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[Woorloog]

Most impressive.
Who isn't pissed off by Xbone (not counting individual fans)?

 

[Knux-Future]

You know that Square-Enix post about honor and shooting yourself in the foot?


Microsoft is living that right now

 

[MrCunningham]

YEAR OF THE PS3 PS4

 

[thumb]

The absolute dumbest mistake you can ever make designing an American box is forgetting our troops. There really is no amount of spin that can make people forget about such restrictions here in the states, all you need is for the media and/or Sony to get the ball rolling against Microsoft before the anti-troop mentality catches on.

I suspect you may be right. And while it's interesting to watch a PR case study in the making, I'm really hoping that Microsoft just reverses course on these decisions.

 

[Curufinwe]

Microsoft survived a scandal of broken consoles to become #1 in the US and selling the lion's share of software.

Tell me what Sony has done between then and now to make this any different.

The 360 was $200 cheaper than the PS3. Now the PS4 is $100 cheaper than the Xbone.

 

[captive]

from what those members described, PS4 would be perfect for them, its region free, so they could go to any game store abroad and purchase their games. No online restrictions etc.

 

[ultron87]

Yeowch. That wasn't a well planned response. Or strategy in general, if they really don't have some plan for such situations.

 

[KingJ2002]

Yeah... so the Xbox One is on the road to tank if they don't change their stance on DRM.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

It won't. I keep telling you guys this. Microsoft is white-hot right now, and they're going to steamroll this holiday season, whether we hate their machine or not.

What wildly successful product has Microsoft had since Windows 7? I guess Kinect did quite well, but anything else?

 

[Savitar]

Microsoft hates freedom and America confirmed.

Possibly terrorist.

 

[fart town usa]

This train don't stop

lol

This really is getting to be insane, MS must be shitting their pants right now.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

But but but they'll make exceptions......they can't. They painted themselves in on this console.

 

[Interfectum]

Microsoft survived a scandal of broken consoles to become #1 in the US and selling the lion's share of software.

Tell me what Sony has done between then and now to make this any different.

Going by initial pre-orders across all retailers? A lot obviously.

 

[fabricated backlash]

Sony has a golden opportunity to promote the PS4 by sending a bunch of them to military across the world, especially to the countries that aren't supported at Xbone's launch.

The revival of the Axis of Evil?

 

[Xcellere]

Otherwise, they may just as well commit sudoku.

Death by puzzle. It ain't pretty.

 

[BruiserBear]

You guys are just being silly! All this drama about the Xbox One is gonna blow over once they show games at E3.

 

[Stone Ocean]

"Xbox is going to tank in the military"

Hehehehehe

 

[Curufinwe]

Why can't MS allow you to play offline if you keep the disc in the drive like they do with the 360?

Anyone...?

 

[gaming_noob]

I don't know if I'd go that far, but they are certainly teetering on the edge. They can still come back from it tho, Sony did after $599 and the PSN outage/hack.

And let's not forget MS were able to come back from the whole RRoD clusterfuck. Will be interesting where they go from here, it's certainly going to be easy now that the military has spoken out so publicly.

This time it's a little different. Xbox One does not have the benefit of having comparable hardware like 360 against PS3. For PS3's $599 issue, they introduced the blu-ray format that outperformed most standalones back in the day. Even if Xbox One strips all of their "anti-consumer" features we're still left with a piece of hardware with significantly lower specs and it being more expensive than PS4. The 360 also released 1 full year ahead of the PS3 which meant it had a lot more exclusives and a larger userbase to play against compared to the first 2-3 years of PS3's lifespan.

 

[SlowRevolution]

This is approaching 2006 Kutaragi levels of bullshit. It's third console curse all over again.

It's way worse than that at this point imo

 

[Amir0x]

I didn't read this entire thread yet so I'm not sure if it was mentioned, but didn't MS said they were looking into ways to have special Xbox One systems specifically for military members that dont require the online check?

 

[Krusenstern]

Offline, small, lightweight, no large required accessories, no powerbrick.

Sony should just donate a ton to the military.

It's designed for the military.

 

[Speevy]

What wildly successful product has Microsoft had since Windows 7? I guess Kinect did quite well, but anything else?

I'm talking about the Xbox brand when I refer to Microsoft.

Their console is what's driving the console industry right now.

 

[saelz8]

I've never seen a bigger trainwreck in all my years of gaming.

 

[dab0ne]

I suspect you may be right. And while it's interesting to watch a PR case study in the making, I'm really hoping the Microsoft just reverses course on these decisions.

Same here. I don't want them to fail I just want them to reverse their policies. They do that and I'm in with the Xbone.

Spoiler

I'll still call it an Xbone no matter what though

 

[Camp Lo]

I wish they would fucking lift these god forsaken restrictions so I can buy one for fucks sake. I'm too fat to join the military.

 

[Xplatformer]

Microsoft survived a scandal of broken consoles to become #1 in the US and selling the lion's share of software.

Tell me what Sony has done between then and now to make this any different.

