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You mean the same company that, in order to "protect" their music, installed a root kit on everyone's PC?
The entire point I was making was directed at this upcoming generation of video game consoles. If you want, I can type out a laundry list of evil things Microsoft has done over the last 3 decades. But there's no need for that because it's clearly evident which console manufacturer has listened to the masses this time around. In 7 years I have full faith that Sony will screw something up and open the door for someone else.
It's not firmware, it's just software. And Major Nelson actually said they weren't going to leave people high and dry after 10 years:
http://www.neowin.ne...-xbox-one-games
There's a lot to complain about - they've screwed the PR - but there's a lot of false information out there too.
That's hardly a definitive reply from Major Nelson. Do you think when you are old and grey you will be able to dust off your XBone and show your grandchildren what games were like in 2013? I think it would be naive to believe that. You will be lucky if this thing works in 2023.
I agree that there's a lot of conflicting info out there, but ask yourself this - why doesn't Microsoft simply clear up the misinformation with a simple official statement on their website? They can't, because most of this stuff is true - they need some wiggle room to backtrack.
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It's not about which console is "winning", it's about a company that is listening to what its customers want, and another company that is trying to tell customers what they want.
This is what happens when you pull the crap that Microsoft is trying to pull. And yeah, of course they can modify the firmware to stop the daily check after say, 10 years or so. Where did they say they are ever going to do that? Ask the Halo 2 players about Microsoft servers lol.
The XBone will sell units I'm sure, there's an entire legion of 13 year-olds that will be screaming for Call Of Duty this Christmas. Microsoft knows they could build a system that literally kicks you in the nuts every morning and they still would sell units.
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Information on the PS4's DRM system is starting to come out. While initially not as restrictive as the Xbox, it could easily become that way if the game publishers want to (and since MS has said the reason they implemented DRM in the XBox One was because of the publishers.... I expect to see this on the PS4 in short order).
http://www.neowin.ne...e-playstation-4
"While technically this means that publishers could implement persistent online checks for their games, it's unlikely they will do so right away."
There is no DRM on the PS4, it's all in the hands of publishers, exactly the same as it is now on the PS3 and XBox 360 (and every console before). And after the recent backlash we've seen, I highly doubt any company will dare try it (well OK, I'm sure EA will at some point lol).
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Here's actual gameplay from a new release on the PS4 called "The Division"
This looks insane...
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I surprised at how many posters think it's perfectly fine for one of the team leaders and THE leader of the defensive secondary to miss all of the OTAs and minicamp when the team has a new coaching staff and a new fairly complex defense in order to help his negotiating position. I'm concerned that Byrd is going to have a slow start to the season and poor chemistry with his teammates. And if he misses training camp too then I'd add injuries to my list of concerns.
I don't think it's fine, it's definitely not helping. If they don't get a deal done by July 15th and he skips training camp, then I think you will see public sentiment turn against him. K-9 you owe me a video of Byrd getting smoked....
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Positive. TD pass against Gilmore vs. Cleveland and again vs. SF. On both, Byrd has deep cover responsibility. I can cut him some slack for the one against SF because he was playing centerfield in a cover-1, was caught cheating towards Rogers' side, and Alex Smith made a good read and throw when he saw that. But the point is, Byrd has been slow in coverage since he entered the league. It's his one fault and he's been beaten because of it.
GO BILLS!!!
Byrd wasn't even on the field for the Cleveland TD, it was Wilson, Rogers and Gilmore on that side. So.....yeah, your memory needs some refreshing. He has no man assignment in a zone cover-1, so you can't lay the blame squarely on him. He was the best coverage free safety in the league last year. Maybe you've been confusing him with Justin Rogers all these years?
