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What a load of exagerated XBox fanboi drama.

"Un-usable triggers" - Woops sorry guys nobody told me so I guess I've been using them pretty well all this time.

I found it quite strange that The Last Of Us use the front buttons to aim and shoot instead of the triggers, but I guess that's pretty common on the PS3? Could have something to do with the poor design of the triggers. The main problem is they slope down instead of up to catch a finger. This promotes slippage. 

There are 3rd party products to fix this issue. 

The main problem I have with the interface is how unpolished it feels. Most of that comes from the rough (jittery) transitions and noticeable delay when taking any action in the menu. 

Funny, Xbox One sounds suspiciously like Xbox Won.  A play on words perhaps?  I suspect that the reason they are pushing all the features except for games is because they assume that everyone already knows that the platform can run games.  They are trying to attract a wider market by appealing to people that are not very interested in games, like the parents of all the gamers who need justification for buying this thing. They want non-gamers to take it seriously as well.  Also, by the time fall rolls around, people's TV's are going to be flooded with game ads just in time for Christmas.  They are building up anticipation by holding back for now.  

You have more faith in Microsoft marketing than I do. I believe most of the trouble here is how poor of a job they have done explaining the console and the benefits. For example, how many people here know you and a friend can play a single copy of a game at the same time? You can buy one copy of Gears of War 13 and play coop with a friend in another state even though he doesn't have a copy of the game. That's a feature I will be using a lot. 

Why are you doing this exactly? You've introduced a single point of failure in your email delivery system. A system which is designed to be stable and redundant  That's why you can have multiple MX records. You'd be much better served just using Google Apps if you want Gmail for your custom domain.

Holy crap the PSN is slow. Over 6 hours to download 18GB game, even though I have a 50Mb/s pipe. What happens once it's done? Now it's "Installing". I've been here for 20 minutes now and it's at 11%! Overall everything on this console feels slow. It takes close to 30 seconds for the store to open, and the menu transitions are all incredibly laggy. 

On a more positive note: The Last Of Us is a pretty good game. Certainly not the 10 stars that some reviewers claim, but worth playing. There were some very good scenes in there and the dialog was fantastic. The part that dragged it down was the game play. It's a platforming stealthy shooter and it does none of those particularly well. I also hated the "puzzles" of which there were three variety that were all solved exactly the same way. How many times am I supposed to swim and find a pallet for Ellie to cling to so I can get her across deep water before it gets old? The answer is one. After one trip on a pallet, it's not worth doing again. Same with boosting her up so she can push the ladder down which just so happens to be hanging there. Or lifting her through a hole in a wall so she can unjam the door from the other side. Each of these scenarios played out over and over and over. Very formulaic. Also, what the hell are up with the shivs and melee weapons? Are you seriously telling me all of these firearms are in working order, but we can't get a metal blade, or a baseball bat or a metal pipe that won't break after hitting a soft squishy human 3-5 times? So yes... lots of flaws, but still highly recommended.

 

Or you could just build a gaming pc for the same price 

anyone complaining about buying a ps4 because the X1 is going to have restricted game trading is not ganna find the pc any better.

Something most people conveniently forget when praising Valve and / or steam.