Isn't this generally true of Microsoft for at least the last several years? Or, at least, they seem to be heading in a direction that no consumers are asking them to head and that they seem hesitant to speak openly about. Windows is shifting away from a PC operating system, Xbox is shifting away from gaming, and, unless they've got themselves heavily invested in hardware manufacturing or sales or something, I can't even guess at where they're realistically trying to go with all of these changes.Cognimancer said:
Why do you say that? I'm excited. I'm excited to see how much it makes people switch to PC/PS4/Wii-U!DVS BSTrD said:
It does say you could choose more than one word.DVS BSTrD said:
Though excited is kinda high, I think this is really interesting when you consider the overlap between the groups. Meaning that a least some of the people who picked 'excited' were also underwhelmed and disappointed by the reveal. Which means that some people are actively excited about something they don't like coming out. So either people are excited by the piece of crap and still plan to buy it even though they don't like it. Or they are excited about it coming out because they can't wait to see it crash and burn horribly. I'd much rather believe the latter.Cognimancer said:
The thing with that mentality is that it's perfectly ok, so long as you're willing to accept that you're not going to get sales outside of America. And the fact is that most of the world's population does not live in the United States, so you're kinda limiting your target audience. Like you, I'm hoping for the Xbone to crash and burn, it's just interesting to see Microsoft doing all they can to help achieve that objective...Kennetic said:
I think it's entirely likely they did conduct market research and used focus groups, but are simply dim enough to take what they learned at face value rather than analyse it and apply lessons learned over the last 50 years...Programmed_For_Damage said:
It's going to be a real nightmare negotiating relationships with cable TV and satellite providers across two hundred different countries, not to mention that a lot of services they want to provide for the US, like say the NFL brand link, are probably going to be completely blocked in other countries by copyright.Negatempest said:
Loyal to Microsoft? wtf? That's like being loyal to the IRS, or a local street gang that occasionally breaks into your house to show you ads.ArchBlade said:
It's a ridiculous decision to alienate so much of their market. International sales are definitely not an insignificant part of the Xbox 360's sales and revenue. I couldn't find any recent statistics that were specific on this front, but, even if total international sales are only as low as 20-25 million units sold, then that's roughly 30% of their Xbox 360s being sold outside the USA.Kennetic said:
Loyalty can be weirdSilenttalker22 said:
for better or worse, america is the biggest gaming market by far. this america is the gamer market that should (and always is) catered the most.Azahul said:
