Do you dislike Microsoft?

[roostuf]

1. Windows is BEYOND bloated. It needs to go on a crash diet. The only reason I'm using it is DirectX, if Linux natively supported it I would be on Ubuntu by now.
2: The xBox 360 is an unreliable piece of shit. This is why I haven't bought one. Good library, if it works it's fun, but the damn things need their warranty far too much for me to think any higher of them. The best warranty in the world is the one you never need to use, and I dare you to come up with any logic saying otherwise.
3: XBL is a paid service. Why the fuck should I pay to play online when I can do so for free on the other two platforms?!
4: They skullfuck free DLC. They pick through game-fixing patches making sure there's nothing that could be considered DLC. They FORCE devs to charge for DLC. Just ask any 360 TF2 player who's seen the PC and PS3 versions what that's like...
5: Internet Explorer is the shittiest browser available today. It follows maybe half of the standards other browsers follow, it's laggy, it's bloated, it doesn't have an ad blocker, and it's generally blah.



There's five good reasons I want to give them some smacks upside the head.

...i get the impression you dont like microsoft, so all i got to say is...good fucking choice.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I like their PCs, though I dontplay PC games.

I dont like their consoles. Really no reason why, except I had the misfortune of playing Drake of the 99 Dragons on the Xbox and I could never go back.

 

[Puzzlenaut]

Kinect? Always seemed a big risk for me, and some good stuff is coming from the tech.

The thing is, that Microsoft would have never ever done Kinect, if Nintendo hadn't started the whole motion control thing.

Kinect was being called project natal before the wii was announced.

Project natal was announced in 2009 whereas Wii has been available on retail since 2006
Get your facts right.

project natal has been around for a deceptively long time -- since before the 360's release afaik, though admittedly there was practically no money being put into it until nintendo showed that motion controls were a major cash-cow.

Kind of. Using a PC fills me with rage every time it catches a virus.

only retarded people click on shit on shady websites without thinking. Its really not hard not to catch viruses.

 

[Vibhor]

Kinect? Always seemed a big risk for me, and some good stuff is coming from the tech.

The thing is, that Microsoft would have never ever done Kinect, if Nintendo hadn't started the whole motion control thing.

Kinect was being called project natal before the wii was announced.

Project natal was announced in 2009 whereas Wii has been available on retail since 2006
Get your facts right.

project natal has been around for a deceptively long time -- since before the 360's release afaik, though admittedly there was practically no money being put into it until nintendo showed that motion controls were a major cash-cow.

Kind of. Using a PC fills me with rage every time it catches a virus.

only retarded people click on shit on shady websites without thinking. Its really not hard not to catch viruses.

Source?
As far as everyone with a common sense knows, the project Natal was announced in 2009. Take 2008 if you want to stretch the reality.

 

[Aeshi]

Well they did basically kill the Age of Empires series...

...so yes.

 

[Judgement101]

I like them, Xbox Live runs great, Windows 7 has yet to fuck up and most games run for their systems so I'm good with them.

 

[TheIronRuler]

They make good OS, and there aren't many others out there besides mac and linux.
Their OS are best suited, in my opinion, for a normal user that uses only a handful of the ultimate potential Windows has. It's simple and accesible, and it's great.
Other than that, I don't use any other software by Microsoft.

 

[Mysten]

I quite like Microsoft. The Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE service are both superb (I never suffered a single fault or malfunction with my old '06 Xbox 360 in the four years I had it until it was replaced by a sleek and sexy 360-S) and Windows 7 is a damn fine OS. They've given me no reason to personally dislike them, so I don't.

 

[Nieroshai]

While some of their policies tick me off and I think Xbox 360 is was a train wreck, I have no problems with the company otherwise and prefer their OS over others.

 

[sheic99]

The obvious things that Microsoft use the money for its server maintenance (and yes, security updates can be paid for too) plus the addition of Netflix and other media streaming stuff that very few people use (still, it's there). One thing may of us LIVE users noticed with the new dashboard update (apart from it looking a bit stupid) was that downloads were fiercely faster, perhaps to keep up to speed with N protocol wireless or just to improve the experience for all of us. My point is that in the long term, it makes LIVE a better experience for us which I am more than happy to pay around $80AU every 12 months

Go Microsoft, charging people to use services that uses another companies bandwidth.

Then by that logic, you should be able to complain about every company that that charges money to use services that eat their bandwidth. Like downloading games from Steam. Still the same concept.

No it isn't. When I buy and subsequently download a game from Steam I'm using Steam's bandwidth to do so. For it to be the same thing, I would have to pay Microsoft $60 per year to download from Steam. The only things that cost Microsoft money on Xbox live, are servers in first party games, e.g. Halo, Gears, and the store.

