If you count the water block then yes. Pretty tragic cause I'm currently playing games that are three or four years old 🙂
My favourite pc games are even older think AvP2, Unreal Tournament goty etc at least my £200 pc will run those, the newest it will max out is fallout 3 so I've not bothered trying anything newer. One thing I do like about pc games over console is modding, especially for bethesda games.
To be honest it's a shame everyone (consumers) want new consoles every 5-10 years as the cell processor inside the ps3 still has so much more power that can be unlocked.
Shame it's so much of a pig to program for (Skyrim bugs for ps3 are a prime example)
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I think its difficulty to programme also reflected in the cost of the games often £10+ more than the same game for the 360 at release. Sony seem to have realised this and settled for raw power in the ps4 unlike Microsoft with its e-sram stuff.
Do any of the Xbox one gimmicks add anything substantial? I can't imagine using a Kinect for anything other than experimenting.
The Kinect is now more integral than the old one use to be. It logs you and anyone else it recognises in, you can still log in manually but after using the auto log in doing it manually seem like a ball ache. As for the rest of the stuff it does tbh the only other thing it does that I'll use is Skype but not while gaming.
It works as a bluray player which saves me buying a second one for the bedroom but as far as the rest goes.... well I have a smart tv and computer that does all the rest and does it better. I don't mind paying for live gold as you've always had to pay to play online but the number of features they've put behind the paywall is silly, you can't even use youtube, the internet browser, Netflix etc unless you have gold which limits its use as a multimedia centre for those that aren't really interested in gaming.
Smartglass is good though I would like to see more games utilise effectively which I'm sure will happen as time progresses. Another good feature is its partial standby mode which allows the console to download and install system updates while you're not using it, given I've not seen an update much smaller than 500mb this is handy if you don't have quick broadband. It's a pity it doesn't do installed games as well, I think the biggest update for a game has been 4-5gb.