Yes the gaming division needs to be lead by gamers and not business men. We need innovators not extrapolatotrs.
I'm not so sure nintendo want microsofts sloppy seconds
At denawayne.
Like I said I cannot get tethering on my cell phone which would be required to check in using one.
Seems you don't listen so well.
@ denawayne
I'm on my cell phone internet right now... which I can't tether without paying another $20 a month.
Nice try.
I can't even get an xbox one because of the mandatory update to make it work, they could put the update on a disk but they have completely neglected gamers who have no internet. It's rather ignorant of them.
Do you really think consumers are so short sighted that they don't believe games are coming to the ps4?
It's early in the life of both consoles and both consoles will see some great games this gen. Titanfall looks good but it's hardly going to be the be all and end all.
If it greatly increases sales in the uk I'm pretty sure you will see it in the us also. They call it a litmus test of the market.
They want to suggest that titanfall moved those consoles and not the system price drop I think.
That way they can maintain hype for titanfall after release and hope that the software actually moves more xbox ones stateside.
Personally I have no reliable at home Internet and I'm not the only person in this situation. The DRM policies of old meant that gaming was evolving to a place myself and others could not follow and that is a bad thing despite all the "benefits" and "promise" it held back then.
I can see the appeal of an all digital future, and had the infrastructure been in place for a much bigger percentage of gamers to enjoy it been in place it would have been aweso...
If the xbox one price cut drives sales they (ms) can always claim that titanfall will move the console and point to the inflated titanfall sales as proof... yes it does smell of desperation.
Unless net neutrality is dealt with all digital will not be the future of gaming. With digital support of games like gt5 being removed that's also another reason why consumers will veer away from an all digital future.
This is a very important issue but a lot of gamers are not aware. Whenever you bring this up to the "all digital is the future" crowd they scoff at it like it's crazy.
I really hope net neutrality or some similar protection is put back into place.
It feels like less than 6 months but I could be wrong and I'm to lazy to really look into it.
not long enough to have a real impact anyway which is a shame as I wanted to see her test her metal in the industry.
One thing is for sure and that is that it doesn't install confidence in the install base about xbox's staying at Microsoft long term.
I am having a hard time seeing how this move makes any sense outside of them wanting to spin the devision off.
@nifonge
I don't understand why you are getting disagree's. Last year when balmer put out microsofts mission statement he flat out said what you did.
Xbox is a Trojan horse to deliver a windows experience in the living room and across multiple devices.
That is a fair point. I'm just trying to look outside of the box on this one.
I agree that it looks like xbox will likely get sold off with this move, After all look at what he did to Nokia but I'm trying not to jump to any conclusion with my speculation and trying to add another point of view for discussion sake.
There are a lot of xbox fans that are going to be upset over the idea of this and frankly I am not among them, I'm just trying to be i...
If the xbox devision gets sold off it could look like a failure for Elop. Appointing him to that possition may be a way for the ceo to stop him from voicing his concerns for the department as what happens to it directly effects his career.
If that's the case it's a smart move by the new ceo.
Digital download is going to kill some data caps...
I like to hear things like this from the microsoft camp. It doesnt exude their normal arrogant and cocky attitude.
If the folks over at the American branch of xbox adopt a similar philosophy they may earn my respect back... eventually.
Sony was desperate and in a panic... so are microsoft now. I fail to see how you bringing Sony into this changes microsofts fortunes at all.
Of course it will count towards game sale numbers just like wii sports did with the wii. That game topped sales charts massive back when.
Same with super Mario bros on the nes.