Obviously you do not work at MS if you expect that.
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Obviously you do not work at MS if you expect that.
MagicWithEarvin
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Whoa...
I am right in the middle of a whole bunch of college friends that took extreme personal offense to the original XB1 policies. I believe the expressions were " Bridges Have Been Burned ". And then the 2-3 Xbox Fanatics were forced to go along. Maybe if you hold your ground, they'll see and join over. That's a hard "if" though. You have to do your own brand of manipulation.
Hah.
I have nothing constructive to say. But, this made me laugh.
Huh. It was, wasn't it?. That has been reported. I thought that was just classic Microsoft Engineering. Yes. Yes?, That's not just incompetencey? We did make them change a lot. But yes, I hold firm in believing MS should have launched next year. Let's see if goes down in history as a disaster, or an unmitigated disaster. Cause it ain't gonna go well.
I like to think he works in PR. He loves his job, but feels horrible about it at the same time, which prompts him to speak truth to the masses!
I have thousands of theories, each more absurd than the other!
Just because the parent company has massive reserves does not mean that the Xbox division can draw on it to spend. Since the Xbox hasn't proven to be a major net revenue generator, they might actually be looking to spend as little as possible. There are investors waiting in the wings that do not care for the Xbox division and want it gone.
BakedSardine
Banned
The fact that MS has up-clocked AT ALL at this point in the game and been very public about it should be concerning to anyone trying to analyze this with an objective eye. Hardware decisions should have been finalized a year ago, not trying to "bolt shit on" when you're 3 months out from launch.
This could be a colossal disaster in the making.
He is implying that X1 is not capable enough for 1080p games due to Chip design limitations. or that what I get from it.
The big problem is MS is a gigantic company and the company just moves slow. You see it with their phone OS. They moved so slow to make Win 8 phone that they may never be able to get any sort of critical mass and never be a major player in the market.
This is why a lot of critics want the company to be broken up into smaller pieces so they can move quicker.
Microsoft's XBOX division has been a complete fucking disaster. How they could fuck something up to a perfectly amazing degree is beyond me.
It's like the movie How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, except it's how to implode your market share ASAP.
Devilinthiscity
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720p is going to be standard for them then? Ryse is 900p and Forza is 1080p right? Premature launch indeed.
Does your company only have one division with a single employee in it or something?
SwiftDeath
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Yea, not really. It's pretty standard and I'd be surprised if Sony hasn't done the same thing, but they've been tight-lipped about which specs they put out for some reason.
Pop and no MP paywall for PSN.
SEGAvangelist
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He had a lot of misses in his last set of posts, though one of the biggest ones was the PS4 launch date and he's never been a Sony insider anyway. The E3 predictions were spot on, though.
Aquamarine
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It depends how partitioned the employees are.
Internal conversations may not be as comprehensive as you think they might be.
Some of the things CBOAT reports to us are just rumors that came down from the grapevine.
If Xbox One underperforms, that's exactly what you can expect now that Ballmer is on his way out. A quick and short death of the historically unprofitable Xbox sector.
Ballmer's replacement will reorganize the company around profitability, not around sentimentality.
Nightengale
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The way CBOAT sounds at times makes it feel like he's a 3rd-party contractor/agency working with MS.
Those type of people are privy to a ton of confidential stuff, in preparation for future product-specific events/launches/executions, and even if they aren't shown everything, they tend to be friendly enough with the internal teams that the actual MS guys would casually tell the agency people stuff 'off-the-record.'
MS can go one of two ways. Start eating a lot of cash to fix their own problems or choose the nuclear option and start paying huge wads of cash to make Sony gamers' lives miserable by buying up exclusives etc. My guess is that many of the execs inside the company think the nuclear option will solve the other problems.
SarcasticD
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I don't think Microsoft could afford to have RROD pt. II..
I still don't know, they haven't been very clear. Mostly Titanfall, but I can get that on 360. They're still hyped on Ryse, and I don't know why a QTE fest would excite anyone, but whatever. I feel that they just haven't heard enough of what's been going on behind the scenes (not GAFfers), or what they have heard isn't enough to sway them otherwise.
Only game I would personally look forward to is Sunset Overdrive, so if Xbone manages to haul ass and turn themselves around like PS3 did (and actually not be the butt of 180 jokes), I could probably be tricked into picking one up real late end-game.
theprodigy
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yeah, basically ignore Cboat's Sony posts and pay attention to the Microsoft ones
I wouldn't doubt this at all.
Sapphire Dreams
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So the Xbox One has hardware issues ? seriously ?!
Microsoft never learned their mistake from the RROD I see...
Microsoft never learned their mistake from the RROD I see...
I believe if the Xbox One underperforms and fails to get #1 in the market this will be the last Xbox. I could be totally wrong though.
Cboat has been wrong before. He didn't get the PS4 release date correct, iirc.
Exactly.
So much anger in this post, all tears for CBOAT's bidet.
Celeb status unlocked.
RedRedSuit
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They were not "spot on." PoP didn't happen. The MS moneyhats to not show PS4 versions of things have not been verified.
Please don't spread disinformation via poor wording.
All the CBOAT doubters only have to look at his E3 thread.
He called World of Tanks, Dead Rising 3, Mirror's Edge (though it didn't show up till EA conference), and I assume he mistook halo 5 for prince of persia.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=62291087
He called World of Tanks, Dead Rising 3, Mirror's Edge (though it didn't show up till EA conference), and I assume he mistook halo 5 for prince of persia.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=62291087
Hydrogen Bluebird
Member
No Idea. Quite unreal that they actually used the slogan in an ad.
Unless it means MS invented time travel, sent XB1 to the future, beta-tested it in the future, and then sent it back to the present
TheRealTalker
Banned
The XB1 feels just rushed... Who knows maybe after this new gen is over MS might admit to it releasing at an earlier date then what they truly attended
MidgarBlowedUp
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On Friday, November 15, 2013 by 8:00pm I'll be able to play a game on a next gen console in 1080p. According to CBOAT, I'm not sure when that will happen, if ever, for Xbone only owners, and that is one messed up thought. In all honesty, it's hard to believe.
They can start by firing the people responsible for the DRM, Kinect requirement, the console being under powered, $500 price tag, a controller that is allegedly worse than the 360's, a reveal that focuses on media rather than games, etc..
Should also get rid of anyone who thought it was a good idea to stop investing in big exclusives outside of Halo, Gears, Forza, and Fable while they're at it.
GribbleGrunger
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Or some deals just fall through ...
You need to snapshot this then print it and put it in your bedroom, I'm serious !
SEGAvangelist
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Yeah I don't buy the up-clocks being an issue since they aren't huge up-clocks that should require a voltage increase. The box seems to have room for tons of airflow as well.
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