Looks like Microsoft wants to be the new Apple, only more honest about it, which is pretty ballsy in a retarded kinda way.
Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi: We Need To Educate Consumers
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Hahaha, educate consumers! Dude, you need to educate your own company *about* us consumers. You've made a product few gamers will want. Didn't it occur to you at any point to, I don't know, get consumer feedback that you were making a PoS?
All these millions on development, 6 months before launch and we can *already* see that the XBone will fail hard, particularly in light of Sony's significantly more consumer friendly and cheaper entry into the next gen. For a huge corporation developing a major platform, you've seriously screwed up.
Sega's Dreamcast was the best hardware platform of its day and failed. The One is clearly the worst, what chance does it have?
All these millions on development, 6 months before launch and we can *already* see that the XBone will fail hard, particularly in light of Sony's significantly more consumer friendly and cheaper entry into the next gen. For a huge corporation developing a major platform, you've seriously screwed up.
Sega's Dreamcast was the best hardware platform of its day and failed. The One is clearly the worst, what chance does it have?
Exactly why Windows 8 is such a different beast from Windows 7 and it's general departure from over 20 years of similar GUI experience.chris89300 said:
They saw the way Apple more or less unified their GUI/walled garden across desktop/tablet/phone/mp3 player systems and wanted to do the same. Granted it makes financial sense but the way they tried to force it down everyone's throats was entirely the wrong way of going about it. It was their general disdain for anyone not drinking from their water fountain that has made Win 8 adoption as crappy as it is.
When I saw the general overview from the Xbone reveal and then their E3 presentations along with the multitude of mixed and contrary messaging coming from their "execs" that makes me hope there will be some shake ups coming within Microsoft. They seem to have forgotten that they owe their customers a decent product instead of their customers blindly owing them their money for a crappy product.
Microsoft's arrogance is becoming quite startling. They seem to have this view that they are always right and that the user (or potential customer) is a complete moron who needs to be told what to enjoy and what to play.
At this moment in time, I would say that if you do actually buy an Xbone then you are proving microsoft right and are indeed a moron.
At this moment in time, I would say that if you do actually buy an Xbone then you are proving microsoft right and are indeed a moron.
Is it quite bad when title mentions yusef I automatically thought they got the character from The Ballads of Gay Tony to work for microsoft?
Then again he prob can do a better job than the guys at microsoft atm, even high on coke and hookers
Then again he prob can do a better job than the guys at microsoft atm, even high on coke and hookers
yeah everything will eventually go digital, but diablo 3 and sim city proved that we arent quite ready for that yet. and if you realize that gamers dont like change, why would you make such an abrupt change? ease gamers in to the transition. you let a kid start in the shallow end and gradually work up to the deep end, you dont throw the child in to the deep end right off the bat and go "learn to swim, asshole!" (though interesting story, my sister did that to me when i was 4. not out of a misguided attempt to teach me to swim, but because i stole her favorite pail).
Marcus Bachman also said something about re-educating people.
Does anybody really want to be named in one breath with Marcus Bachman?
I do agree with some here, this almost sounds like the first two years of the PS3..and those we're not good years. To say that the PS3 has a slow start is saying it nicely. And now microsoft is making allot of mistakes putting themself in said situation.
I mean Sony doesn't has to do its own PR with how deep a whole Microsoft is digging.
At what point does Microsoft makes the WiiU look good as a second console?
Does anybody really want to be named in one breath with Marcus Bachman?
I do agree with some here, this almost sounds like the first two years of the PS3..and those we're not good years. To say that the PS3 has a slow start is saying it nicely. And now microsoft is making allot of mistakes putting themself in said situation.
I mean Sony doesn't has to do its own PR with how deep a whole Microsoft is digging.
At what point does Microsoft makes the WiiU look good as a second console?
Exactly. Every day for the past 2 weeks or so I've been turning on my computer and coming across an article that makes me think "can Microsoft POSSIBLY get any more stupid?!?" and turning it on the next day and finding out the answer isKeyMaster45 said:
"YES!!!!"
I'd say that this was another nail in the coffin of Microsoft, but...Honestly, either find me a space for another nail on this thing, or give me some diamond tipped ones so I can hammer nails into the existing ones.
Capcha: "you rock!"
Ye gods, even the computers are agreeing with my point.
Capcha: "you rock!"
Ye gods, even the computers are agreeing with my point.
digital gaming on a closed platform... not good. that'll crash n burn
those who must have the newest MS product, could you not just hold out, make the thing bomb leaving MS forced to reverse all this with a firmware update?
if this is a sucess, it'll set one hell of a status quo
those who must have the newest MS product, could you not just hold out, make the thing bomb leaving MS forced to reverse all this with a firmware update?
if this is a sucess, it'll set one hell of a status quo
Why is Microsoft suddenly pretending they've invented digital distribution? Not only has this been the primary means for purchasing PC games for like a fucking decade, it's also 100% existent on both PS3 and Xbox 360 RIGHT FUCKING NOW. I can already do a bunch of the shit they're supposedly "inventing" - and with greatly reduced (or entirely absent) restrictions.
It's like they're answering questions no one fucking asked. It's insanity.
It's like they're answering questions no one fucking asked. It's insanity.