The guy is under fire. But i belive him. Like or not, many skeptikal gamers will too. He may be on his lower momment right now because of Scalebound´s cancellation. Come E3 he´ll rise again. :)

Meh Xbox was never good

maybe shouldn't have closed lionhead.... if they really think first party are critical.

I’m excited to see what Microsoft does with the Scorpio. Browsing N4G comments you’d think Microsoft was the scum of the earth for gamers, but you could argue they have done more for gamers this generation than sony. Play anywhere and backwards compatibility are 2 examples of this.

Xbox consoles have always been very future driven / forward thinking in their designs. The original xbox really out did the ps2 and gamecube on a technical level. It was the first system to have a hard drive and features like streaming custom music. I believe dreamcast had a Ethernet port and the ps2 did have the add on adapter where as every xbox had it built in and they actually had a flushed out service like live to utilize it.

Pioneering features continued with xbox 360. Sony really scrambled at the beginning of the generation to bring psn up to par with xbox live which had cross game chat, ability to change username etc from the get go. Also these hardware updates we are getting this generation (for better or worse) was first done by Microsoft. I believe the 360 was the first time we’ve seen a console get significant hardware updates, the original 360 launched without HDMI or wireless wifi, which were later added in hardware revisions. On the game side I think they really popularized co-op gaming with things like firefly in halo and horde in gears of war. And was there a prior instance with a console game doing what mass effect did carrying a save file forward? I also think Microsoft made the download game space popular with xbox live arcade and tittles like geometry wars, braid, limbo, Splosion man, shadow complex etc.

As for the xbox one, it’s a pretty advanced console. First time we see an hdmi in port. I believe it’s the first console that ran 2 distinct operating systems, one for games and one for the os so we got features like being able to snap internet brower, youtube app or live tv to a side of the tv and still play your full game. Smart glass integration is cool, being able to use my iphone’s keyboard to enter text on xbox. First time we’ve seen major accessory (Kinect) packed in with every console – though unsuccessful let it not be said that microsoft doesn’t try new things.

Sure they started this generation off in what was looking like a anti consumer way and that bad press took center stage. That was under don mattrick and we see how that worked out, he’s gone and phil’s done a 180 course correction. But to be fair there were some benefits to the original vision, but the negatives out weighed them. With the xbox one and the always connected vision they were looking too far ahead.
I hope they keep their pedigree with Scorpio and really deliver an amazing machine.

Ps. Here’s a thought, if Microsoft wanted to win back some favor and positive attention they should announce that multiplayer will be removed from behind the pay wall. They can pitch it and play it up as a feature of the close integration between xbox and windows 10 and wanted to treat users fairly, since multiplayer is free in windows.

I think MS is taking risks.

Scalebound was one of them and it seemed like a great idea. But it didn't look like it would achieve everything it set out to do.

Sea of Thieves is also a risk. Rare has been jabbed at for years about not making a great Rare game. MS removed the shackles and are letting them do something. From what I have seen this game is very unique and interesting. But, it is also risky.

Killer Instinct was a risk to start the generation and it has been one of the best fighting games this generation so far.

Quantum Break was a risk. Alan Wake was a cult classic for 360 but its sales did not match expectations. Signing onto a new IP by Remedy was another risk.

Kinect bundling on X1 was a risk and they had to backtrack on it.

Crackdown 3 Is taking a risk on cloud compute gaming.

MS is taking risks with HoloLens.

And they are taking a risk on VR going forward.

DRM for everything was a risk and they had to backtrack on it. Yet, digital sales are quickly growing so we may see a re-track forwards again on this. It was just too early for its time.

Scorpio is another risk. Waiting to be the last to release a new console PS4 Pro and Nintendo Switch will precede it is a huge risk given that MS is not in a dominant console position.

MS also took a risk by bringing Windows 10 to XB.

And then the play anywhere and and universal apps platform to make development easier across the PC and XB platforms.

MS certainly is taking risks... And some are working and some are failing. One thing is very clear. They are not afraid to take a risk and they are not afraid to back track off of mistakes.

IDC what anyone says anyone who things the UI on XBOX one is good your lying to you and everyone else. Shit is s8 trash. Damn loading screen on every damn MENU you are trying to load up. Its fuking say. Keep that shit away from PC we dont need that shitty UI

Microsoft is walking around with a floppy, while Sony is rock hard.

He's such a good PR guy. To me all he does is say what people want to hear, but the actions are contrary to the words. Have to admire his ability to keep people believing.

They literally haven't and never did lol

Yea right.

"brought it back before"

when exactly?
cause they've been sinking since the xbox one.

What she is talking about ? Xbox is dead since 2013. lol

Never forget the days of RRoD. That was the point of no return for MS.

Domino effects of bad news followed

They have not brought it back to where people think, PlayStation success level. But they sure did bring it back from what Don Mattrick did to Xbox. Phil came in and did what gamers wanted (remove Kinect), to make it more about gaming and not TV.

I have ZERO faith in anything MS says or does. Once MS went 3rd party it was over for them. There’s no coming back from that.

Sorry, when did they bring it back?

LOL
this is some weird psychological trick. Companies say the most delusional/out of touch statements that completely contradict everything they've done over several years. They do so to gaslight those who see them for the failures they are and to feed into the delusions of fanboys that have unhealthy parasocial relationships with a product/brand. It is extremely weird how people/companies can do the most f*cked up things, lie, scam, be the cause of peoples financial woes, even be the cause of death then go on some PR campaign, say some corpo bumbo jumbo and people just eat it up and they go unpunished.

If I worked at Xbox, this would be a sign its time to leave ASAP.

LOL

They mean:

"As we have no background or any idea about gaming and don't care for gamers we'll stick to what we know. At Team Xbox we're experts in value extraction and the share bump you get from mass layoffs, so we are proud to announce we shall fire even more workers at all our purchased publishers, studios and replace them with AI!
This will help push short term profits and give bonuses to those that matter, our owners and shareholders. Thanks to our massive industry consolidation there is nothing anyone can do, so FU gaming industry and thanks for the IP's!

Even more reliance on A.I. and even less on actual people.

I will give her the benefit of the doubt because let us be real. With the previous leadership, Xbox was continuously seeing decline every quarter and it seemed like 4 out of 5 announcements from them was unwelcomed news.

They have a lot of work to do to win back some good will from their fans, but in my opinion, the easiest way to drive interest back to the platform would be to make it so the series consoles can boot PC games and run different store fronts. That will tern Xbox into the steam machine we never got because of the ram shortage.

I understand it's an interview but you have to say all the right things that we've heard from execs for nearly two decades now from various suits making "promises." on things.

Let's assume she's given actual power to at least attempt to turn things around along side Matt Booty. The first thing she needs to do is have a deep understanding of what gaming is, which she's now which is good. Everyone was up in arms because she doesn't game. IMO that's not really an issue, because only a handful ppl at PS through out its generation had guys who gamed. shuhei was one of them while Ryan wasn't at all. Zelnick the guy in charge of Take two doesn't game but yet manages the biggest game in history in GTA. She just needs to have a deep understanding and on its audience and make good decisions.

Again let's assume she has real say here. Man if something happens and if she some how, golden pot at the end of the rainbow, unicorns and santa clause are real manages to do what Phil couldn't do and actually make things better, I'll be baffled. Trust me nothing baffles me anymore. I'll be complete floored.

''Wait for next...Gen...''