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[tino]

Is Mattrick a "gamer"? Serious question. Anyone has his gamer score card?

 

[Huggers]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Poor.

Sony have one too. It's called PS4

 

[FateBreaker]

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Unbelievable.

I mean, unbelievable.

 

[Nori Chan]

This interview happened 2 days before E3. All before Sony's ether

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

The more and more we here from Microsoft the more and more its clear they won't change and I think Sony's going to enjoy PS2 levels of dominance next gen. Microsoft will arrogantly stand behind its DRM box until its too late for them

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Where are the people who are going to stand by those jokeful words?

I won't deal with it, ever.

 

[Hypereides]

Mattrick: "Xbox has been created by gamers for gamers."

'Aight Ballmer, you know what to do. Give Mattrick a raise. Man is workin' over time on that spinnin'

 

[IcyRhythms]

No gamer asked for this...

lies

 

[bndadm]

He's probably off the planet right now. Heard the moon is nice this time of year.

How will he play the games then?

Also - I like playing single player games offline because society drives me up a wall. I play video games to get away from people.

Oh, and I also use a cell phone just for calls. I guess I'm beneath Microsoft now.

 

[MercuryLS]

I wish I could push him back

Spoiler

into a pit of quicksand

 

[Spongebob]

Holy fuck.

They knew we'd be pissed, but they just went ahead and told us to deal with it.

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

Those are very bold quotes, to say the least. I don't know what's happening to Microsoft, it really seems they're pulling a 2006 Sony.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Geoff Keighley had an interview with Don Mattrick (recorded pre conference) - here are some excerpts:


Keighley:"Did you know or did you anticipate the way the people would push back?"
Mattrick:"Absolutely - it's a super passionate community of people... till you use it [Xbox One] it's really hard to understand what all the advantages are."
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Mattrick: "Xbox has been created by gamers for gamers."
________________________________________________________

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"
________________________________________________________

Mattrick: "The avarage internet connection is working the majority of the day - people are imagining that it isn't... It's change. There was a point in time when people would say all i want my phone to do is make a phonecall."


more can be found here: link

So I was right, he did say that.

:\

 

[Savitar]

All I'm going to say is "scheduling conflicts".

 

[10101]

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Oh wow, that's just...terribad.

 

[gogosox8]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Wow, does he understand how bad that sounds?

 

[JABEE]

How many of you guys live in Nuclear Submarines?

 

[Xamdou]

Wait wait wait wait WAIT. Did he just imply or outright say that if you don't have on Internet connection, go fuck yourself if you want a new console????

Da fuq?

No he said if you don't have an internet connection, go get an Xbox 360 instead!

 

[Drake]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

What a complete and utter asshat this guy is.

 

[Chromax]

Don doesn't care what you poor people think if you don't live in something like this!

 

[shink]

What advantages? Please tell me.

The cloud. Duh!

 

[Dizzy]

So to future proof it and take advantage of always online, we HAD to have this DRM and online activation?


Made by greedy execs that wanted more profit, for gamers.

 

[Servbot24]

What advantages? Please tell me.

For $500 he'll tell you!

 

[shinobi602]

Mattrick: "Xbox has been created by gamers for gamers."
________________________________________________________

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"
________________________________________________________

Mattrick: "The avarage internet connection is working the majority of the day - people are imagining that it isn't... It's change. There was a point in time when people would say all i want my phone to do is make a phonecall."

 

[Oshimai]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

That's just insulting.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Absolutely - it's a super passionate community of people... till you use it [Xbox One] it's really hard to understand what all the advantages are.

Guess I'll never understand what all the advantages are then.

Great marketing by the way. "I know it looks like shit, but please trust me. It's really cool."

 

[PaulLFC]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

This is... I'm struggling to believe this is a real quote, but it is. The arrogance is unbelievable.

 

[Tallshortman]

The new please understand, except instead of adorably sappy it's hilariously insulting.

