
@Jetsetharrison: Hasn't 4OD moved to a browser based thing now?
So surely you should be able to get to it on PS3. Same with SkyPlayer.
Though not really tried either.
let's try it now
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Skyplayer needs Silverlight.
4OD just doesn't work. no idea why. it just doesn't.
This sounds about right for the people that live in Crieff. I hear they've only just reached the 32bit age there with their fancy Sega Saturns and PlayStations.
Surely, any families going to stay at the Hotel for Christmas would bring their presents with them to open Christmas day - and it's more than likely one of those presents would be a video game in the case of kids. 'Merry Christmas, boys and girls! NOW DON'T PLAY WITH YOUR PRESENTS!' seems, well... a little silly.
I'm a strong believer in the traditions of Christmas, especially it being a time for family, but typically in my family the only time they get to co-operate in my gaming, or even hear me talk about it, is at Christmas. They want to learn about the stuff they've brought me, or they want to see me play it and enjoy their present, and then sometimes they even want to play - especially with the advent of the Wii, my Family's Christmas get-togethers are even more about gaming than they ever were before.
You'd think Mr Leckie, as a family man, would know that gaming and quality time with your family are things that can go hand in hand. #hotel
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I guess he has memories of you'll shoot your eye out.
Also if there aren't other kids around they're going to get awfully bored unless they have some sort of activity.
Aha so they might have activities for kids that you'd have to pay extra for.
Smooth move Mr Leckie. I mean it's a hotel, unless they provide board-games to every room there's probably zero group activity inside the hotel (outside yeah there'd be stuff). #hotel
@WhatTheFrag: It's a hotel-cum-spa resort thingy. Very posh, very expensive. Personally, I'd ban children rather than videogames, but hey, it's his hotel. #hotel
@phicaluk: My bad I guess I should take more holidays in this country (then I'd be aware of places like this, even if I wouldn't go there) but I don't.
lol you know I'd think he would've banned children had he not had four himself. Videogames do keep them away from other mischief I guess and posh hotel mischief isn't fun for the staff if memory serves me right. #hotel
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Otherwise, it sounds like you're saying that the government agency is recruiting people FOR Xbox Live.
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So Xbox gets ads and the user has to pay to see them (aka Live fee?) Good to be a PS3 user then I guess. We get game related ads, but they are free. (No console wars intended - just a new fact I did not know about before...)
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I was wondering why the UK wanted people to play XBox specifically.
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So Microsoft probably thought, "Hell, they want it more expensive," and started messing around in the marketing department to see just how much they could charge.
Seriously, it's a camera with some software. I imagine most of the software is doing the work, so I have no idea why people believe it will cost (see any comment in comments section), but it may end up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. #rumor
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I wouldn't say it's just a camera though. It's a camera with Wii speak. #rumor
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but isnt this a camera, with another camera AND wii speak? #rumor
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Maybe Microsoft's taking a page from the Ron Popeil playbook.
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I feel silly now.
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@AoE: No. Kritzkrieg. #rumor
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Must go watch some Mighty Boosh! #bbciplayerwiichannel
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Because...y'know, it's not like it plays video games or anything.
I wish Kotaku's writers didn't troll the Wii so much. If you guys don't like it, that's fine, but making fun of it on a daily basis has gotten kind of old. #bbciplayerwiichannel
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Now If only they gave PS3 it's own app rather than a hard coded bookmark.
Cos the desktop Iplayer on PS3 would be amazingly useful. #bbciplayerwiichannel
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So surely you should be able to get to it on PS3. Same with SkyPlayer.
Though not really tried either.
let's try it now
Edit:
Skyplayer needs Silverlight.
4OD just doesn't work. no idea why. it just doesn't.
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I'm a strong believer in the traditions of Christmas, especially it being a time for family, but typically in my family the only time they get to co-operate in my gaming, or even hear me talk about it, is at Christmas. They want to learn about the stuff they've brought me, or they want to see me play it and enjoy their present, and then sometimes they even want to play - especially with the advent of the Wii, my Family's Christmas get-togethers are even more about gaming than they ever were before.
You'd think Mr Leckie, as a family man, would know that gaming and quality time with your family are things that can go hand in hand. #hotel
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...So Let's Flame His Hotel!
*Holds up Matches¬*
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Also if there aren't other kids around they're going to get awfully bored unless they have some sort of activity.
Aha so they might have activities for kids that you'd have to pay extra for.
Smooth move Mr Leckie. I mean it's a hotel, unless they provide board-games to every room there's probably zero group activity inside the hotel (outside yeah there'd be stuff). #hotel
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lol you know I'd think he would've banned children had he not had four himself. Videogames do keep them away from other mischief I guess and posh hotel mischief isn't fun for the staff if memory serves me right. #hotel