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Wow, the guys on Thurrott sounds exactly like the guys on Channel9. Verbatim. You've probably read the thread I've linked here a few times. Thurrott-guys: They are painfully trying to create even in the "all-digital" realm special rules ONLY for video games, with painfully stupid arguments. Money making schemes for video games: DLC, in-game advertising, merchandising, TV show licensing, item shops, premium memberships, serving as the basis for future expansions, re-release on compilation packages, re-release as add-on DVD of video game magazines, re-release later on sites like GOG.com (for PC games), sponsoring, book/comic licensing... There is no shortage to make additional money with games. I would say the possibilities are even bigger than with movies and music. Another thread regarding this issue on C9: http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/How-and-why-is-it-OK-to-ban-second-hand-games/f5e8e4d343594c5f9d5ba1c800fe18c7 You see, exactly the same arguments by these guys (the guy I debated with changed opinion later, after he saw the huge backlash against the Xbone).

You have to be a special kind of retard to follow Microsoft's route after all the controversy they have caused with it. I still give Apple the benefit doubt, given that they still haven't mangled their desktop OS and actually plan to put out a new version of the Mac Pro (in opposite to MS, who seem to be 100% committed to the toys-route). But the signs coming out of Cupertino are worrying. Pretty obvious that Tim Cook is just a typical bean counter compared to Jobs. With Microsoft, there is a at least the possibility that Gates could come back, at least for a short while, to clean up the mess that Ballmer has created. A similar option with Apple is obviously out of the question.

Xbox One Games At E3 Were Running On Windows 7 With Nvidia GTX Cards: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Xbox-One-Games-E3-Were-Running-Windows-7-With-Nvidia-GTX-Cards-56737.html Another PR disaster.

Today I actually miss them. When all the forums and sites were flooded with "freetards", the shills were kept shut. Now that they are mostly gone, the shills and metrotards took their place. The delicate balance between corporate shills and freetards got destroyed.

OK, long story: Techbroil is originally an offshot of the blog Linuxhaters.blogspot.com (Linux Haters' Blog - LHB). It was a popular blog where hyper-fanatical Linux users and the failings of the community in general were discussed. The users on the blog came from all platforms, many of them were former Linux users themselves. The comments were unmoderated, regularly destroyed the comment limit on blogger.com, mostly anonymous and the mood was similar to this thread. Basically "Linux fanatics: Deeper Impressions". Along the way popular tech BS like the HTML 5 hype, Facebook hype, Twitter hype etc. were discussed. When the Windows 8 betas and alphas appeared, the community split into "TMR" (tmrepository.com) and Techbroil (both existed before the split). Techbroil got the people who noticed that now Microsoft went completely insane, more so than any Linux freetards, and that metrotards are the true "successors" of crazy in the IT-community. TMR got the leftovers who didn't notice the "NuMicrosoft" transformation and still stick to now pointless Linux-bashing (some of them are actual MS employees). Linuxhaters.blogspot.com ("LHB") itself completely deteriorated after the split, when most users left. It transformed into even more disgusting version of 4chan; shock images, hugely offensive jokes, crazy racist fringe topics, you name it. It has nothing to do anymore with what it once was in its glory days and is a toilet now. (The comments on Techbroil are very similiar to the old LHB in feel) Pogson is a fanatical Linux fanboy, and truly insane. He's a retired teacher and gun fanatic and spends most of this time posting on his blog (MrPogson.com) about how Linux stomps out all competition and will bury all other software soon. In his most insane days, he conveyed the impression that he would be the star of a amok-run special on CNN any minute (the location would probably be a software shop). On LHB he and his posts were in-jokes, a bit like Sinofsky and Ballmer here. On Techbroil no one cares about him anymore, but the TMR guys are still obsessed with him. Techbroil is now an anti-"NuMicrosoft" and anti-metrotard site. It was pro-MS before Microsoft went cuckoo. Olderman is a regular on TMR and spends his time trolling Pogson and Techbroil. Dr. Loser is a LHB veteran and an actual Microsoft employee (contractor who works at Bing). He too is a truly insane passive-aggressive potty-mouth who is obsessed with Pogson and with an user on Techbroil and even semi-stalked him. He likes to passive-aggressively insult other people based on their nationality and religion, even though he pretends that he is without any biases and instead accuses other people of having them. Everyone hates him now, except some TMR guys. It all sounds a bit crazy, but you need to take into account that all this s*** developed over the course of thousands of posts and several sites. it was quite an entertaining pasttime the last few years. Very much like this thread, only less moderated and more extreme.

Hilarious outburst by a MS employee regarding the Xbone. Apparently they really hate "discs" in Redmond. Must-read comedy: http://www.techbroil.com/2013/06/ps4-wins.html?showComment=1371298396577#c5665078770302976380

Ah, cute: http://www.osnews.com/comments/27126 'Microsoft gives zero-day exploits to US government' Frankly, I've always suspected something like that. But stil...

