Recently managing director of Microsoft Research Asia Hsiao-Wuen Hon admitted that the company is somewhat slow in embracing consumer appetites. The statements reflects the company's string of "me too" products such as its Bing search engine, the Zune MP3 player, its online marketplace, and even its upcoming smartphone. The word "innovation" hasn't applied to Microsoft in a very long time.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
"He admitted that Microsoft isn't exactly the "media darling,"
You got that right.
Microsoft: We Should've Done More, We're Slow,retarded,scum,stupid,mupp ets,cunts, like all our trash userbase.
What are you talking about, have you not seen Project Ey- I mean Natal?
Not only are they slow. Their products are rushed and untested.
While its good they have a console in the market to give Sony some competition since that is always a good thing for the consumer. I think Microsoft need to test their products before launching atleast.
When i was in the market to buy a console, it was either the PS3 or the Xbox 360. The pricing on the Xbox did entice me a bit, however the very unit the shopkeeper tried to show me had RROD issues. Hence the choice was easy to go with the PS3.
3 years later i am happy with my choice, PS3 has very good exclusives(cant say the same for the Xbox). On the other hand a little research and i got myself a 9800gtx for my PC for all my multiplat needs, including all the xbox exclusives.
Imo the best combo out there for any gamer today is PC + PS3.
Microsoft just realizing this?