Xbone: Microsoft blames the media for consumer rage.
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The negative reactions flooded in during the conference. Which they hosted. And organized. So they were having their presentation and the reactions were overall negative WHILE THE CONFERENCE WAS GOING ON.
It's not that media decided to leave out the positives, focus on the negatives or anything. The conference itself was the source of consumer outrage. But I think it's fitting to this new policy of Microsoft to shift blame to a party that has nothing to do with what you're doing wrong.
Consumers are at fault for publishers' bankruptcies. Not the managementteam that makes bad decision after bad decision. Not the financial controllers that sign off on a 100 million dollar budget for a game that cannot dream to hope to get CoD-levels of crazy salesfigures, yet manages to pull off an impressive 3.4 million units sold and still considered a failure.
Not the game-designers that create a game that's good for 16 - 24 hours of gameplay, only to be tossed in the corner never to be looked at again, contrary to games of old, where you actually had to spend hours on end to tackle one goddamned boss. And not even the final boss. Games that you picked up years later, in an era where HD graphics are all the rage, and still enjoyed playing them. No instead we games that feel dated 5 years after their release and are no fun at all to replay.
And now the media are somehow responsible for Microsoft's fuckup. Yes. We were looking at the conference through a filter that could spin all the great things Microsoft has created and developed into anti-consumer and anti-gamer bullshit. That's a mighty impressive piece of technology.
Maybe Microsoft should've held consumer-research in a group of gamers that actually play games, instead of focussing on their target demographic: the people on the executive floor of their main office. Yes, they never go to a place where there is no internet. Hell they have internet while in-flight. Yes, they have no desire to trade in a game, because they do not need that trade-in value to buy a new game. Or have enough disposable outcome to try out a new IP.
Maybe Microsoft should look at their presentation and think about whether the outrage is justified, instead of going to sit in the corner and cry like a fucking baby, while pointing at the media and yelling "stop bullying me!". The media are only bullying you because you were acting like a dick and an asshole. And now you're acting like a pussy too.
Face it, if the media were only going to point out the positives from that godawful reveal, it would read "Xbox One revealed. It has Forza 5. Microsoft is going to leverage Azure.". The end.
It's not that media decided to leave out the positives, focus on the negatives or anything. The conference itself was the source of consumer outrage. But I think it's fitting to this new policy of Microsoft to shift blame to a party that has nothing to do with what you're doing wrong.
Consumers are at fault for publishers' bankruptcies. Not the managementteam that makes bad decision after bad decision. Not the financial controllers that sign off on a 100 million dollar budget for a game that cannot dream to hope to get CoD-levels of crazy salesfigures, yet manages to pull off an impressive 3.4 million units sold and still considered a failure.
Not the game-designers that create a game that's good for 16 - 24 hours of gameplay, only to be tossed in the corner never to be looked at again, contrary to games of old, where you actually had to spend hours on end to tackle one goddamned boss. And not even the final boss. Games that you picked up years later, in an era where HD graphics are all the rage, and still enjoyed playing them. No instead we games that feel dated 5 years after their release and are no fun at all to replay.
And now the media are somehow responsible for Microsoft's fuckup. Yes. We were looking at the conference through a filter that could spin all the great things Microsoft has created and developed into anti-consumer and anti-gamer bullshit. That's a mighty impressive piece of technology.
Maybe Microsoft should've held consumer-research in a group of gamers that actually play games, instead of focussing on their target demographic: the people on the executive floor of their main office. Yes, they never go to a place where there is no internet. Hell they have internet while in-flight. Yes, they have no desire to trade in a game, because they do not need that trade-in value to buy a new game. Or have enough disposable outcome to try out a new IP.
Maybe Microsoft should look at their presentation and think about whether the outrage is justified, instead of going to sit in the corner and cry like a fucking baby, while pointing at the media and yelling "stop bullying me!". The media are only bullying you because you were acting like a dick and an asshole. And now you're acting like a pussy too.
Face it, if the media were only going to point out the positives from that godawful reveal, it would read "Xbox One revealed. It has Forza 5. Microsoft is going to leverage Azure.". The end.
Green Yoshi
Member
It is always easy to boycott something that is not yet on the market. As soon as you give people chocolate or show them a new Halo or Gears, things look very different again. The E3 is therefore a win-win situation, because you will either witness as Microsofts 10 years expensive brand marketing is running down the toilet or you can find delight in the bittersweet tears of the people who have foretold the end of the world is close and must now grudgingly press the pre-order button. ;-)
Excellent post, neorej. There is truth in everything you say.
gutter_trash
Banned
the lack of clear answers fuel speculation, doubts, fears and insecurities.
Just come clean with the info and details and be done with it.
Until then, the internet will continue to pile on until we get answers.
Just come clean with the info and details and be done with it.
Until then, the internet will continue to pile on until we get answers.