So... will there be a Rocksmith for the XBox One? | Forums

[Yellow_Melos]

The XB1 is basically a pc with limitations

[C.Linton]

I suspect there might be a RS3 on the next gen platforms (if the franchise gets that far) but the current RS and RS2 will likely stay on PS3.

[mbarsott]

The XB1 is basically a pc with limitations

Good to know!
Yeah, I was wondering, with the current development status of personal computers, why create new consoles? Is all the investment worth it? Computers will catch up very soon! People will get tired of buying a console and see it being surpassed by the neighbor's new laptop in one year. They will just stop buying. Right now, my opinion is that I won't buy another console in my life. I see a world without consoles for sale in ten years.

[dm_gsxr]

Good to know!
Yeah, I was wondering, with the current development status of personal computers, why create new consoles? Is all the investment worth it? Computers will catch up very soon! People will get tired of buying a console and see it being surpassed by the neighbor's new laptop in one year. They will just stop buying. Right now, my opinion is that I won't buy another console in my life. I see a world without consoles for sale in ten years.

The benefit from a console is as a hands off gaming system. You just plug it in and play. Vs a PC where you have to either buy the appropriate hardware if you build it yourself, or make sure you get the right configuration based on the Rocksmith recommendation. Plus the XBox (for example) is a couple hundred bucks. A decent laptop or desktop system probably starts at around $1,000 and increases from there.

The nice thing about a console for me is when I power up the TV, Stereo, and XBox, I'm there to play a game; Rocksmith in my case. When I'm on a PC, I get easily distracted and end up on forums or working on my next webapp project, or whatever. Plus the problems I'm having with cards (AMD and nVidia with suck-*** drivers) means I pretty much have to reboot clean in order to get a good PC session of Rocksmith or StarCraft II or BioShock or Left4Dead otherwise I can get punted out, system reboot, or in the case of Rocksmith, have it just sit there with a black screen.

It's much easier to just plug in the console, turn on the TV, and play.

Which is not to say I'm going with the XB1 or PS4

Carl

[raynebc]

Desktop computers are cheap, at least if you know how to assemble the parts. I built an i5 system with 8GB of memory and a medium end video card a couple years back, for half a grand or so. Today, you could probably subtract one or two hundred from the price of those components, and it should be rather usable for most PC games.

[dm_gsxr]

Desktop computers are cheap, at least if you know how to assemble the parts. I built an i5 system with 8GB of memory and a medium end video card a couple years back, for half a grand or so. Today, you could probably subtract one or two hundred from the price of those components, and it should be rather usable for most PC games.

I did the same, building a fairly decent, long lasting desktop in 2008. 8 Gigs RAM, AMD video card, 750W PSU, etc. Still works great (well, except for the crappy video drivers). I paid around $1,000 total for the system and over the course of the next year, updated components as needed adding a second AMD card for example. But most non-gaming type folks won't go into that much effort to build a gaming machine.



And it doesn't invalidate my point. Someone computer savvy will take the time to research and build a decent, long lasting system (unless they're bleeding edge folks of course). But we're a small percentage of folks who game.

Sure, we won't get consoles again (I only got one because Rocksmith hadn't come out on the PC yet plus a good Best Buy deal at the time) but most folks don't even know why there's a problem with the XB1 or care if they do.

Carl

[toymachinesh]

The XB1 is basically a pc with limitations

They said the same thing about Xbox 360

[guitarman529]

I am with dm_gsxr on the PC thing. For me to buy a computer tower that will meet or exceed the requirements just to play RS is not worth it nor is a laptop worth it for me. I have a computer but that is upstairs and my laptop does not meet the requirements. My xbox is downstairs in the man cave (I post pics when I am done with it got to fix a small water problem first). I have 4 speakers running so some of the RS songs are really loud and have a ton of vibration. I am only on my desktop when I pay a couple of bills online, burn some cd's, or on itunes. Alot of my bills I pay from my phone apps or my wife's ipad. The next coputer I buy is an ipad for me. So I will by the Xbox 1. Plus I don't do computer gaming and I rather spend the money on bowling tournaments, leagues, equipment and RS DLC and guitars.

[jj_qpr]

I'd get an XB1 over PS4 just because the online is so much better (even if you do have to pay) but I'd pay $30 a year to get the DLC on time which the PS3 never seems to manage!

[pedietz]

It sees when you are holding a guitar and starts up.