 

[jello44]

It honestly looked embarrassing.

It looked like a very slow God of War set in Rome with QTEs EVERYWHERE.

It was fucking terrible.

I'm guessing MS isn't backing down from this, but we'll see how funny it is when the Wii U is outselling the XB1 this holiday.

 

[SatansReverence]

So yet again they don't give a singular reason for it to require a connection and just more reasons for why a connection can be good.

 

[Jarmel]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Keepin' it Real Translation: Fuck you you poors. Get with the times. We don't want your broke ass if you don't got Internet. Problem? Deal with it.

 

[Duxxy3]

Could not possibly come off worse than that.

 

[Hypereides]

That's just insulting.

It's borderline "two jobs"-insulting :-|

 

[Kusagari]

I really want someone to question Mattrick on how they plan on selling this outside of America.

 

[rataven]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Wow, this actually came out his mouth?

 

[FlyFaster]

Mattrick: There was a point in time when people would say all i want my phone to do is make a phonecall."

uhhh... I still say that.

I have other devices that do other things.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Holy shit. That's amazing amounts of hubris right there. MS is off in their own world with this, and I hope it blows up in their face.

I did buy a 360, and the first Xbox. I bought lots of xbla games and was addicted to achievements. It should have been a slam dunk to get me to buy the next console, but they'd rather just shit on consumers and dismiss concerns without explaining any of the advantages I'd get for giving them so much control. Fuck off MS, I can't wait for you to flame out of this industry.

 

[JABEE]

Keepin' it Real Translation: Fuck you you poors. Get with the times. We don't want your broke ass if you don't got Internet. Problem? #DealWithIt

Fixed.

 

[Ding-Ding]

The only people that don't like the Xbox One's online requirements according to Mattrick are people that live apart from society. You can hear the contempt he has for gamers.

Funny because he couldn't hear the contempt gamers had for his product. You would have thought he heard the audience cheer when Sony took the piss out of the "one"

It really doesn't compute with this man (obviously needs more cloud servers to compute that).

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

hahaha is this for real

.

 

[Amir0x]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

seriously wow

I really hope they have calculated this business model of theirs, considering they are automatically starting off with 31 million less potential XBO customers.

 

[Freki]

Wow, this actually came out his mouth?

You can watch it in all it's glory for yourself - link is in op.

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

Could somebody shop this into a picture of Don? I want to cash in on the reddit karma (lol)

 

[Big-E]

Ridiculous. You anticipated it then you should have known your messaging needed a lot of fucking work but you give no fucks because you really think that some grandma is going to connect her cable box to the Xbone. Gamers took your message and threw it back at you allowing Sony to join in and give MS the evisceration of yesterday. That 360 comment is just ridiculous as well. They clearly are looking for grandmas but someone forgot to tell them that their box is quickly becoming irrelevant. Today Time Warner Cable said that they are going to give Samsung Smart TV owners an option to not even have a cable box. http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/time-warner-cable-samsung-set-top-box/. The future is getting rid of your cable box which fucks MS right in their jugular.

 

[bigbaldwolf86]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called PS4"

Fixed

 

[Pristine_Condition]

"It's change. There was a point in time when people would say all i want my phone to do is make a phonecall."

There was a time when a company thought people would want to get a second job to afford a console.

That changed too, Don.

 

[Jondoyle123]

The guy I's a bell end!

I hope this system burns

 

[Boss Man]

it really rubs me the wrong way how geoff really goes in hard, raw, and completely without disregard for reggie's feelings as not only a businessman, but above all, a man, a hopeless, lost man. but mattrick gets off pretty easy.

Damn, what did I miss today?

 

[TheSeks]

Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"

This is so batshit mental it needs to be quoted everypost in this thread.

 

[Delstius]

Microsoft being Microsoft.

 

[Osiris]

My response, in Don's words.

Osiris: " "Fortunately there is a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called the PS4"