They didn't have time to add support for "Schwitzerdütsch"
lol
"Grüezi wohl Xbox"
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"Uf Wiederluege Xbox"
tehe
I played forza 5 at gamescom. The controller was plugged into the xbox one, but the cables coming from the back of the console went into a big white box that was connected to the tv through a pipe. To this moment I dont know wether I played forza on final xbox one hardware or a dev kit.
Just like most people on AVS appreciated Amirm feeding them bullshit day after day during the HD format war. Enthusiast groups like to be courted and MS management know this, so they send out their spokespeople to enthusiast forums to engage with them over and above what other companies do (as you mention, long posts rather than the usual one word answers we normally get from insiders or company reps).
It's something they did during the HD DVD vs Blu-ray format war, and now they are using the same tactics for the 8th console war, see this guy on GAF, that "confirmed developer" on /r/gaming and pretty much everyone on Bish's list.
His posts come across as straighforward, sure, but they are just rehashed company lines spoken more forthrightly without the sugar coating that we see in official PR.
The one thing I will give him is that so far he hasn't gone down to the Amirm levels and openly disparaged or denigrated the competitor or competing products, so that's at least something. Otherwise, to me, his words are poison mixed with enough sugar so people drink up.
"But look, I have an Xbox here, clearly that's proof we can produce millions of them!"
So from zero to zero?
The guy is a corporate tool and nothing more. He is the Amirm (see HD DVD) of this console war, sent by MS to spin on forums and parrot the company line.
Just like most people on AVS appreciated Amirm feeding them bullshit day after day during the HD format war. Enthusiast groups like to be courted and MS management know this, so they send out their spokespeople to enthusiast forums to engage with them over and above what other companies do (as you mention, long posts rather than the usual one word answers we normally get from insiders or company reps).
It's something they did during the HD DVD vs Blu-ray format war, and now they are using the same tactics for the 8th console war, see this guy on GAF, that "confirmed developer" on /r/gaming and pretty much everyone on Bish's list.
His posts come across as straighforward, sure, but they are just rehashed company lines spoken more forthrightly without the sugar coating that we see in official PR.
The one thing I will give him is that so far he hasn't gone down to the Amirm levels and openly disparaged or denigrated the competitor or competing products, so that's at least something. Otherwise, to me, his words are poison mixed with enough sugar so people drink up.
Q. Why the delay?
A. We have to localize kenict voice to different regions
Q. No manufactureing problems?
A. No.
Q. Thanks, we appreciate you taking the time but I'll just choose to believe what I want and spread XBone manufacturing yield problem seed all over the internets.
PS4Life URNOTE #Cernyisgod
OMG - this brings back memories! I was involved in the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD wars and knew Amir from several meetings at Microsoft. I used to be absolutely amazed at the lies he could tell in public/forums and get away with it because he was a "Microsoft insider".
Thanks for the re-memories zomgbbqftw
Albert Penello just lost whatever credibility he had on NeoGAF.
It's something they did during the HD DVD vs Blu-ray format war, and now they are using the same tactics for the 8th console war, see this guy on GAF, that "confirmed developer" on /r/gaming and pretty much everyone on Bish's list.
Has Bish revealed his list?
Sadly not, but I so see him pop into threads and add suspect posters to it, all of them seem to parrot MS lines and have joined recently...
Q. Why the delay?
A. We have to localize kenict voice to different regions
Q. No manufactureing problems?
A. No.
Q. Thanks, we appreciate you taking the time but I'll just choose to believe what I want and spread XBone manufacturing yield problem seed all over the internets.
PS4Life URNOTE #Cernyisgod
Thats just speculation. If they had more units, they'd meet their original launch plans.
I think Cboat was right. I cant wait to hear about the next gen red ring if there is going to be one this year.
And that's the thing - a company running into delays because they have a big chip with 5 billion transistors to manufacture seems like a much more reasonable cause for unintended delay, than for it to be because they didn't somehow get their ducks in a row on localization for voice transcription/translation. The latter doesn't actually make them seem less inept, if that's what they're aiming for...Says the company trying to shit out millions of 362mm^2 chips.