And I thought you were talking about the bandwidth that you use to use the service.

How would Microsoft be able to have and maintain dedicated servers for all multiplayer games on LIVE? How would any company do that? Even with the money they rake in from Gold subscriptions they wouldn't be able to hold up that many servers. And what a waste it would be too. Hosting a game on LIVE consumes approximately 10MB/hour and about half that for those who join. It's just an accepted fact people know when using LIVE. With such huge internet plans you can get nowadays, who on this planet would give a shit?

And allowing players to play multilayer on other players' hosts isn't the only thing you pay for anyway.

You're proving my point, thank you for that.

 

[Beautiful End]

Well, I don't hate Microsoft. I just dislike the Xbox for personal reasons. Now, I'm not very internet savvy so if anything, I would say I hate IE with a burning passion but, hey, I don't even know if this falls directly into the Microsoft category.

But I will try to list why I don't like the Xbox and, again, these are personal reasons. They're not meant to be overwhelmingly convincing reasons or meant to start a riot:

-Paying for online gaming. Say whatever you want about PSN and the hackers, you can still play for free. That is, assuming the servers go back up one of these days. No, I'm not that worried about my personal info being compromised; I got that part under control. I'm just waiting for Sony to fix his boo boo.
-Exclusive games. Xbox has a couple of exclusive games I'd like to play at least once: Left 4 Dead, Fable, Gears of War and Halo. Other than that, I can't think of any other good or interesting games. Sorry but I'm not buying a Xbox just for a handful of 'good' games. heck, I think the Wii has better exclusive games to offer.
-The controller. I don't know, it just feels weird. And I guess the controllers/button configuration/arrangement also feels iffy to me.
-Overwhelming user interface. Again, I don't know if its just me not being used to it but I've seen my games play with their Xbox. They go through so many screens, buttons, commands, button smashing and whatnot just to play a couple of songs or a game...sorry, my attention span is not that good.
-Too much green everywhere! We get it, Xbox! Green is your thing!
-That perfect circle you get on the disk if you move the Xbox 1 inch in any direction.
-Kinect. I don't know; if I'm gonna make a fool of myself, I would prefer to be holding a controller of some kind to have an alibi in case someone walks in and sees me.

Again, personal reasons.

You have some valid points there, especially the online, but most of them seem to stem from you being habituated to the PS3. For instance, the controller and the UI. They're both very intuitive and easy to use once you get used to them. I find the PS3 controller to be uncomfortable and strange, but that's only because I never use them and I'm used to the xbox one.
Just keep an open mind is all.

Well, like I said, those are my personal reasons. They're not meant to be convincing. Yeah, I'm used to the PS. I have PS1, 2 and now 3. I admit Xbox beats the PS3 in certain aspects and it's not like I wanna destroy every single Xbox out there. But personally, I don't like it.

Open mind? I have to. It's what I do for a living. So again, I don't like it but I don't love it.

 

[umadbro]

YES.
I traded in my 360 for a ps3 the day before the servers went down :'(
But thats besides the point...
Microsoft has the most smoke-filled-back-roominess than any company ive seen. I called to cancel my subscription and they honestly had the guts to tell me that if I kept XBL, they could sell me one year for $20 (USD). Does that mean I have paid 40% more than necessary every time I renewed my subscription??

 

[Catalyst6]

They are a money-gobbling company, but then again, they ARE a business. If anyone tells you that what they are devoting their life to comes without strings, RUN. They're after your blood.

It's kind of like that quote about democracy: "It's the worst OS except for all the other ones".

 

[iLikeHippos]

I like Microsoft because... They are honest.

Say what you will about the Xbox Live Gold, the Xbox 360 units made from the cheapest components and each and every possible corner cut, restricting DLC with TF2 and many other issues relating to their greed; At least they are open and honest about it.

It's like "Yeah, we want your fucking money. What of it?" while Sony, Apple any everyone else attempt to act all noble and cuddly and "You can feel safe here, shhhh, ssshhhhh..." until you realize they have been SPYING on your personal information ALL ALONG. Holy shit!

Why hasn't Microsoft done it? Weeeelll, they have money, and don't need more is my reasoning.
A fat troll don't need another bite, right?

Or I have been sent from the future to send out propaganda in the name of Microsoft, for they are preparing to lay siege on the entire world and enslave humanity!

WHAT?! Uhhh, back to commenting.

 

[SillyBear]

I don't like how they make you pay way more money than you need to. I bought some DLC yesterday and it cost 560 Microsoft Points. But I had to buy 800 of them because I could not only buy 560. I don't remember the actual numbers, but you get the general idea. That annoyed me, it seemed like stereotypical villainous corporate business tactics.

 

[Canid117]

No I like Microsoft just fine.