• fixed controller
• cheaper machine
• same multiplats
• more powerful GPU
• Non-shitty DRM method
• Headset with every console
• Support from more developers (indie)
• Playstation PLUS

 

[Htown]

Hahah, Rachel Maddow is in on this?

Can someone please forward the story to Limbaugh or O'Reilly for maximum rage.

I've been wondering if somebody could get the conspiracy buffs over at Fox News to connect the dots between PRISM and the Xbox One/Kinect 2.0, for giggles.

 

[Freezie KO]

The video game industry has made a fortune breaking not just video game records, but entertainment records as a whole, with properties that simulate what my brothers, sisters, and I do on a daily basis.

Ha. I didn't even pick up on this wonderful irony.

"Buy exclusive Call of Duty DLC! Play as a Marine! Unless you actually are a Marine...."

 

[coldfoot]

 

[Kerub]

I didn't read this entire thread yet so I'm not sure if it was mentioned, but didn't MS said they were looking into ways to have special Xbox One systems specifically for military members that dont require the online check?

You mean the 360?

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'm waiting for Sony to donate a bunch of PS4's to the military to really stick it to MS

That would be a good move to make regardless.

 

[Kusagari]

How did Microsoft not think of all the obvious negative ways this could impact the perception of the console?

We predicted this the second the rumor the came out.

 

[rdrr gnr]

Sony should dedicate a 1,000 units from their first run for the military. Good gesture and great PR.

 

[JDSN]

Sony should jump on this, like send a PS4 to every military base.

 

[The Lamonster]

I've never seen a bigger trainwreck in all my years of gaming.

There have been plenty of bigger explosions, but never on a train this big.

Sony should jump on this, like send a PS4 to every military base.

bwahaha genius

 

[Violater]

Policies will be reversed and all will be forgiven, mark my words.

 

[OrbitScant]

Oh dear, not going well is it? Could X1 turn out to be another Zune, Win8 or surface? Msoft top brass just seem to be clueless lately.

 

[Nokterian]

In another thread. This gif fits perfect for this.

 

[Htown]

Microsoft survived a scandal of broken consoles to become #1 in the US and selling the lion's share of software.

Your information is incorrect.

 

[Interfectum]

I didn't read this entire thread yet so I'm not sure if it was mentioned, but didn't MS said they were looking into ways to have special Xbox One systems specifically for military members that dont require the online check?

 

[Amir0x]

You mean the 360?

haha no...

“While the console itself is not geographically restricted, a user’s Xbox Live account, content, apps and experiences are all tied to the country of billing and residence,” she wrote.

“Military personnel will be able to take their Xbox One and play their games with them without an issue as long as the game has been ‘activated’ once in the U.S. Your games go with you and play, no issues,” she says.

I'm so confused by this again. But I wasn't even referring to this. I think I read a article quote a few days ago that said Microsoft was looking into making special Xbox One's specifically for military members that didn't require the check-in for games.

 

[BigDug13]

Besides the online requirement, the Kinect requirement might also make the Xbone a no-go in the military. They don't like cameras connected to the internet except for the ones they approve.

Yeah I wouldn't have been able to have one. I worked in the Intelligence Center on two carriers. It's not about having a camera connected to the internet. You're not allowed to have a camera or recording device of any kind in there.

 

[Ricko Suave]

I've never seen a company with so much money, talent and resources be so utterly arrogant and stupid. How in the hell are they so out of touch? I mean, for fucks sake! It's the age of the internet! Can't they read or what?!?!

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Utterly shameful. Seriously. They keep shitting the bed. Over and over. I would say comedy gold if it wasn't so sad for the people invested in their consoles. But really--the console created by the AMERICAN company shuts out service personnel. It's time for some humility, MS. When Sony outshines you repeatedly in your home market, it's time to exit stage right and change your pants, your stinking up the show.

Very well stage. This is the main reason I'm interested to see what their response will be. It's a very tight rope they are walking right now and it's getting thinner with each passing day...

 

[Felix Lighter]

I suspect you may be right. And while it's interesting to watch a PR case study in the making, I'm really hoping that Microsoft just reverses course on these decisions.

I simply don't think it's possible for them to reverse course now. I actually think they are responding to the backlash with policy changes behind the scenes but only within the framework that they already have laid out. I think that is why so many of the policies are ridiculously confusing and there has been so many mixed messages and cancelled interviews.

 

[ebullientprism]

Microsoft survived a scandal of broken consoles to become #1 in the US and selling the lion's share of software.

Tell me what Sony has done between then and now to make this any different.

Last I checked, it was still behind Wii in the US so its not really #1.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I am looking foward to installing my games and - having a nice clean shelf next gen.

If you people stop this, then there will be hell.

 

[ascii42]

I didn't read this entire thread yet so I'm not sure if it was mentioned, but didn't MS said they were looking into ways to have special Xbox One systems specifically for military members that dont require the online check?

Possibly, but what about the power of the cloud?

 

[UrbanRats]

Well it shouldn't be hard for them to implement a firmware-level workaround, to allow the activation of games and offline play for specific Xbones around the world.