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| From | Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Steam Machines at GameStop |
| Date | 2015-10-30 14:55 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d9hem9F2rdcU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (15 earlier) <n0vts3$d3q$1@dont-email.me> <n0vub6$f9b$1@dont-email.me> <n0vurn$g39$1@dont-email.me> <1hq4x3mo5hy02$.15vvmpydjnuip.dlg@40tude.net> <n0vvrl$lg0$2@dont-email.me> |
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:48:28 -0400, Charmed Tuna wrote: > On 2015-10-30 10:42 AM, Big Fish in a Small Crotch wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:31:25 -0400, Charmed Tuna wrote: >> >>> On 2015-10-30 10:22 AM, Ezekiel wrote: >>>> "Charmed Tuna" <.m@nsn.s> wrote in message >>>> news:n0vts3$d3q$1@dont-email.me... >>>>> On 2015-10-30 9:59 AM, Lloyd Parsons wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:47:57 -0400, Charmed Tuna wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>> Or I mistyped it!! :) My bad. I meant to type Xbox Live Gold. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I assume that they're competing directly with PS Plus which offers >>>>>>> more of the same thing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Pretty much. One's $10/year higher than the other, but overall >>>>>> provides similar benefits. >>>>> >>>>> Well considering how Xbox Live is mandatory to play against others >>>>> online, it's nice that they're offering something back. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> In their quarterly financials this week MSFT said they have >>>> 39-million active users on XBox live. Also interesting was this: >>>> >>>> <quote> >>>> "(Microsoft) will offer an Xbox One bundled with the sci-fi shooter >>>> Gears of War Ultimate, an extra controller, and postapocalyptic >>>> role-playing game Fallout 4 all for just $300. That's an insane deal >>>> considering Fallout 4 is probably the most anticipated release of the >>>> fall. >>> >>> It is. I pre-ordered Fallout 4 the moment I heard it even existed. I >>> can't wait to play it. The deal makes it very difficult to even >>> consider getting a Steambox which comes with nothing to play at all. >>> >>>> Microsoft was able to cut the price of the Xbox One to help it >>>> outsell the PlayStation 4 last November and December, which are the >>>> biggest months of the year for game sales by far. But with Sony >>>> cutting the price of the PS4 to $350, repeating that success may >>>> prove difficult for the Windows company." >>>> </quote> >>>> >>>> That's some severe price competion from both Microsoft and Sony that >>>> the Steam machine must compete against. >>> >>> It just can't win, it offers nothing alluring to the gamer. The >>> advocretins will say great things about it but let's be honest: even >>> THEY won't buy one. >> >> My nephew is one of those gamers who line up outside GameStop the night >> before a new game or console is released so he can be one of the first >> to get one. He has a Sony and an Xbox both latest versions with all the >> toys. >> I asked him about the Steam Box and he laughed. >> Nobody he knows is going to buy one, especially at that price point. > > Kids know way better than we do what will succeed. They might not be > able to express themselves as eloquently as we do, but at least they > know what they'll play and what they won't. And these machines are all targetting kids and young adults. Us older folks are just gravy when we decide to join in with the fun, but we are definitely not the target market. -- Lloyd
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Steam Machines at GameStop Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-10-28 23:25 -0500
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 13:41 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-29 10:48 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-29 19:45 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-29 20:39 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-29 21:22 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-29 21:39 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-29 21:51 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 09:22 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 13:29 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 09:47 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 13:59 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 10:14 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-30 10:22 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 10:31 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-10-30 10:42 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 10:48 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 14:55 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 14:36 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-30 10:47 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 12:25 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 14:34 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 10:37 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 14:43 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-30 12:21 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 16:25 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-29 09:48 -0500
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 14:56 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 15:04 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-29 13:26 -0500
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-10-29 14:33 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Charmed Tuna <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-29 16:59 -0400
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-29 19:56 -0600
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-30 15:48 -0600
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-10-30 11:12 -0500
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-02 08:02 -0600
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 14:15 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 18:35 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 15:02 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 14:54 +0000
Re: Steam Machines at GameStop Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 15:03 +0000
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