Has Bish revealed his list?
And that's the thing - a company running into delays because they have a big chip with 5 billion transistors to manufacture seems like a much more reasonable cause for unintended delay, than for it to be because they didn't somehow get their ducks in a row on localization for voice transcription/translation. The latter doesn't actually make them seem less inept, if that's what they're aiming for...
In CBOAT I trust.
#LIEFACTMicrosoft said:there are no manufacturing problems
Not to mention considerabke inaccuracies with indie policy. I don't believe he works for either company (at least anymore). My guess journalism.So his completely inaccurate PS4 release date prediction just days before the official announcement hasn't shaken your confidence one bit?
Since he's apparently on the MS side of things and has a so-so track record for PS stuff to begin with, why would it?So his completely inaccurate PS4 release date prediction just days before the official announcement hasn't shaken your confidence one bit?
That's the absolute best part of that article.
1) "The problem is localisation."
2) "In regions like Switzerland where people speak German and French, they can get a German or French console."
Does he even realise that he's contradicting his own lies?
"This is the part of the internet that's frustrating, because everybody wants to assume there's a [units volume] issue. And yet I'm showing real hardware here at Gamescom - a real, final, retail kit
I've had english on my norwegian bought gaming systems for three decades. Why the fuck not just release it and optionally patch it later for those who cannot understand english. Hell, just put a sticker on it and let people make their own decisions.
I don't think it's so much about the text language, but more about the voice recognition, which makes up a big part of using the Xbox One OS.
So his completely inaccurate PS4 release date prediction just days before the official announcement hasn't shaken your confidence one bit?
Not to mention considerabke inaccuracies with indie policy. I don't believe he works for either company (at least anymore). My guess journalism.
AY: Microsoft they have yet to decide how theyre doing online free-to-play and self-published games. Theyre pretty far from that, even with their latest initiative.
We need CBOAT.
I'm convinced there's a new flood of them recently.
Q. Why the delay?
A. We have to localize kenict voice to different regions
Q. No manufactureing problems?
A. No.
Q. Thanks, we appreciate you taking the time but I'll just choose to believe what I want and spread XBone manufacturing yield problem seed all over the internets.
PS4Life URNOTE #Cernyisgod
What do you expect him to say, we know he works for Microsoft and he hasn't his it. All you seem to do lately is post in anti ms threads or post in Nokia threads saying they should have went for android. Do we start calling you a shill yet?So from zero to zero?
The guy is a corporate tool and nothing more. He is the Amirm (see HD DVD) of this console war, sent by MS to spin on forums and parrot the company line.
Why? What did he do?
What do you expect him to say, we know he works for Microsoft and he hasn't his it. All you seem to do lately is post in anti ms threads or post in Nokia threads saying they should have went for android. Do we start calling you a shill yet?
I'm not seriously calling him a shill but he really has a anti Microsoft thing going. He works in banking so he should know all about prZomg a shill? LOL.
So they will actually recognize Flanders exists in Belgium and adapt language-wise.
Well he did sayThe one thing I will give him is that so far he hasn't gone down to the Amirm levels and openly disparaged or denigrated the competitor or competing products, so that's at least something. Otherwise, to me, his words are poison mixed with enough sugar so people drink up.
in an interview with OXM.The problem is that Sony decided to go out and publish a bunch of numbers, which are in some ways meaningless. Because this isn’t like 1990, when it was 16-bit versus 32-bit. As a matter of fact, they actually go out and they talk about how proud they are about their off-the-shelf parts. Our guys’ll say, we touched every single component in the box and everything there is tweaked for optimum performance. For me, I’d rather not even have the conversation, because it’s not going to matter.
What exactly is meant by better technically is up for debate, but usually the system with the better tech will be better technically.I feel like our games and experiences are going to be every bit as good, if not better, technically - on top of all the magic we're going to add with the instant switching, and the power of the cloud.
Why do you guys care what the reason is? It's delayed in a bunch of countries either way, and that sucks no matter the cause.