Microsoft Exec: Offline Gamers Should Stick With Xbox 360

[Mr Fist]

OW, my head! It hurts! But I can't stop banging it on this brick wall! A wall made of bricked Xbox Ones!

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Hold on a second there Microsoft. Are you saying that Xbox 360 is the only offline device I can use instead of Xbone? I can think of a few more. PC, PS3, Wii U and...

...wait for it...

PlayStation 4!

 

[Karadalis]

The sad thing is the console will still sell relatively well when ignorant dudebros are going to dish out $500 so they can play the next COD and BF4.

Like it or not those so-called dude bros are bringing in piles of money to support your hobby, so perhaps acting like a jackass to them isn't the best course of action.

These dude bros are not supporting our hobby they are ruining it by swallowing every coolaid that the industry puts infront of them.

All the negative sides of the xbone can be attributed to mindless and uninformed consumerism.. you know.. just what those so called "dudebros" do.

Also we should be thankfull for to them for only buying CoD BF and EA sports games?

Sorry to burst your bubble but dudebros are the problem here not the solution.

 

[luvd1]

Did.... Did he just tell people to "deal with it"? Wow, that's just remarkable.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

I hope they leave the game industry after the Xbone. MS clearly showed their DRM and anti-user "fature" infested vision of the industry. I hate what they want. I just hate it. This is honestly the first time I would say I truly hate something in gaming. Until now I was only disliking things, but this is just hatred. I absolutely don't want something like this to happen and I simply can't trust MS even a bit with gaming anymore.

Even if they tone it down the next gen, they will strive to make their vision reality and I don't want that possibility to even exist. I'm honestly scared for gaming if the Xbone is successful. I'm scared I would lose the hobby I loved my whole life.

captcha: i love you
I love you too captcha, just please stop appearing in every post.

 

[commasplice]

Gawd, this guy. The only reason--THE ONLY REASON--I don't simply comment with something really vitriolic and spiteful is because I'm afraid of the almighty banhammer.

Seriously, though, I don't think the point could be missed any harder by anyone anywhere. I mean. Even Kaz Hirai's whole "We wanted the PS3 to be impossible to program for" argument makes more sense than this. And really? I wasn't on the Microsoft hate train before the Xbox One was announced. I wasn't. I have a 360 and I feel mostly positive towards it. I use PCs 'cause Mac's branding and . . . whole . . . GUI . . . style . . . thing just doesn't appeal to me.

But this? Really? Really? His response to legitimate concerns of people who are actually interested in patronizing his business is "Just play this outdated piece of equipment we produced instead"?

The least he could have done was be honest with himself and say "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity. It's called PLAYSTATION FOUR."

 

[kahlzun]

Very well, Microsoft. As I do not play games online, I will not purchase your console. Advertising fail.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

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WHAT?

There is digging your own grave, there is hitting rock bottom.

Then there is THIS.

Are you trying to sell PS4s for Sony? Is this some kind of Spring Time For Hitler scheme?

 

[punipunipyo]

Wow... just when you think M$ can't screw up more... this guy comes along... yep, there goes all your offline players, AND LAN-party goers... did I smell something burning? oh! it's just Don Mattrick about to get fired!~

I donno... right now, I just want to sing that "playstation" song again...

"Tekken7, Metal Gears Solid(5), Resident Evil(REV).. P,L,A,Y,S,T,A,T,I,O,N, ...~~~"

 

[Sixcess]

This is insane.

They've had time to assess the initial reaction to the Xbox One. They must have people studying this kind of thing. By now they should have their PR/marketing/damage control departments rehearsing every possible public statement they make. There's no way these guys should be going in front of a camera and coming out with stuff like this.

The Xbone has to be some kind of "Producers" type scam, where they want it to fail. That's the only possible explanation for this.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Honestly Microsoft, that's the best idea you've had since this whole Xbox1 debacle started. I will in fact just keep my 360 after I've bought a PS4.

 

[Ironside]

So, how many countries did MS tell to fuck off and buy a 360?

Still like to see what german authorities will do to the xbone.

Nevermind other countries - from what I hear from other escapists there are large areas of the US that still use dial up and even in big cities good internet seems to be massively expensive for them. It seems to me that MS is screwing over their biggest market the most.

And i agree that it will be most hilarious to see what Germany does with it (and the rest of the EU for that matter). Afterall they dif ban the sale of the 360 after some court case although i dont think that decision has actually been implemented yet.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Good luck finding someone willing to commit career suicide to replace your President of Interactive Entertainment Business when you find enough common sense to fire this idiot.

That is the problem isn't it?

Anyone with enough brain cells to fire this guy is also going to have enough brain cells to figure out that they won't find anyone qualified enough willing to jump off the career cliff.

So, their choices are to keep this guy, or promote José the janitor.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

I'm just kind of flabbergasted at how much it goes against Xbox One's "all-in-one" basis for even existing according to Microsoft that the thing can't play Xbox 360 games. "It does everything you need in your entertainment space! One machine! One place! One input! ("Input one"?) ...oh, except for your Xbox 360. It doesn't do that. Keep that around.

I mean, geez, even if they ducked tape an Xbox 360 to the inside of the Xbox One and pretended the Xbox One was doing it. Charge $700 for a "Super Pro Xbox One Limited Edition" with Xbox 360 compatibility. Something to make you not look like blithering idiots when you recommend your customers do the opposite of what you're supposedly advertising.

 

[neppakyo]

Nevermind other countries - from what I hear from other escapists there are large areas of the US that still use dial up and even in big cities good internet seems to be massively expensive for them. It seems to me that MS is screwing over their biggest market the most.

And i agree that it will be most hilarious to see what Germany does with it (and the rest of the EU for that matter). Afterall they dif ban the sale of the 360 after some court case although i dont think that decision has actually been implemented yet.

True, same issue in Canada too. Large parts are dial up, or spotty cell phone internet, and satellite internet. I'm lucky enough to have a fast stable connection. I pity the poor folks in australia with absolute horrible shitty spotty internet, obviously not a Xbone friendly country.

I really hope the EU does something drastic to MS, faint hope though.

So, their choices are to keep this guy, or promote José the janitor.

At this point, José the janitor would do a better job.

captcha: home, james

 

[DSK-]

"If you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards."

Quite. So if I can play games released in the 90's on Windows 7 then that is really backwards. Really backwards compatible.

OT: It sounds a bit daft, really. I mean after all, in the next few years they will discontinue the 360 anyway, so what he is saying is complete bullshit...UNLESS it turns out the 360 gets more sales than the xbone. Which I doubt will happen -_-

 

[Starik20X6]

At this point I'm pretty sure the tobacco giants have more respect for their customer base than Microsoft's gaming division does for theirs.

Dammit, guys, I'm trying to lose weight! This is too rich for me!

Don't worry, laughing burns a shitload of calories!

 

[Vivid Kazumi]

a ceo said something stupid? OMG SOMEBODY CALL THE LOCAL NEWS STATIONS NAOOOOO!

you'd think people would be used to stupid ceo comments by now...