" Did Mattrick cause the utter lack of first party games, all generation?"
Yes, his Midas touch has stretched for years. The Mattrick/Ballmer combo and the general old guard at MS is much more than a scapegoat. His "vision" led to an over investment in Kinect and TV production groups. The suits at MS had to slowly be fazed out for Sataya to grow the company, and for Xbox group to finally make important changes.
We know it takes ye...
I don't think it's trash talking so much. I think his point about less big games is the key component in there 2019 decision. It's disapointing, but it makes sense.
Yet a few months later they tried to sell us a half assed PS Classic.
@skippy
It's not just subs that they're looking at. That's just one part of the picture.
Look for them to continue to cycle 3rd party games out to keep the library changing. It's not about making GP the only way to deliver content. It's about driving subs and keeping you, the consumer, active on the platform.
They will "lose" money on GP but be completely content. We laugh about them using MAUs instead of ...
Illegal? Maybe it could be a breach of the contract he signed, but he's already been paid.
I agree that there tends to be an over reaction to any accusations these days, but pulling his picture isn't a crime. Unfortunately he's got a lot of bad heat on him right now. What's in it for EA to keep him on the cover of their game?
Exactly. The hype train and the hate wagons are running around screaming about this game and all I keep seeing is a fun and straightforward action game that looks like something that is lacking this gen.
I expect a AA level of depth, fun gameplay, and just good simple fun. Games like this are needed.
The problem is that MS has lacked on the exclusive front so people are looking at this game like something it's not.
Its not 2009 anymore. From my experience, most of the mouthy 12 yo's are on the vastly more popular platform (ps4) this gen.
It might be the games I'm playing, but I won't even bother with a headset on PSN anymore.
Really, cause I'd think that, if the worst thing about the X1 were just the batteries, MS would be in a much better place this gen.
But maybe I'm just stupid...
The drip feeding is what annoys me. Plus the lack of Snes and N64.
Well no one has ever accused the fine people at Cheat codes central of being deep thinkers.
A fair article would be: "Will MS continue to make improvements this year." That won't get the clicks though.
Listen, I am 99% sure you are just another happy little sock puppet doing your paid duty to talk crap about a product. That's giving you the benefit of the doubt.
But even then, this is not the first time you've gone out of your way to shit talk the adaptive controller. Your joke was lame and demeaning. It is sad and disgusting. So I agree with Belasco...fuck off.
I think it's their streaming platform coming to Switch. Project Atlas?
EA Access is a nice side product for them, but I think EA wants to push their streaming service moving forward. It'd be an easy way to get all of their games on the Switch's weaker hardware.
Their new streaming platform makes sense for the Switch. Less competition and a way to get their more graphically intense games on the system.
Lol. They're just covering their tracks!!!
This article is old.
https://n4g.com/news/223274...
I remember all of the usual suspects were there crying about paid media despite it being a pretty benign article suggesting changes that need to happen.
Nintendo has made millions in royalties off of selling Minecraft. I think they're ok with it.
Doesn't going exclusive to Epic also mean that DS got paid for doing the deal though? Just like on consoles, you're exchanging timed exclusivity for some form of compensation.
I'm sure all of the negatives were weighed when reaching the agreement. Not saying it might not still hurt them, but I think there's some cushion there.
Lol...You just going to keep posting this same comment? At least try to be transparent about it.
Hardware DID contribute to their revenue. They made more money off of hardware last year during the launch of the X. Pretty much as would be expected.
Sadly, I bet people like him WILL be here in 20-30 years.
Hardware obviously contributed to it.
They just made more revenue selling the X at its launch then they did selling it in year 2, and also for less $$. Makes sense.
A 30% increase on the software side is good to see.
Now now, nobody can be that bad. Jim should run his talking points through their PR folks before granting interviews though.