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[IbizaPocholo]

 

[spookyfish]

Thankfully, there’s a system for those who want ads popping up, and it’s the Xbox One.

 

[Max_Po]

what year is this.....

 

[JimboJones]

Big Xbox gold advert in the middle

 

[brap]

Looks very comfy tbh.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Ads were so heavy on the 360

 

[JOEVIAL]

Yeah I just noticed this a few days ago. I'm trying to clear my 360 backlog, lolz

But yeah, they are still dumb for not putting the game front and center. I play the console for the games... not for a reminder about Xbox Live Gold and all that garbage.

 

[Sir Vilhelm]

Big Xbox gold advert in the middle

That's not an advert

 

[AGRacing]

Thankfully, there’s a system for those who want ads popping up, and it’s the Xbox One.

I love you.

 

[Bernkastel]

Now remove paying to play online.

 

[Wonko_C]

First the ads, then the ability to redownload my digital purchases.

 

[KonstructReborn]

I do not buy it. Let's check the other tabs!

 

[Dolomite]

 

[Self]

Great move. Now apply to XOne and XSX and I'll be happy.

 

[D.Final]

Well...
Good timing, indeed

 

[TheContact]

Man that 360 dashboard is nostalgic AF. I wish my 360 didn't break =\

 

[Rheon]

Wow, MS is really committed to older hardware huh?

 

[Fuz]

...they bombard you with ads in your own console OS?

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Thankfully, there’s a system for those who want ads popping up, and it’s the Xbox One.

They pop up now? This is amazing what tech does these days

Big Xbox gold advert in the middle

I think advertising your own products and services is OK, but it it taking a ton of place... shouldn't the ads be on one of those smaller tiles at the very least out of your way.

 

[MDSLKTR]

...they bombard you with ads in your own console OS?

360 during the kinect era was a very dark time.

 

[nush]

I for one am glad that Microsoft finally listened to consumer feedback on this issue. Good work Microsoft!

 

[TheMan]

Lol, yeah I noticed the dashboard was looking really empty the other day, thought maybe the connection wasn't working right but everything checked out. No more ads for games that came out 10 years ago.

 

[the_master]

...they bombard you with ads in your own console OS?

They do it. Also in PS4, as soon as you go to the store, it is all an add (New, featureed, recommended...), the only way to see the games that are out with no bias is going to the list of all games. Same for Xbox One

 

[rofif]

If only my 360 was not banned on before halo 3 released

 

[kuncol02]

360 during the kinect era was a very dark time.

Whole MS during kinect/Win8 era was in very dark place.

 

[Spukc]

That's not an advert

Oh puh-lease

 

[The_Mike]

First the ads, then the ability to redownload my digital purchases.

I know this is a petty attempt to make a joke, but why would they do that?

 

[sn0man]

The 360s best days are over. The least they could do is patch in the blades and leave the dozens of us that just want to play games alone.

 

[MasterDerico]

They need to do an update to play xbox indie games offline.

 

[Wonko_C]

I know this is a petty attempt to make a joke, but why would they do that?

Because there has been precedent: The most prominent example is Nintendo closing the Wii Shop. I'm not saying it's gonna happen tomorrow, but very old digital catalogues are just going to be phased-out eventually.

 

[Fuz]

They do it. Also in PS4, as soon as you go to the store, it is all an add (New, featureed, recommended...), the only way to see the games that are out with no bias is going to the list of all games. Same for Xbox One

This is incredibly shitty and you are all idiots to tolerate it.

 

[The_Mike]

Because there has been precedent: The most prominent example is Nintendo closing the Wii Shop. I'm not saying it's gonna happen tomorrow, but very old digital catalogues are just going to be phased-out eventually.

With the lack of bc Nintendo has no reason to have it anymore. Xbox is forever bc as we know so it will be available for a long time. Anyone thinking otherwise has boomer mentality.

 

[Ceallach]

I saw this tagged retro and thought about it for a second. More time has passed between today and the 360 launch than between the SNES launch and 360 launch. Damn I feel old all of a sudden.

 

[Wonko_C]

With the lack of bc Nintendo has no reason to have it anymore. Xbox is forever bc as we know so it will be available for a long time. Anyone thinking otherwise has boomer mentality.

