Which of the 3 console companies do you feel screwed you over the most this gen?

I think they all took advantage of their fans and customers at some point. Sony had the hack, Nitnendo dumped thier fanbase for the Wii Sports soccer moms, and MS had the RROD and charging for online MP access. Who made you the most angry this gen so far and why?

I voted MS because every single time I was starting to like the 360 they would do something stupid! Either it would RROD or they hike the price of Xbox Live up or something else that would just sneak up on me. Like I'm an adult now so I can afford the price of Live (I don't buy it though) but back when I was a kid in High School I would give up a game on my birthday for an xbox live subscription and I would get a game for Hanuckha/Christmas, I had no choice and I would bash PSN calling it laggy and thought Live was SO superior. Well after I grew up and bought myself a PS3 and played on PSN I never bought Xbox Live again. Nothing worth paying for IMO, can't believe I gave up so many games just to play over my OWN internet (well parents at the time) connection!

Well that's just my opnion, who screwed you the most?

All three of them did crap that I hate.

I guess I'd vote Microsoft because of their new focus on Kinect and their overall lack of first-party.

They all screwed up in someway, but I think MS wins it.

Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft!!! I HATE them and I hate every exclusive they are known for (Gears, Halo, and Forza(Forza OK but not amazing)

Sony, but only because they will force me to get another PS3 thanks to their ridiculous bad engineering in the phat models

Microsoft.

Poor hardware from the off.

Paying for things we get free, and better elsewhere.

Kinect focus.

Killed Rare.

Companies didn't screw me over. Companies don't even know who I am. :|

I am another walking, talking wallet to them. Anyone that thinks companies care enough about their customers to bend to their every whim is loony.

Microsoft easilly.

SW has a clear bias against MS whenever polls are taken so the results are inevitable.

I own both an Xbox 360 and PS3 and haven't had problems with either. My only current gripe I have is with SOE, not neccessarily Sony, and not having their MMOs coming to the PS3 (which they once hinted at).

Companies didn't screw me over. Companies don't even know who I am. :|

I am another walking, talking wallet to them. Anyone that thinks companies care enough about their customers to bend to their every whim is loony.

mmmwksil

Definitely Nintendo.

Everything was great about the GC and then suddenly, they went "downhill" for me. Not even the 3DS is enough to win my heart.

Companies didn't screw me over. Companies don't even know who I am. :|

I am another walking, talking wallet to them. Anyone that thinks companies care enough about their customers to bend to their every whim is loony.

mmmwksil

Yes all the companies only care about your money and that's it. And that's fine because that's capitilism, but some do it by screwing their consumers over more so than others.

SW has a clear bias against MS whenever polls are taken so the results are inevitable.

I own both an Xbox 360 and PS3 and haven't had problems with either. My only current gripe I have is with SOE, not neccessarily Sony, and not having their MMOs coming to the PS3 (which they once hinted at).

KC_Hokie

Microsoft or nintendo, (no im not a fanboy, i dont even own a console any more)

See, i never had an original xbox, so i was DAMN surprised when it turned out that you had to pay for online. I was majorly jarateed, and i felt screwed over because of the xbox's "superior" multiplayer.

Nintendo screwed me (and a lot of hardcore gamers) for taking years just to make hardcore games, mostly sticking with the casuals. The wii was the first console i sold (out of the three) because of this.

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SW has a clear bias against MS whenever polls are taken so the results are inevitable.

I own both an Xbox 360 and PS3 and haven't had problems with either. My only current gripe I have is with SOE, not neccessarily Sony, and not having their MMOs coming to the PS3 (which they once hinted at).

Mawy_Golomb

SOE earlier this year made it sound like The Agency, Planetside 2 and Everquest Next were all coming to the PS3. Now it's highly unlikely any will make it. Sony's own MMOs aren't being developed for their own console anymore. That might be the biggest letdown for me (as a big MMO fan).

I'm never likely buying a console/handheld on day one EVER again. The Wii fell very short of my expectations. And seeing what happened to the 3DS, I am being more convinced as time goes by that launch days are not the best indications of how well a console/handheld will do in the long run. Look at the DC and you'll see what I mean. In spite of this, as someone going to work on serious games (military simulators, business sims, flight sims, etc.), it would really make a lot of sense to understand console, handheld, PC, and mobile gaming to be a great game programmer and/or designer, so that will probably be the main reason why I end up focusing on all 4 of those areas.of games.

