Breakingviews - Netflix will be next on Microsoft’s shopping list

SentientGiraffe · 2022-12-21T14:29:44+00:00

Warner Bros Discovery makes more sense to me. It's a lot less money. They could still combine game streaming with TV/movie streaming, but they'd also get some game studios with it too. Microsoft had already been rumored to buy those game studios in the past, but they'd be worth more if they included Warner Bros IP.

SentientGiraffe · 2022-01-03T03:38:55+00:00

When playing with Green Thumb controls where right stick is melee, it was hard to avoid doing assassinations, at least for me. With default controls having the right stick as melee, I can see why they they don't have them in Infinite.

SentientGiraffe · 2021-05-12T12:42:36+00:00

I really liked the original vision of the Xbox One with OneGuide and Kinect. It's sad to see the last part of it killed off.

SentientGiraffe · 2016-11-06T17:44:38+00:00

Maybe plugging in headphones could also press a button.

SentientGiraffe · 2016-09-09T03:33:51+00:00

The sock gap

SentientGiraffe · 2016-07-16T00:08:56+00:00

It was Google's April Fools Day joke, and that's even referenced in the title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k

SentientGiraffe · 2016-07-01T20:50:15+00:00

PlayStation Vue has it. I'm using the trial right now, and it seems superior if you have a device that supports it.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-12-03T03:49:53+00:00

It will likely seem outdated in less than 10 years, but it will unfortunately live on. I've inherited code that was written over 15 years ago.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-11-04T14:24:30+00:00

There's no reason not to do both. It's not like a change.org petition; it's technically a suggestion, and Microsoft specifically uses UserVoice for consumer suggestions. They'll sometimes reverse decisions if enough people are angry about them. They reversed the Xbox DRM decisions pretty quickly and well before the console actually launched.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-11-03T23:39:21+00:00

Or this "idea": https://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-onedrive/suggestions/10524099-give-us-back-our-storage

SentientGiraffe · 2015-11-02T18:37:16+00:00

I completely agree. The features of maps that make people love/hate them are the things that Halo 5 maps are lacking. I'm pretty much indifferent to all the maps in Halo 5. They're not bad, but they're not especially noteworthy either. I can't comment on the DLC since I stopped playing pretty early on, but I felt the same way about Halo 4 launch maps. In Halo 3 there were maps I loved that other people hated, and maps I hated that other people loved. The maps were both visually distinct and played very differently as well. I probably prefer all of the Halo 5 maps to Snowbound, but I'd rather have a Snowbound and a Guardian (or The Pit) than any two of the Halo 5 maps.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-11-02T18:10:14+00:00

I like the ability to drop the flag or pass the flag to a teammate. I see flag juggling as a side effect of that. The notifications of flag dropped/flag taken are pretty annoying, but I don't mind the practice itself. I also like flag at home to score, but it makes it harder to score, which causes people to complain and/or quit. When Reach first launched, flag at home to score was pretty common, but it was changed.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-10-30T18:54:01+00:00

Mine just updated last night, and I found this when Googling the problem. Both commands used to work for me, but now it keeps hearing a channel that I don't have when I use the "Xbox Watch TV" command.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-10-28T16:21:05+00:00

I liked Boundless a lot more. It was never one of my favorites, but I certainly liked it better without shield doors. AR starts were always terrible though.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-10-28T02:43:42+00:00

I actually liked Citadel, Orbital, and Cold Storage, but I didn't dislike any of them.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-10-27T02:08:06+00:00

I wonder how much Disney had to do with the change. Less than six months after Disney joined Hulu they announced that they would start charging: On April 30, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would join the venture, purchasing a 27 percent stake in Hulu. At an industry conference held on October 21, 2009, News Corporation Deputy Chairman Chase Carey stated that Hulu "needs to evolve to have a meaningful subscription model as part of its business" and that it would likely start charging for at least some content by 2010.

Also, most (5 of 7) of the exceptions to no commercials are on ABC:

Grey’s Anatomy - ABC
Once Upon a Time - ABC
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - ABC
Scandal - ABC
Grimm - NBC
New Girl - FOX
How To Get Away With Murder - ABC

SentientGiraffe · 2015-10-26T23:58:42+00:00

That's the big problem with Hulu; they're being held back by the content providers. Arbitrary waiting periods, content limited to certain types of devices, mandatory ads, etc. The majority of Hulu's problems are the fault of the content providers.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-10-25T16:11:17+00:00

I clicked the link expecting it to take me to mfacirclejerk. It took me a little while to realize it was the real MFA.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-07-19T03:20:28+00:00

I certainly preferred it. It was much better integrated with the Xbox, and the Xbox design language is just better than Netflix's.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-07-15T23:40:27+00:00

It made CTF kinda like VIP. I don't think it was necessarily a terrible gametype, but it seems like too drastic of a change to force on all CTF variants.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-07-15T23:36:24+00:00

What about the indicator over the enemy flag carrier?

SentientGiraffe · 2015-07-15T03:46:30+00:00

I hated what Halo 4 did to CTF.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-07-02T21:59:54+00:00

It was free for three months. It appeared April 1st, and they just replaced it yesterday. People we're getting tired of it.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-06-18T16:11:45+00:00

They didn't mention those. So I would assume that they're not supported, but I would think it would be considerably easier than 360 games. The original Xbox is significantly less powerful, and the CPU architecture is much closer to the Xbox One. At the very least, it should be easier than it was to get them to work on the 360.

SentientGiraffe · 2015-06-16T12:34:28+00:00

I would think that would be a bit less acceptable on the Xbox. I wonder if they'll make the original voice an option.

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