A very interesting discussion about the current state of the Xbox brand and how it relates to hardware and MS future. It's a pretty long segment but I encourage you to watch all of it before responding. Context is King.
Damiani in particular was pretty scathing in his assessment of where they're at with Xbox. Kyle Bosman is predictably a little more measured/nuanced in his rebuttals but to be honest, I find myself more on Damiani's side of the fence on this one. I think people are continuing to underestimate how much of a catastrophe the debut of the Xbox One itself was to the brands image. Following an era where 360 dominated the landscape, along comes the Xbox One with all of its disastrous little anti consumer quirks then Sony plays up that notion, with the DRM side of things especially and just lets it snowball. The rest is history.
It's obvious to everyone now that this false start has been especially prevalent in 2017. MS have just had their clocks cleaned this year by both Sony and Nintendo, and you have to wonder what their top dogs over there are really thinking at the moment. The XOX does come across to me as one last ditch effort to at the very least stay within arms reach of Sony, but you can't help but have your doubts.
Damiani in particular was pretty scathing in his assessment of where they're at with Xbox. Kyle Bosman is predictably a little more measured/nuanced in his rebuttals but to be honest, I find myself more on Damiani's side of the fence on this one. I think people are continuing to underestimate how much of a catastrophe the debut of the Xbox One itself was to the brands image. Following an era where 360 dominated the landscape, along comes the Xbox One with all of its disastrous little anti consumer quirks then Sony plays up that notion, with the DRM side of things especially and just lets it snowball. The rest is history.
It's obvious to everyone now that this false start has been especially prevalent in 2017. MS have just had their clocks cleaned this year by both Sony and Nintendo, and you have to wonder what their top dogs over there are really thinking at the moment. The XOX does come across to me as one last ditch effort to at the very least stay within arms reach of Sony, but you can't help but have your doubts.