Recent content by Joe DeFuria

Digi ! I haven't checked in here at B3D in years (literally) and just thought I'd see what's going on. Damn, man...glad you got through all that with flying colors. Carry on and be well!! Joe

I would say it's about the degrees of support for BC. I will say that no, full hardware support for BC is not a requirement for next gen. However, I do say that BC does add value (so the more BC you have, the more valuable the BC is). Where we differ is that you don't really see any level...

To be clear, I'm not suggeting that XB3 needs 100% support for all legacy game downloads OOTB with no intervention from developers. What I think is reasonable to strive for is broad compatibility, (large number of games need no updates) and then provide any dev support / tools needed for any...

Agreed. I personally consider it important (again, moreso for the on-line content, but also to at least some degree with physical media content). I don't believe next-gen in wholly tied to BC. But then...I do believe that xbox-live as a network / service does very much depend on a large...

Again, I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

That's not a fair question. I could say the topic is answered with this question: If MS and Sony deliver the exact same console....all play the same exact games, are released at the same time, same price, all play DLC from the new "Sony-Live" market...the only difference is that the MS...

My question was rhetorical. It didn't stop them from nuying Windows 7 because the version of office you use on Vista (or XP for that matter) runs on Windows 7. Why do you suppose that is? I think you're taking this far to the other extreme that TheChefO was. ;) I'm not holding it as...

That's not the issue. No one is saying that xbox 360 users are expecting that all new content made available on the 720 shuould also be made available in some form on the 360.

Yes, but I have a pretty good idea on what users expect it to be. In short, I'm putting my stake in the ground and saying that at least Microsoft (not too sure about Sony) will 1) Make considerable effort to ensure that your Live identity and Live content purchased on XBox 360 will be usable...

On one hand... On the other... And there we go. The issue with respect to this generation of consoles is that people ARE buying digital content, although it's not a true subscription service of course. People do generally expect that the digital content they buy will follow you to the...

The risk all depends on how much people have invested in PSN titles / PSN DLC. I think it's pretty obvious that Microsoft has more at risk than Sony. No, The Apple econsystem is a combination of Apple hardware plus the iTunes software and the DLC available through App World. Of course. the...

Interesting thread... I'm going to for the most part take TheChefO's side...that is, that BC should and will be an important aspect of next generation, at least for the DLC. Folks are just now getting used to the idea of "owning" content for which there is no physical media. I happen to...

I can see that as well. If the intention is to stretch the "overlap" between generations though, this would put a higher emphasis on backwards compatibility with the new consoles, imo. I don't think MS and Sony would be able to go with the approaches they went this gen, essentially "lip...

I see lots of posts that basically indicate that whether or not 2012 is too early depends on the state of component (chip) availability. I don’t see it that way at all. I hate to break it most of you, but we are actually starting to reach diminishing returns as far as graphics goes. Note I...

For me, the 7 inch size turned out to be "right". It's much more comfortable for me to use than 10 inch tablets...more portable. More options are good of course...but I'm not sure I put too much stock in this particular rumor as far as timing goes. RIM is launching a new line of smartphones...