We're not even talking BC here. We can always buy an used console 20-30 years down the like but we won't be able to play the Wiiware exclusives, having to resort to emulation or even piracy for preservation.

It is naive to think Xbox or any other company will have forever BC, I'll believe it when I don't need an Xbox 360 to play most of my library because they're not even BC on XBO.

 

[The_Mike]

We're not even talking BC here. We can always buy an used console 20-30 years down the like but we won't be able to play the Wiiware exclusives, having to resort to emulation or even piracy for preservation.

It is naive to think Xbox or any other company will have forever BC, I'll believe it when I don't need an Xbox 360 to play most of my library because they're not even BC on XBO.

The reason why not every game works on Xbox One was because it was an afterthought. There's really no reason not to support it suddenly.

I bought my whole Xbox One library on digital, and I dont lay up at night with the fear of a game disappearing. Have been all digital on pc since steam in two decades, and have never lost a digital game.

 

[Wonko_C]

The reason why not every game works on Xbox One was because it was an afterthought. There's really no reason not to support it suddenly.

I bought my whole Xbox One library on digital, and I dont lay up at night with the fear of a game disappearing. Have been all digital on pc since steam in two decades, and have never lost a digital game.

Fair enough. Only time will tell.

 

[Tranquil]

That's not an advert

Are you trolling?

 

[FStubbs]

Because there has been precedent: The most prominent example is Nintendo closing the Wii Shop. I'm not saying it's gonna happen tomorrow, but very old digital catalogues are just going to be phased-out eventually.

The only reason the Wii shop died was because Gamespy died. Nintendo kept servicing the NES well into the 00s for example.

 

[Sir Vilhelm]

Are you trolling?

Explain

 

[Tranquil]

Explain

No.

Self explanatory.

 

[Sir Vilhelm]

No.

Self explanatory.

So you're just trolling, got it thanks

 

[M1chl]

They should just open up the system, but probably they will not do that since BC...

 

[-Arcadia-]

I saw this tagged retro and thought about it for a second. More time has passed between today and the 360 launch than between the SNES launch and 360 launch. Damn I feel old all of a sudden.

Could you not?

 

[hariseldon]

We're not even talking BC here. We can always buy an used console 20-30 years down the like but we won't be able to play the Wiiware exclusives, having to resort to emulation or even piracy for preservation.

It is naive to think Xbox or any other company will have forever BC, I'll believe it when I don't need an Xbox 360 to play most of my library because they're not even BC on XBO.

To be fair piracy has always been a big part of preservation. Back in the day the Atari ST had copy protection on the disks for instance but guys like automation, dbug and pompey pirates made copiable versions - the vast majority of the available disk images these days are those pirated versions while the original disks are often unusable after 30 years. The images can be written to a real floppy drive to use on a real ST if you can find a pc floppy drive and some disks.

 

[hariseldon]

The reason why not every game works on Xbox One was because it was an afterthought. There's really no reason not to support it suddenly.

I bought my whole Xbox One library on digital, and I dont lay up at night with the fear of a game disappearing. Have been all digital on pc since steam in two decades, and have never lost a digital game.

To be honest the risk of losing content has never been higher with all the cancelling going on right now.

 

[CRAIG667]

I LIKE ADS!

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

We're not even talking BC here. We can always buy an used console 20-30 years down the like but we won't be able to play the Wiiware exclusives, having to resort to emulation or even piracy for preservation.

It is naive to think Xbox or any other company will have forever BC, I'll believe it when I don't need an Xbox 360 to play most of my library because they're not even BC on XBO.

I can't see many xbox 360's or higher gen consoles surviving that long.

 

[The_Mike]

To be honest the risk of losing content has never been higher with all the cancelling going on right now.

What is being mass cancelled at the moment?

 

[ShirAhava]

wow my xbox 360 is a lot smoother now

 

[nush]

The reason why not every game works on Xbox One was because it was an afterthought

The reason not every 360 game works on Xbox one is because they are not running off the disk as all. They download a version with a new executable and the disc is just the key if you don't have the digital version. That new executable means it's legally a new version of the game so distribution, licensing and publishing have to be agreed.

Not only that but games that need dedicated controllers won't be supported because those controllers are incompatible with the Xbox one.

So while it is technically possible for all games that just have standard controller support to be made playable on the Xbox One, legally it's very hard/impossible in many cases.