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10/11/09
Dammit Microsoft, all I want is The Sarah Connor Chronicles on my console!
10/14/09
...pretty easy to please aren't ya?
10/11/09
However, the XBOX360 does not have a web browser. How are all those URLs handled?
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10/11/09
I bet most of us wouldn't mind having our gaming systems (TV, surround system and all) installed in the bathroom, with a fridge right next to the bowl if the bowl was more comfortable.
10/11/09
Now all i need is a kotaku and a youtube app and i'm set :)
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10/10/09
(And yes, I'm aware of the irony of posting this comment using my Facebook login. BAH!)
10/10/09
While I'm ranting, what is it with mobile phone makers adding cameras and MP3 players, to my phone! If I wanted any of that, I'd have 2 other devices in my pockets!
10/10/09
That's what I have a VCR for
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10/10/09
The PSN is fine, but isn't really given these "major" updates that add more to the user experience, and the NWFC is just... not fun. I love all three of my systems, but the 360 gets a lot more support and new additions yearly than the other two networks combined.
So if you don't like this update, don't use it. It's not as if they will require a Facebook and Twitter account to get onto Live, they're just "there" if you want. They can't cater to everyone's needs and this adds a great new thing to draw in some new gamers.
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I guess I'm just lazy and spoiled by gaming sites informing me of said Twitter updates.
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I just want the damn games. Why is this so hard for Microsoft to grasp?
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BTW I HATE EXTRA FEATURES THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ENJOY AND WILL NOT AFFECT MY EXPERIENCE AT ALL. AND KITTENS. FUCK KITTENS!
10/10/09
@Cookie: Don't people use COMPUTERS anymore? Why do our game consoles have to be clogged up by stupid ad-supported bullshit that you're forced to see every time you turn the machine on, yet you have to PAY to use?
10/10/09
I still don't see why Web Browsing, Home and PSLife are included. It just adds another tab of shit I don't want to see whenever I turn on my PS3. I don't want ads, I don't want trophies, I don't want FoldingHome, and I DEFINITELY don't want Home.
I just want the damn games. Why is this so hard for Sony to grasp?
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Your mainstream user when looking at the box of the PS3 and Xbox 360 will be like "Ohhh Look Honey! It has that new twitter thing! and it has facebook too! Now i can bug my old college roommate more then ever!"
I think if Last.fm could be played in the background while playing games it would be much more useful.
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10/10/09
The 360 has been marketed as a media center for years now. That means movies. That means Netflix That means music. And for some people, that means Facebook and Twitter.
The easiest solution is don't use the features you don't want. Just because you don't want them doesn't mean their presence won't make other people happy.
PS3 doesn't have ads plastered all over the damn dashboard you have to tab through just to get to your games.
Neither does the 360. It loads on the Spotlight tab, you hit up on the joystick once, and boom - your games. Other than that one initial load, you're never forced to look through those ads...and honestly, I don't know anyone who does look at those. Given that the first few ads are usually for Microsoft's themed game nights or Marketplace content, I don't have too much of a problem with them, either - as long as they don't boot directly to the loud ads that auto-play videos, I can deal with it.
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10/10/09
Again, they should let us turn off the ads. Why exactly are we being advertised to if we already pay for the service?
10/10/09
No? Didn't think so
This is entirely optional. If you don't want to use it you don't even have to download it! Imagine that!
10/10/09
Well, it is called "Sony Computer Entertainment System". It does allow hook up of a mouse and keyboard, it has wi-fi, internet, streaming movies etc. It has been referenced as a computer.
The Xbox 360 is marketed as a media centre, it connects with that aspect of PC's and it's an extension. I hate a lot of this stuff too and agree that you should be able to remove it, but the consoles aren't consoles anymore.
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10/10/09
That said, who gives a flying fuck. If you use Facebook or Twitter (like the whole world), this gives you a nice bit of new functionality. If you don't, then it's a tiny ass file that really isn't going to matter to you.
Get over it.
Meh, if you are stupid enough to pay for xbox live when they are ramming ad's down your throat then you deserve it.
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It's not even entered public beta yet.
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They should at least give you the option to disable and uninstall all of it. Same goes for the BBCiPlayer.