Comments on: Microsoft Hinting At Home-Esque Spaces

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[...] into games relatively easy. A current rumour by Gamestooge (via TSA) seems to add weight to the theories of a Home-esque space coming to [...]

By: BlingOnMyWrist

BlingOnMyWrist — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:10:03 +0000

Yeah, they can already watch movies together.

By: BlingOnMyWrist

BlingOnMyWrist — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:50 +0000

It may be a rip-off, but they’ve gone and made it better (more interactive).

By: Raen

Raen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:56 +0000

I don’t know how much this is really like Home anyway. This could even be almost an extension of your friends list and the group watching of films/Sky TV. I see it as you select which game you want to play from the NXE and you see which of your other friends are playing arcade games at the same time (and if none are then maybe some randoms also playing arcade games) before you zoom into your particular machine. Not particularly similar to Home at all really.

By: Quinlank

Quinlank — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:17:56 +0000

What happened to Home “Not being the sort of thing online gamers want” or whatever they said?

Then again, you might as well ask whatever happened to the 360 not needing HDMI/1080p/Motion sensing etc.

Not the biggest surprise to see something like this happen really.

By: Raen

Raen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:07:33 +0000

Don’t worry, I half did. It’s the capitilsation.

By: mynameisblair

mynameisblair — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:06:31 +0000

Love that name too.
Had to say it out loud to get it, though

By: Shlomi1995

Shlomi1995 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:58:56 +0000

Weird comment you make there Sympozium.

As Raen points out, this isn’t the first time rip-offs occur and very common in business.
Do you seriously think SONY didn’t rip-off Microsoft in one way or another?

By: kevatron400

kevatron400 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:09:52 +0000

What is this currency of which you speak?

By: kevhardy

kevhardy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:55:18 +0000

It may be my cynical sony-fanboy side coming out but I have to ask if the arcade machines in this new area will be accepting microsoft points to play them

By: Raen

Raen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:40:27 +0000

Exactly

By: BadBoyBoogie

BadBoyBoogie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:34:53 +0000

All this debate about who is copying who with what etc…. As far as I’m concerned, I think/hope it’ll drive each of them to improve their respective offerings, which at the end of the day, is going to benefit us, the people that use them!!

By: hazelam

hazelam — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:28:27 +0000

bet you it’ll have a trophy room type thing and working game launching, both things home was supposed to have had, but didn’t

By: ricey787

ricey787 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:27:33 +0000

just like how tropheis rip off acheievements?

By: dirtyhabit

dirtyhabit — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:11:31 +0000

‘I’m sure I read about something like that happening in Home a while back’

Shhyeah right! I’ve seen you wandering around Home in your ass-less chaps. waiting for people to bend over the pool tables!

By: bunimomike

bunimomike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:56:17 +0000

I was more thinking about middle-aged men pretending to be kids in there.

I’m sure I read about something like that happening in Home a while back.

By: Raen

Raen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:45:47 +0000

Of course that’s not to say that they are a glowing example, but a company that directly supports its competitor isn’t the worst company in the world. And I would imagine that almost every major company is (at some level) trying to eliminate or at least weaken the competition.

By: Raen

Raen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:40:05 +0000

Actually MS’s stance on competition isn’t to eliminate it. Whilst it may seem like that they have (in the past) supported Apple when it was on the verge of going under, which is why they used to own stock in the company. Now that Apple are doing better (and due to anti-trust stuff) they were required to sell the stock, which is fair enough. But yes, that was essentially keeping the competition alive.

By: Raen

Raen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:37:33 +0000

Not bad, but a bit wordy surely

By: bunimomike

bunimomike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:33:36 +0000

They should call it gRoomspace