Oh they will. But it's still baffling to me that the only console maker that is American is the only console maker that is unable to support the military with their console.
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Military personnel on Xbox One; Microsoft responds
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Oh they will. But it's still baffling to me that the only console maker that is American is the only console maker that is unable to support the military with their console.
Fair enough.
Personally I do hope MS has a good long look at all of their polices and slowly do something to redact them. Maybe the plan is to announce everything and then slowly make good, thus repairing their relationship in the users eyes that they are not all that evil. Maybe.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Well, this E3 was specially bad...
DC1
Member
Hmmm.....they only played SP mode and local multiplayer. Those options will be available in next gen and beyond that.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Didn't someone in an earlier Xbone say approximately 65% of Xbox 360's are connected to the internet, and of those 65% connected consoles, only 50% or so are paying for Xbox Gold? If so, that 1.5 million aren't going to be the only ones having issues with the Xbone. What the fuck went through MS's heads to think this was a logical decision?
If you're not going to read what my posts actually say, please don't bother responding.
Does anyone want to bet me that the Xbone won't outsell the PS4 this holiday season? Any takers?
I'll gladly eat crow.
Okay, sorry I missed that qualification. I agree with you that the US market is very important regardless. I'm less confident about who will initially lead in sales there, however.
Nice twirl EviLore, now use the eraser to get rid of Microsoft.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
See above comments that show why this is a big deal.
it would be if MS wasn't going to make it work for them but they are, so just a little temporary outrage not actual long term issue
still, I think PS4 is a better fit for deployment
Exactly my opinion.
Don't have the restrictions for anyone, and then by default you don't screw over the military.
Should've said Xbox One. THEY SCREWED UP SO MUCH PEOPLE ARE SELLING 360S AND BUYING PS3S.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Xbox 4F, more like it
thats great in all, but what happens when they are deployed for 6, 12 or 18 months? Lot of games come out in those months. They wont have anyway of activating unless they send their console back home have someone login as them and "install" the game and then have them ship it all back.
You'd be surprised how popular some genres are among military folks. Civ games were really popular in my unit, and JRPGs.
MIcrosoft got out of MSNBC last year.
You crazy. Microsoft is drunk off their own farts and is going beyond just pissing off gamers now, they are about to start turning people off to their entire brand and become a universally despised company. Like, a take your 360s and OS's and Surfaces and WinPhones and go to hell kind of company.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
It will most likely sell out at launch, but I don't think it has a hope in hell of outselling the PS4 Worldwide(or anywhere that is outside the US).
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I will. Avatar bet for 3 weeks . Total WW sales till the end of December.
Yeah, if that's what I wanted I'd STILL get PS4, because at least then I can play them still when the servers are down for whatever reason. X1's actually for the ones who want to eat cake and have it too, to have that amazing library on shelves AND all of it on their console at all times. Or most of it anyway, probably need to stick a 4 TB hard drive in the back to be set for life.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Yeah, will be very interesting to see where they go from here. I know there's a rumour of them offering personnel special consoles, but I don't believe that will really cut it, especially with Kinect in tow...
NPD. It's impossible to get completely accurate worldwide data by December.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Microsoft is so fucked lmao
Riiiight. The console that is heavily supply constrained, is $100 more expensive, is getting massive media coverage about how much it sucks, is WEAKER, and is being pushed not as hard at retailers as PS4 due to their damaging of store profits from used sales is going to outsell the PS4. You might want to start getting your condiments ready.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Your saying you thinking Xbone will outsell PS4 at launch?
Shoot man were not allowed to do ban bets but Ill take those odds any day of the week.
Yep..it was on The Daily Show too
gaming_noob
Member
They certainly need all this negative attention to improve on their next product. They need to change their culture and strategy. Stop charging indies $40,000 for a patch. Stop building inferior products and expect it to break out in popularity by sheer $$ spent on marketing and deceive their customers. Start looking to provide value to customers first instead of new ways to bill them; Why should I have to pay $10 to change my gamertag??? They really need a new leader.
SwiftDeath
Member
I'm with you. I primarily prefer the Playstation, but I've had great times with my 360 this generation. There have been some undeniably fantastic games, and having another generation of Xbox games sounds freaking great. But not like this.
Yep same here
I prefer playstation but loved some Xbox exclusives
If MS reverse these policies I will likely get an X1 assuming they can't just implement them again
SlowRevolution
Member
There's no way that Sony doesn't take advantage of this somehow, right? Maybe they won't donate, but they could offer a big discount or something.
Didn't they sell the military like 2000/3000 PS3's a few years ago to build a supercomputer? Playstation must already have some relationship with the military from that.
Didn't they sell the military like 2000/3000 PS3's a few years ago to build a supercomputer? Playstation must already have some relationship with the military from that.
NullPointer
Member
They really need to remove that 24 hour check. Its poison.
But its not the only issue.
Would Kinect even be allowed?
But its not the only issue.
Would Kinect even be allowed?
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Paging Adam.
Hmmm. I'll take you up on that bet. I don't think I have your confidence, but the PS4 does seem to have a significant PR lead at the moment. Can you define the "holiday" time period specifically and what you will use for sourcing sales?
Also, how about we make the bet for a friendly $5 Amazon gift certificate?
Orpheus Telos
Member
I would totally buy that if it was available for everyone. The digital camo DS3 is easily my favorite color for the controller.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
NPD is just America though? Nevertheless I accept. NPD only then.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
On a side note people that react to legitimately negative news about their console by doing the playground "Oh yeah I bet my brother can beat you up" is hilarious.
47 million Xbox 360 owners have either a Gold and Silver account and connect to the internet through them. The rest of the users - a full 30 million - have neither accounts and hardly ever connect to the internet whatsoever. This is the tip of the iceberg, and when you factor in the number of people who got a Wii and a PS3 and also never accessed the internet, the staggering figures suggest Microsoft was willing to write off just an incalculably huge amount of potential customers. For nothing in return, because their One business model makes zero sense as well!
It's such a fucked up mess.
Yea, I was skeptical too, but they definitely did say that...
Yeah I don't believe anything from Microsoft anymore, but I can't imagine they'd let themselves get stuck under this potential PR nightmare. If the "American console" is caught being super unfriendly to the troops? With the political environment being what it is? It's suicide.
If Sony courts the military too, it's beyond over - it's starts becoming a massacre at that point.
TAJ
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