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SW has a clear bias against MS whenever polls are taken so the results are inevitable.

I own both an Xbox 360 and PS3 and haven't had problems with either. My only current gripe I have is with SOE, not neccessarily Sony, and not having their MMOs coming to the PS3 (which they once hinted at).

KC_Hokie

SOE earlier this year made it sound like The Agency, Planetside 2 and Everquest Next were all coming to the PS3. Now it's highly unlikely any will make it. Sony's own MMOs aren't being developed for their own console anymore. That might be the biggest letdown for me (as a big MMO fan).

Dust 514 looks like MAG to me, which means I won't like it. I'm not really a fan of any MMO game, especially MMORPG. And those Undead zombie games don't look like nothing special IMO, I haven't even heard anything about them and it's unlikely they will ever get released this gen.

I don't really feel screwed over by any of them, but if I had to pick one, I guess I would choose Microsoft.

-RROD

-$100 WiFi adapter

-$60 a year to play games online

-$130 harddrives which are required for game modes in games like Halo Reach and original Xbox backwards compatibility.

-Lack of first party support

-Focus on Kinect

-I think it's kinda dumb how Microsoft has that deal that protects their inferior technology by forcing 3rd party developers to release games of equal quality and content across the platforms. Some of the big multi-platform games released this generation really could have been better than they were had Microsoft included a better disc drive storage medium than DVD. Lots of developers like Rockstar and Square-Enix claimed that they had to cut content from their games because of the limited storage of the DVD on 360.

All 3 make me feel screwed to a degree. Sony due to small reasons like lack of cross game chat, MS due to you name it and it's there, and Nintendo due to the fact that the library is 90% casual garbage. It's just sad.

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Companies didn't screw me over. Companies don't even know who I am. :|

I am another walking, talking wallet to them. Anyone that thinks companies care enough about their customers to bend to their every whim is loony.

enterawesome

In that regard, I guess you have a point :lol:

After 4 years, I was also a victim of the RRoD plague. Guess not even extreme care of the product could do more than stave off inevitable failure.

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[QUOTE="Mawy_Golomb"] Yeah. I wish that we'd see more MMOGs this gen, but looks like that isn't going to happen. Maybe Dust 514 will do a decent job, but I still doubt it will be that big of an impact on seeing more console MMOGs.ShadowMoses900

SOE earlier this year made it sound like The Agency, Planetside 2 and Everquest Next were all coming to the PS3. Now it's highly unlikely any will make it. Sony's own MMOs aren't being developed for their own console anymore. That might be the biggest letdown for me (as a big MMO fan).

Dust 514 looks like MAG to me, which means I won't like it. I'm not really a fan of any MMO game, especially MMORPG. And those Undead zombie games don't look like nothing special IMO, I haven't even heard anything about them and it's unlikely they will ever get released this gen.

The Undead Labs MMO is being released this generation. Here is a screenshot (right click and view just screenshot to properly see it):

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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]I don't have high expectations for DUST 514. I actually think Defiance looks better. And the Undead Labs' Zombie MMO should be the standout for console MMOs.

SOE earlier this year made it sound like The Agency, Planetside 2 and Everquest Next were all coming to the PS3. Now it's highly unlikely any will make it. Sony's own MMOs aren't being developed for their own console anymore. That might be the biggest letdown for me (as a big MMO fan).

KC_Hokie

Dust 514 looks like MAG to me, which means I won't like it. I'm not really a fan of any MMO game, especially MMORPG. And those Undead zombie games don't look like nothing special IMO, I haven't even heard anything about them and it's unlikely they will ever get released this gen.

The Undead Labs MMO is being released this generation. Here is a screenshot (right click and view just screenshot to properly see it):

I doubt the ram has to do with anything, hell Resistance 2 was an MMO I think (it had 60 players) but it looked pretty well at the time. I do know RAM is part of the reason why cross chat isn't on PSN (a feature I don't care about) but I doubt that would have anything to do with MMO graphics or map segregation.

And like I said no one has really heard about this zombie game or the developers. Dead Island just came out so go play that instead.

I doubt the ram has to do with anything, hell Resistance 2 was an MMO I think (it had 60 players) but it looked pretty well at the time. I do know RAM is part of the reason why cross chat isn't on PSN (a feature I don't care about) but I doubt that would have anything to do with MMO graphics or map segregation.

And like I said no one has really heard about this zombie game or the developers. Dead Island just came out so go play that instead.

ShadowMoses900

The Undead Labs MMO is coming out for the Xbox 360 this generation. Most of the developers working on it are ex-ArenaNet employees with the founder being an Arena-Net co-founder. These guys have a TON of MMO experience.

I'd say Microsoft, primarily because their Kinect focus has turned me into a hermit.

Microsoft. They lured me in early this generation with exclusive JRPGs and then all but stopped supporting them.

From an actual investment standpoint it would have to be Microsoft but only from the standpoint that the majority of stuff I purchased and invested in was on that system.
I cannot say for the Wii or Ps3 because while I may have those systems I didn't invest nearly as much in them as the 360.

Nintendo, mainly due to them not localizing Xenoblade and the Last Story. The other two companies did some things that irked me, but I'd say that takes the cake.

I don't really feel screwed over by any of them, but if I had to pick one, I guess I would choose Microsoft.

-RROD

-$100 WiFi adapter

-$60 a year to play games online

-$130 harddrives which are required for game modes in games like Halo Reach and original Xbox backwards compatibility.

-Lack of first party support

-Focus on Kinect

-I think it's kinda dumb how Microsoft has that deal that protects their inferior technology by forcing 3rd party developers to release games of equal quality and content across the platforms. Some of the big multi-platform games released this generation really could have been better than they were had Microsoft included a better disc drive storage medium than DVD. Lots of developers like Rockstar and Square-Enix claimed that they had to cut content from their games because of the limited storage of the DVD on 360.

Microsoft.

Poor hardware from the off.

Paying for things we get free, and better elsewhere.

Kinect focus.

Killed Rare.

-Snooze-

free and better else where only on the pc though...Ps3 online is worse and Wii is majorly worse...they killed of rare no sorry they didn't. I'll give you kinect focus and poor hardware.

Whats funny about this thread is even though I vote microsoft so many other peoples reasons with either be blatant disinformation or things the other console makers did as well yet the 360 will be the only one singled out for it.

I've been paying for Live since the original XBox, so Microsoft didn't screw me on that at all. I have no problems paying it so I can play online with all my friends. Microsoft screwed us with the RROD, that's true and their lack of exclusives in their 2nd half of this generation. PS3 screwed us with their high console prices, lies and false advertising. They also screwed us by taking away valuable features from our PS3. Including PS2 B/C, Linux support and poor security of our personal data. For me Nintendo screwed us the most by abandoning the Wii with great first party software. When it comes down to it, it's all about the games and Nintendo seem to have pulled the plug on quality Wii software to start catering to the Wii U and 3DS. At least Sony & Microsoft are still giving us decent titles for their platforms. I haven't bought a Wii game in months. Very disappointing, especially for a company that has always been about the games.

MS screws its customers the bestZombieKiller7

Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft!!! I HATE them and I hate every exclusive they are known for (Gears, Halo, and Forza(Forza OK but not amazing)

Wolfetan

Capcom.

Why? RE5.

Microsoft for 3 reasons 1. Focus on kinect and complete lack of exclusives 2. $60 a year to play games online is ridiculous 3. I had 3 360's rrod on meMoriarity_

1) I believe that with or without Kinect MS would still have the same amount of exclusives.

2) XBL has been a paid subscription service since 2002 and i believe that you get what you pay for, otherwise, both XBL and PSN would offer the exact same quality service and features which (coming from someone who's experienced both)they obviouslydon't.

3)I've gone through 5 faulty 360's due to RRoD since December 05' and it hasn't cost me a thing (3 year warranty)except a little time away from console gaming.

Microsoft easily. No excuse for shipping out consoles that are designed to fail within months.