Ol No Bones
Banned
Take it back. Take it back now!!He has the look of a sweater wearing Zima drinking field hockey player who's dad bought him a corvette in high school.
Take it back. Take it back now!!He has the look of a sweater wearing Zima drinking field hockey player who's dad bought him a corvette in high school.
They can start by abolishing their parity clause policy. So many indie games just straight up skip Xbox now.
I think you're seriously underestimating digital sales. I don't have single friend who still buys retail games. Also, I think you already know Microsoft didn't release the number of sold copies.
Yet again, $400 against $300, don't see why you need any more persuading.
I love Phil Spencer. In fact my favorite thing about xbox isn't the console, it isn't the games, it's that dimply man with the big smile. If I could I would invite him over for dinner with the wife and kids and he could tell us about Xbox in hushed tones. I would send the wife away and put the kids to bed to have Phil to myself. We would play Voodoo Vince all night and talk about how great an exec he is. The next day we could wake up and smile at each other as we chew on our Cheerios. That would be the life.
Edit: We could smile at each other as we chewed on our Doritos drenched in Mountain Dew.
Edit again: it has come to my attention that Doritos and Mt Dew are no longer associated with Xbox. Given this news, I would not eat Doritos but I would serve Phil whatever he pleased for breakfast.
And while they're at it, allow cross platform play. All this talk about blurring the lines between Windows and Xbox but they wont allow this?
ODST was launched at full price and can be treated as a mainline game.
I'm not deciding this, sales and critical reception are deciding this. Halo 5 is the only Halo I haven't played so I'm personally neutral with regards to its quality.
Microsoft and the XBox are doing just fine so not sure why there is so much talk and articles saying otherwise. It doesn't matter what the other company is doing. Just do what you do.
They could of course bring back Project Gotham Racing, KOTOR and maybe some other old games people loved.
The Xbox One has gained considerable ground over PS4 and is perhaps no longer the gaming underdog
There was a time when the Xbox One was the underdog when compared to the PlayStation 4, which has sold 30 million consoles. Under Phil Spencers lead, the Xbox division has taken a positive turn and this years reports show why it should be taken seriously.
Microsoft had been criticized for its anti-consumer policies with the Xbox One. Prior to its launch in November 2013, the Redmond-based tech giant had to end DRM policies that restricted used game sales and required an uninterrupted online internet connection. The PS4 allows games on compact discs to be sold or lent without issues. The Xbox One suffered from a pre-launch backlash, with damage control coming late.
When Phil Spencer came on board last year, he moved the Xbox One focus to gaming. Prior to the launch, the console was marketed as an all-in-one entertainment system, but Spencer attempted to make the console attractive to hardcore gamers. You could say he succeeded. This years Xbox One came with 1 TB hard drives, an Elite Wireless Controller, and backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 titles, perhaps its most attractive feature yet.
Backwards compatibility with its access to 104 games from the Xbox 360 catalog with more to be added soon, has gone down well with gamers. Many gamers may already own the game digitally or on disc, and they can now play them with no extra cost.
Sony is now offering PS2 titles on the PS4, of which eight are on sale, including favorites like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas. They still cost $14.99 for games that are almost a decade old. Similarly, the PS Now program is a Netflix-style game streaming service that offers good PS3 titles but at a cost.
Xbox One also had some excellent exclusives this year, from the racing hit Forza Motorsport 6, to the shooter Halo 5: Guardians. Xbox One owners can play Rise of the Tomb Raider a full year ahead of PS4 owners as well. After this year, we may not need to consider the Xbox One an underdog. Do you agree?
MS PR going full force today,
In theory, the Xbox One was an improvement on everything fans loved about the Xbox 360: a more powerful Kinect, new hardware that merged the console with your cable box, and lots of talk about the cloud
Is that really what fans loved about the Xbox360?
Well now, this is getting really weird.
Is it not just websites posting their reviews of the year and looking at each manufacturer separately?
Is it not just websites posting their reviews of the year and looking at each manufacturer separately?
People really do that ? Now that's even weirder ^^
In theory, the Xbox One was an improvement on everything fans loved about the Xbox 360: a more powerful Kinect, new hardware that merged the console with your cable box, and lots of talk about the cloud. Microsoft only forgot one thing: the games. During the hour-long kick-off presentation, six minutes were allotted to new game announcements.
Fans felt betrayed and poured their fury into forums and game blogs; critics dubbed the event a disaster.
About fucking time then
Considering Microsoft's overall company strategy since Nadella took the reins, this seems incongruous. I have a feeling the rest of the company might not agree with Phil on this. GaaS seems like the most likely next step for Xbox.
These articles feel like airbags to an inevitable wipeout once the monthly numbers drop.
Microsoft must be doing a fresh marketing push.
Um what? Microsoft just made their first laptop. Have one of the hottest tablets on the market right now and are about to launch 2 new flagship phones. They're fully in on hardware now. If they're smart, they'll get the Surface team designing and making the new Xbox. Look at the specs they can squeeze into a Surface Pro 4. Imagine what they can do with hardware just double the thickness.
And while they're at it, allow cross platform play. All this talk about blurring the lines between Windows and Xbox but they wont allow this?
They do.
Killer Instinct, Fable Legends and I believe Gigantic will all be cross play.
Um what? Microsoft just made their first laptop. Have one of the hottest tablets on the market right now and are about to launch 2 new flagship phones. They're fully in on hardware now. If they're smart, they'll get the Surface team designing and making the new Xbox. Look at the specs they can squeeze into a Surface Pro 4. Imagine what they can do with hardware just double the thickness.
Only with Windows 10 though, correct?
Or maybe it is just a great system with a lot to offer and is receiving credit where it is due.
MS PR going full force today,
Of course. I all honesty though, it's free for a year, there's really no excuse for someone not having Windows 10 at this point. I say this as an iMac user.
This. It's fucking embarrassing. The timing of it all coming at once as well.
I can't believe they're getting coverage like this:
"The Xbox One has gained considerable ground over PS4 and is perhaps no longer the gaming underdog"
I mean really now? No it hasn't...
Pure bullshit. I don't remember the media doing this for PS3 when it was actually literally outselling the 360 every year from launch despite it having trouble in the US.
After how weak Halo 5 turned out, I have very little confidence in Microsoft's first party productions.
I enjoy the console, so I'd love for them to rebound, but if that was the best they could do with their most important franchise, I shudder to think how far their quality control has fallen.
This. It's fucking embarrassing. The timing of it all coming at once as well.
I can't believe they're getting coverage like this:
"The Xbox One has gained considerable ground over PS4 and is perhaps no longer the gaming underdog"
I mean really now? No it hasn't...
Pure bullshit. I don't remember the media doing this for PS3 when it was actually literally outselling the 360 every year from launch despite it having trouble in the US.
And the high launch price and fairly weak first year game lineup.
It was behind because it was really expensive as well. Please don't forget that really steep price.
Hard to imagine Microsoft actually went ahead and made the same mistake this generation
I thought the Xbox 360 was the one outselling the PS3 every month...