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So I guess preordering a console doesnt work like preordering a game.. it keeps prompting me to pay full price for the system when I just wanna throw down $5 bucks and pay it off when I pick it up in November

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 10, 2013 -> 10:19 PM) Microsofts network destroys Sony's, for one. The PS3 was a better machine , but Microsoft won because of the network. Microsoft is thinking much bigger than hardcore gamers. Sony is going to a pay to play online system, I dont see how it doesnt stack up to xboxs online service now

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 10, 2013 -> 10:13 PM) Sony failed today IMO in everything outside of price. For a system that's supposed to be aimed at hardcore gamers, you'd think they'd be able to show a presentation that wasn't in-engine. The games looked worse. Watchdogs certainly didn't look next gen. Microsoft is ahead of them in the media center idea and they have the network to back it. I'm bored with gaming right now so I won't be buying either, but with integration options in the Xbox, I'd probably go that route. Regardless, you're probably better off going with the console that's more popular and I wouldn't bet on Sony. How so? They are going to be the exact same system only difference is you can still trade in games and its cheaper..

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 10, 2013 -> 10:07 PM) Microsoft does have a chance to bundle or price drop, but I don't see how you pick XBox over PS4 right now. I dont see how xbox doesnt take a catastrophic loss from this

Ouch XBOX is toast

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jun 10, 2013 -> 09:47 PM) Never mind.. You now have to pay to play online multiplayer. nevermind? This just means that PS4 online will be more like XBOX Live which is a good thing.. Sorry XBOX, but you have lost a long time customer today. Ill be getting a PS4

*Le sigh* I suppose I can.. email is [email protected]

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 28, 2013 -> 12:51 PM) Then what? Then what, what? This team isn't good enough to win this division or make the playoffs. Its not hard to see that if you watch them play. Its pointless to not trade these guys if were out of it. And I am not saying give them away, if the value isnt there so be it but I don't think that's going to be the case.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 27, 2013 -> 09:37 PM) Have there been any reports about exactly what Cooper was screaming at Flowers about tonight? prolly about how much he sucks at baseball

hes in charlotte dummy

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 27, 2013 -> 07:22 PM) Nope. Only saying why he might have more value now or in the next two months than in the off-season (when he would only have 1 year left on his deal). Peavy should be traded ONLY if we could get a PREMIUM return, AND if we were clearly out of it....meaning 8-10 games back at XYZ point in July, when such decisions have to be made. Most don't trust the White Sox to execute this kind of trade correctly in the first place. But it wouldn't be an easy move to make, because we're two bats away from being a really good team if we could clean up our defensive miscues. Ide be surprised if this team wasnt 8-10 games out of first in mid July. We dont have the offense to compete this year and if guys like Rios, Peavy, Crain, etc. keep performing at a high level they will be in demand come deadline time and I sure hope that we are dealing these guys and not adding.

QUOTE (danman31 @ May 23, 2013 -> 11:27 PM) I don't think you can say that currently since both systems are getting major revamps in each of the categories you mentioned. Ide be leaning more towards PS4 if they can give me an online experience that XBOX does.. but I really do hate that playstation controller and much prefer 2 bumpers and 2 triggers over 4 bumpers so close together on PS

Everything I am reading about the XBOX and how its more geared towards an entertainment hub and not gamers is really turning me off to the system. I will obviously wait to see what E3 has in store but I really do NOT want anything to do with connect. The last thing I need is to have Jose skype me his penis. I dont care to play kinect games, I dont want to have to turn on the system or start games by talking to the XBOX. The kinect must ALWAYS be on for the system to work, I hate that. The worst part is Playstation is such an inferior system in terms of online presentation, options, the controller, presentation.. but I reallllly dont want to have to do anything with Kinect. I guess I am just going to have to wait until E3 before I decide if I am getting either of these consoles or none and just riding the 360 until I absolutely have to get a next gen.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 22, 2013 -> 06:01 PM) My thoughts on this are that they are probably going to have an activation code on the game. This code will be locked to your gamer id. If you are to trade the game in, you would have to release the game from your id and it would not play on your system anymore. On gamestop's end, they would just not accept any game that did not have a unlocked activation code. This would work out for everybody. Gamestop would stay in business, consumers would still be able to buy used games without paying extra. Whether this is how they are doing it, I have no idea, but if I worked for Microsoft this would be my suggestion. I don't think that's how it works.. That means that if I buy a new game, install it on my system, then take to my friends house where he would need to install it and "buy" it to be able to play then I no longer own the game and would have to "rebuy" it when I go back home.. This is my understanding. I buy the game, I own that game and I go home and install it onto my system. I no longer need the disc so I go trade it back into Gamestop for store credit. Gamestop then is able to resell that game to some dumbass who then goes home, inserts the disc, and has to pay a "fee" or whatever it is they are going to do.

QUOTE (kev211 @ May 22, 2013 -> 05:07 PM) The used game market is going to be dead. So there won't be anywhere to trade it in. XBOX already announced they are working on a way for gamers to buy and trade games, so no it wont be dead.. it just might not be the exact same as it is now

I see no problem with the used game fees they are talking about.. I buy everything new anyways.. Here is my question.. you have to install all games onto your xbox1 to play them, then you dont need the disc anymore from my understanding.. so does this mean I can buy a new game, go home and install it, and then trade it in immediately for max store credit? If so, I love this idea..

ugh, looks like its going to be focused around kinect.. i dont like that

QUOTE (Brian @ May 19, 2013 -> 09:25 PM) Good match up until finish. Wasn't main event so it just makes some kind of rematch next month. Man, you cant have a no contest in a last man standing match.. that was pretty weak

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 16, 2013 -> 08:19 AM) A WS title justifies any trade. With Pods leading off and the money saved to acquire other players, that trade directly led to a WS title, isn't that the final goal? If they had gotten more talent, but not won the WS, would that still have been a better trade in your eyes? It's like the Cardinals trade of Colby Rasmus. On paper, it looked like they got screwed talent-wise. However, the players they acquired helped them win the World Series that fall. Sounds like a winning trade to me. There is zero proof that the trade had anything to do with us winning a world series.. you have no way to know how the season would have played out had the trade not happened, still could have won a world series but well never know.. It was a bad trade as far as value goes, there is no argument to dispute that..

QUOTE (Jake @ May 15, 2013 -> 08:56 PM) FWIW, Pods had a higher WAR than Carlos Lee in 2005 WAR, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 15, 2013 -> 08:05 PM) Simple. Lee/Ordonez/Valentin Offloading that nearly $40 million in salary made everything else possible. Then throw in the acquisitions of Garcia (the extension also made possible by the reallocated payroll) and Contreras the season before, it all just came together, along with the emergence of Jenks and McCarthy in the 2nd half. Think of it as a chess move. It improved the team chemistry. Addition by subtraction. that doesnt justify a bad trade.. you could have still traded Lee for a better return and saved all that salary.. like I said im glad we won the world series, but that trade sucked

QUOTE (KPBears @ May 15, 2013 -> 11:15 AM) As you mentioned, you're looking at a "limited" sample of Viciedo. I'm looking at his total body of work at this point. He kind of reminds me of a lesser Carlos Lee. Yeah, Lee has a fair amount of hits and home runs over his career. But it took him a long time to amass those stats, and he's never meant that much to any of his teams. When the Sox got Pods for him, I think the Sox fleeced the Brewers in that trade (I don't care that the rest of Soxtalk hates Pods, face it, 2005 doesn't happen without him). And I see Dayan as a worse version of Lee. I think De Aza is a solid leadoff hitter, but there's a difference between solid and good (I'll throw Alexei and Beckham, maybe, into the solid but not good category as well). Dunn is done (pun intended, and spot on as well). Konerko is also done. I love Paulie. Carried himself as a true professional on and off the field. I want his number retired, and a statue in 5 years. But he has almost nothing left. Regardless of the return, I want the Sox to trade him to a contender, because Paulie deserves one more chance at a ring. Keppinger is pure garbage. He kills lefties? You know what that means? He's a platoon player at best. You don't make your big offseason move a platoon player. It's ok to do that midseason when you're just trying to fine tune a team that's already good/great (like the 2005 Sox when they just added Blum). I like what Gillaspie has done so far, but lately he's been coming back to Earth, and he's got a long way to go to prove he's for real considering his track record. This team has more holes than Swiss cheese. With the possible exception of Rios, there's not a single above average hitter on the team at any position, and in most cases, they are far below average. It's not the matter of guys underachieving (because they're not, the lineup is just that bad) or adding a couple of pieces in the offseason. The pitching staff is strong (although, assuming Peavy isn't dealt and stays healthy, I think we still need a number three starting pitcher, and I have my doubts that Danks is ever coming back as an effective pitcher), but the lineup needs at least three good hitters, and at least two of whom are big on base guys, and a major comeback from Konerko. There's no help on the farm, and there is zero chance that this team can compete this year. Stockpile prospects and invest money, and more importantly time and effort, in player development. Obviously I love that we won the World Series in 2005, but the Lee for Podsednik trade was just awful from a trade perspective. We got hosed in that deal, the return we got for a player of Lee's ability was brutal

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 13, 2013 -> 06:17 PM) Yeah, I am still waiting to see who has been able to do it in that short of a time period. Boston? They tore the team apart last season and used their resources to load back up and have been pretty good so far this year.. I think that would be a path the Sox could take since we have the money and resources to do some things if we dumped a lot of assets this year.. Not a perfect example, but I think the Sox could do something in a similar fashion as what Boston did..

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ May 3, 2013 -> 07:52 PM) Completely understandable. Playing the same story twice (three times if you got the season pass/new level cap) to max out a character can get repetitive, not to mention farming for particular weapons. I'm kind of compulsive with leveling and getting new guns though, and there's enough content that I frequently come across side missions I haven't done in a while (sometimes ever, especially with some of the DLC). The problem was me and my friends beat the game within a few days of it coming out, but my jackass cousin nabbed Jacks face so I had to start a new game all over by myself and beat that again. Then the DLC came out with the Mechromancer so I beat the game AGAIN with that character. The thought of having to play all of those same missions all over again just made me sick to my stomach and I couldnt play anymore. And of course ive played New Vegas, and I like FO3 better..

This is still KWs lousy team, gotta pick him