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Yusef Mehdi Interview Regarding Kinect Removal+Future

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People have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than the PS3, so in that respect people have less of a need to upgrade in the short term due to regular updates for the Xbox 360.

80% of people are using Kinect which is remarkable compared to the last generation.
 

Kysen

Member
Every time this guy opens his mouth he says something stupid, one of the last annoying suits on the Xbox team. He needs to go.
 

Flandy

Member
People have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than the PS3, so in that respect people have less of a need to upgrade in the short term due to regular updates for the Xbox 360.

People must have been really satisfied with the PSP and Wii then, right?
 
How do they quantify that people are more satisfied with the 360 than the PS3?

That's a straight up jack-ass remark on his part.

Oh, well people aren't upgrading to the Xbox One yet because our last console was just so good. Clearly people who are buying PS4 are doing so because they can't stand another minute with their PS3.

Good to see that even in light of positive consumer decisions, Yusef remains as offensive as ever.
 

meppi

Member
The fuck. Are they really using the DRM debacle as an example of how much they care about their fans and how they take their feedback into consideration?

"You can't just flip a switch" and all kinds of BS that went on for months like that is all but forgotten isn't it? Or at least that's how we are supposed to react. :-/

Not buying this crap one bit.
 

RedAssedApe

Banned
I think there are four main areas in terms of how ours system is differentiated. First is that the reason people buy these consoles is to play games. We’ve got the best games line-up. We had the best games line-up this past holiday if you talk to most experts in the games industry. As we go into E3, you’re going to see an incredible games line-up. Knock on wood, I believe we’re going to have a great games line-up for this coming holiday as well.

Second thing is people buy games to play with their friends. We have had the best multiplayer gaming system in this space for many years with Xbox Live Gold. We’ve really set the standard. You get better matchmaking capability with SmartMatch, you get better protection against people who cheat. Xbox Live Gold is the best place to come play with your friends.

Third is the original vision we had for Xbox One, which is an all-in-one entertainment device, and it still is, even with the $399 SKU. You still get Xbox One as an input one device where you can still watch live TV, do two things at once, input switch. A lot of the things you do with entertainment you just can’t even do on other systems. We’re really built for the future.

And finally you can still add on Kinect to create all these additional experiences with voice commands, biometric recognition, recording gameplay and more.

Those four things make it very differentiated, and now that the price points are the same, and people looking at games and entertainment experiences are future-proofing, I feel that we have a very differentiated system.

so nothing really...
 

woen

Member
Wow. Is this a fake ? A parody ? Is this real ?

Microsoft, best games, doesn't match sorry. Simple fact. Why doesn't he have a 5 years vision for the PS4 games ? Woops.
Besides, multi-platforms are better on PS4.

"we’ve been trying to be very customer focused, looking to our fans and taking their feedback."

Dat bullshit. They looked to the sales. To their stocks not shipped to the stores, not sold in the stores, not going to the customers. They looked the 3M gap between them and Sony.

"It’s hard to really assess the gap in sales. People have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than the PS3, so in that respect people have less of a need to upgrade in the short term due to regular updates for the Xbox 360. "

Dat golden bullshit... What about the lack of 360 exclusives in the past 2/3 years ? What about people upgrading from a 360 to a PS4, day one ?

Definitely won't buy a Microsoft product for a long, long time.
 

Guevara

Member
Everybody loves Kinect! Our games are best!

Must be confounding that the Xbox One is selling worse even in the U.S. and they're dropping Kinect from the box.
 

Zok310

Banned
More people buying PS4, hence they hate their PS3. Less buy Xbox One, they love their 360.

Makes sense right?

Spinning is natural part of life. Electrons spin around a nucleus, the moon spin around the earth, the earth spins around the sun, the solar system spins around the Milky Way.

So it's natural to spin......
 

Kyoufu

Member
This was the most shit-infested interview garbage I have ever read. You'd think he'd at least sound humble or something. Jesus Christ.
 

Cess007

Member
People have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than the PS3, so in that respect people have less of a need to upgrade in the short term due to regular updates for the Xbox 360.

"That dammed 360! If it weren't for the fact that it's a good console, the Xbox One would sell more!" No seriously, this is the kind of things i would expect for fanboys (any kind) but not an actual exec.
 

ps3ud0

Member
Will GameStop have to re-educate all their prospective XO customers again? Really should get someone from IKEA to make a step-by-step guide...

ps3ud0 8)
 
People have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than the PS3, so in that respect people have less of a need to upgrade in the short term due to regular updates for the Xbox 360

Yes, "PR gonna PR".

But seriously, if they are trying to turn things aroung, why keep saying nonsense like this? Why not be smart and simply promote their product and explain their new strategy?
 

LAA

Member
Yeah just twisting things here. 80% of people 7 so kinect... you mean the thing you bundled into everyone's bundle? Of course most people are gonna use it just once.

Most of everything else he says is subjective and what "experts say" doesn't make it true or not. Games aren't judged like black and white you know.
 

Guevara

Member
"more satisfied with their Xbox 360" has serious meme potential. I look forward to seeing this quoted years from now.
 

nampad

Member
After this interview, I think I am even more satisfied with my 360. Can't stand the MS guys, seems like only bullshit comes out of their mouths.
 

KingFire

Banned
Why are you guys surprised about the "Xbox 360 users are more satisfied" line? This can be assessed by customer surveys, probably from a market research firm.

It could be true (haven't looked it up); it would have been better if he cited his source.

Or he was just BS'ing...
 

BadRNG

Member
Poor MS, their last console was just so good that no one has any need to buy the new one.

Seriously, how do interviewers stand this stuff. Sometimes I wish they'd just burst out laughing at the PR speak and ask if they are being serious.
 

Roshin

Member
And finally you can still add on Kinect to create all these additional experiences with voice commands, biometric recognition, recording gameplay and more.

That's beautiful. Hey guys, you can always buy the thing we just... removed from the system. Yeah.
 

Nzyme32

Member
We’ve got the best games line-up. We had the best games line-up this past holiday if you talk to most experts in the games industry.

Surely customers would be the deciders of who has the best games line-up?
Edit: Oh unless they mean sales... urgh, I'm having a blonde moment
 
That's beautiful. Hey guys, you can always buy the thing we just... removed from the system. Yeah.

So you can't even record GAMEPLAY without the Kinect... I hope people read this part, because if this is true, that is pretty awful.

But wow... I was happy MS did the right thing by lowering the price, but holy god does this spin hurt my brain...
 

kinoki

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
I believe that Microsoft is the new helicopter of PR. We have lift-off!
 
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