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I've had an XBox 360 for over 5 years and I love the thing, but after this last week and watching E3, there's no way on earth I will be supporting this piece of crap. What the heck is Microsoft smoking? DRM, daily connectivity check, no used game market, no indie dev support, a Kinect that monitors you, and it costs $100 more than the PS4? They should call it the Xbox Titanic lol
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I could give a crap about his season stats. When you watch the guy play, he's average to good. Not great, and not nearly disruptive enough for my liking. Byrd had a great rookie year. -Fell flat the next. With the exception of a few lucky breaks, he's pretty much worked his way back to the middle.
He can be upgraded....I'd welcome a trade with open arms.
Fell flat the next? He had his best year last year. He didn't allow a single TD in coverage, and as QB's shied away from him (only 21 targets), he still managed to pick off 5 balls and change the outcome of at least 1 game (maybe 2). He's the best coverage free safety in the league, and aside from an aging Ed Reed the best free safety in the league period. If you indeed watched his play last year and considered it average, you either a) don't know the difference between a strong safety and a free safety, or b) need to cut back on your liquor intake during these games. There wasn't a better free safety on the field last year, and I'm not just saying that as some blindly-devoted Bills' homer.
If you want to make the argument that a safety isn't worth $8M+, okay, that discussion has legs. But to say he's average and can be upgraded is laughable.
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Yes I can. When I was a master sergeant in the Air Force, I was expected to do the same things lower-ranking airmen did, and for a whole lot less money than what the Bills are offering Byrd. You want that kind of money, act the part.
The NFL is a little different than the military. Just a little.
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Boy, I am already tired of this BS. Trade him for whatever you can get at this point.
And just what BS is that? The noise from a handful of people on this forum who don't understand how the franchise tag works? *yawn*
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It's very sad. Frustrating that inferior sites (i.e. Walter Football, Bleacher Report) can turn a profit with their sub-par analysis but a quality publication couldn't.
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Wait until Kiko finds Khippewa, then we might see krazy.
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Pick 5-10. QB Bridgewater or Boyd.
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I thought this thread was going to be about Lee Evans
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How does this crap get the ratings to stay on the air?
It's much better for ratings to become a bottom-of-the-barrel contrarion (i.e. Skip Bayless) than it is to provide an accurate analysis. It's unfortunate, but we reward the "look at me" media by not looking away.
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Now I get most Bills fans are hyper sensitive to anything negative said about the Bills, but I don't care if Byrd played for the Pats, he is AVERAGE and does NOT deserve to be paid what he is looking for. I personally am hoping the Bills can ship him for a 1st rounder to some team stupid enough to go for it.
If by average you mean arguably the top FS in the league and the best FS we have had in the history of our franchise, then yeah, average.
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Cut this scrub already.
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Yeah but which one gets named Superbowl MVP?
This truly is the best time of the year for Bills fans
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1980- my first year of caring about Bills football...beating SD week five in the battle of undefeated teams...kinda cool...RIP Chuck....
I remember them getting revenge and beating us in the playoffs 20-14. Fergy played on a busted ankle, and Fouts beat us late in the game with a bomb. I seem to remember Muncie fumbling at some point.
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Ralph is cheap
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This signing has Whaley written all over it.
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Wow I think that thing looks laughably hideous!! It looks like a combination of an air-craft hangar and a church! That has to be just a concept, right?
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This beach is crazy. I don't care how good she looked once. She is bathouse nuts.
Who's nuts, the woman who takes advantage of advancing medical technology, or the millions of people who go to psychics to get told what they want to hear?
Yeah... listening to doctors is crazy!
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Duly noted. We can revisit this in a few weeks, as Byrd probably won't be showing up for OTAs (rightfully so) and eventually the News will run a column pointing this fact out, which should send a large portion of the fanbase into meltdown mode.
Xbox One - WOW!!
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XBone's Family Plan revealed
http://pastebin.com/TE1MWES2
Yeah, it was a BS system that let you share a 15-45 minute demo of a game with a friend one time. Then that oh-so-lucky friend could make a decision if they wanted to purchase it for full price. You were never going to be able to give away 10 free copies of your game to your family members, that's a pipe dream. Next-Gen!!