OK, I've read it. And it's BS. There are even lots of people on Neowin who see through it call it BS in the comments, and we're talking about Neowin here. Microsoft probably invented the DRM system on its own, without prior pressure from publishers. Peter Moore from EA just said that. Of course he could lie, but then: 1. He says the truth: That would explain why Sony and Nintendo are without these ridiculous DRM schemes. 2. EA and other publishers were the instigators behind all this, but if true, how come Sony was able to resist it? I don't believe that EA will ignore the PS4. How stupid was Microsoft not to envision the backlash, especially after all these forewarnings? The obvious conclusion is that Sony said no, while Microsoft sold out their users without hesitation. In any case, EA and Sony are apparently able to notice when the s*** hits the fan and are able to react to customer wishes, while "NuMicrosoft" proves yet again, that it would rather bulldozer another once loyal customer base and create yet another backlash. Microsoft is primarily caught in a struggle against the Apple bogey-man, and its method of war is a botched up cargo-cult strategy ("Apple is closed - we need to be more closed!" - "The more liberties the customers lose that way, the better. Serves them right."). That's the main reason why all newish strategies and products have an anti-customer stance and lack of options in them, and the resulting backlashes and controversies. The success of the iPhone and especially the iPad cracked Ballmer and his top brass cohorts on a deep level. I fully believe that they put all this s*** because they really do hate the customers, at least on a subconscious level, after the Apple-hype. They do really want to harm and ridicule them. The Xbone is a good evidence, but there are tons of others: Like the mail app on Windows 8, that doesn't support POP3 but instead of just not offering it, it does offer the option only to insult the paying customers when they do click on it. Or the faux start button in 8.1, that leads back the metro menu, the true reason for all this outrage. They are overjoyed to insult and ridicule their users. Thanks to the iPad, Ballmer and crew are clinically insane. And here's a bit copy-pasta from another user on Techbroil: If you need more, here's my thread on Channel9 where I flog other fanboys like you: http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/E3-Smackdown

More C9 battles: http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/E3-Smackdown?page=6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/E3-Smackdown?page=7 I guess especially Charlotte will like this.

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defends-the-xbox-ones-used-game-policy Insane. The tone is also quite over the top. One could think it's a statement by a government official. The crack must be strong. More: Translation: We're screwing the customers over, but people are sheep and don't care.

Microsoft finally did it: Even the majority of the NWs in the comments are fed up by their arrogance. http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-if-you-have-no-internet-get-an-xbox-360

The pains of porting to Windows RT/8: http://www.neowin.net/news/vlc-for-windows-8-development-taking-longer-than-expected http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2013/Follow-up-report-about-the-WinRT-port Read the second link. Safe to say that Photoshop won't be ported to RT any time soon...

Meanwhile, Apple prepares OS X Mavericks: http://www.apple.com/osx/preview/ The difference is striking: Apple advertises useful features, while Microsoft insults you with "fast and fluid" and kindergarden apps. Where is Ballmer's Apple envy when you need it?

I suggest you to read-up my fight on Channel9 regarding the Xbox: http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/E3-Smackdown It's quite hilarious. Especially their arguments against second-hand games:

Killer-quote from the boyz on Channel9: http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/E3-Smackdown#c1a7472795aba4da0abc2a1da00dfb85c L.O.L.

Now for something different: http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Hosting Read Evildictaitor's posts there about the recent PRISM scandal. Truly enlightening (keep in mind that his posts reflect Microsoft's corporate line of thinking almost to the letter).

Another Xbox-bash video going viral (made before the Playstation 4 reveal):

We shouldn't be so hard on Ballmer, he is after all busy destroying and alienating another customer segment: http://kotaku.com/i-m-still-not-convinced-xbox-one-will-put-games-first-512422205 They have completely and utterly turned the gaming community against them. That will hurt them immensely, because that's actually the fanbase many of the metrotards were coming from. Microsoft had pretty much no visible fanwhores before the Xbox 360. Good job, Monkey King.

http://kotaku.com/sony-just-smacked-the-xbox-one-in-the-mouth-512492046 NuMicrosoft got smacked. It was easy though. Microsoft offered so many weak points, you don't need to have a Harvard Business School diploma to beat the Xbox One. Again you have to wonder what's going on at Redmond.

Most retarded comparison I've ever read: http://www.neowin.net/news/the-playstation-4-to-cost-399#comment-2231319 ROFLCOPTER! These guys are so whacked, it's unbelievable. They compare buying games and be able to give them physically to your friend, or sell them, to Free Software? Insane.

From the Neowhiners thread: I actually prefer installing games like Xbox one since the game agents can queue up matches and allow me to instantly switch games I'm playing. I don't care for the 24hr call home but I can't stand any requirement to have slow spinning media or disks to pkay. I want games, content and seem less experiences. Good luck Sony, looks like you will need it. --- Dude lets be honest, the [sony] presentation was absolute crap. --- Microsoft says to developers: "It's up to you, how you want to handle used games." Sony says to developers: "We don't care about you and what you want." ----------------- Now to be honest, there are also lots of comments with a different tone. The neowhiners who wrote the above are also supreme W8 fanwhores and metrotards. I remember their nicks from the W8 discussions. In short: NuMicrosoft scored another one!

Of course, the Neowhiners are distraught. Sour grapes all around: http://www.neowin.net/news/playstation-4-is-used-game-friendly-has-no-online-authentication They thought Sony would implement a similar DRM scheme like MS.. They weren't able to imagine the utter madness of NuMicrosoft.

In English, please? --JorgeA http://kotaku.com/ps4-games-wont-have-many-of-the-restrictions-of-xbox-o-512477859 The PS4 Doesn't Have The Xbox One's DRM PS4 will not put any restrictions on used games, Sony's PlayStation boss Jack Tretton said today. Gamers can buy PS4 games, trade them in, lend them to friends or keep them forever. Loud cheers. He was drawing several points of comparison, obviously, to the Xbox One. The PS4 will also be 100$/€ cheaper than the Xbox One! What a whooping for Microsoft.

It's official: Apple went Craze-Land. http://www.osnews.com/story/27115/Apple_unveils_iOS_7

Nope, that wasn't me.