ExactlySo why exactly does the current model need to change? It's worked fine for 25+ years.
Mattrick: "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360"
Mattrick: "Xbox has been created by gamers for gamers."
How does he not know what a nuclear sub is?
Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called xbox 360
Exactly
Jason rubin was speaking bollocks IMO
The really sad thing is this thing is going to sell a ton and most likely win the generation.
Those of you dismissing him for being a goofy-looking fucker and whatever else need to stick to the facts and not do some ad hominem bullshit. Mark Cerny looks a little goofy too. None of that is the point. The point is that Don Mattrick is extremely confident, as is Mark Cerny, but Mattrick seems to be disconnected (ironically) with gamers in a huge way right now. I don't think Mattrick is evil or dumb. I understand exactly what he's going for. The problem is, we're not going for it, and then the bigger problem is, he's not budging.
It's just crazy - a mate of mine was on deployment constantly with no internet and would go through games like you wouldn't believe. He'd seriously finish a few a WEEK. They're basically telling him to go away in no uncertain terms. Straight to PS4.30 or 35 million xbox 360s never connected to the internet last I heard.
That's nearly 50% of their current user base and Microsoft is essentially telling them to fuck off lol...
Am i the only one that thinks Geoff was REALLY irritated with Mattricks repsonse?
Because publishers cannot control their budgets, or teams. So instead of taking an inward look and thinking about how to fix some of these issues on the their end, it is more appropriate to blame the consumer.
Am i the only one that thinks Geoff was REALLY irritated with Mattricks repsonse?
Fortunately consumers with a brain can buy a PS4...
Am i the only one that thinks Geoff was REALLY irritated with Mattricks repsonse?
Am i the only one that thinks Geoff was REALLY irritated with Mattricks repsonse?
After they find out that...Well, let's keep our perspective. GAF tends to be an echo chamber and doesn't always reflect the position of the masses. A lot of people don't seem to give 2 shits about any of this. They may care later when their internets go down and they can't continue playing Forza and really regret not reading the fine print...but right now, all they see is launch games they want to play on a platform for which they're already paid up in their LIVE subscription.
These shits will sell like hotcakes in the US. Europe and Japan, I don't know because those have always been tougher, and tougher still markets for Microsoft, respectively. But a healthy portion of the masses just won't care. Most don't have PC's that can run TitanFall, and they'll want to play it. Forza 5 will undoubtedly be the best "next gen" racing sim until GT7 comes along who knows when, and they'll want to play it. Killer Instinct looks like it may actually be fun, and they'll want to play it. And of course, the ecosystem is one millions have become comfortable with and aren't so quick to uproot and leave franchises they've been enjoying.
Mattrick is done deaf as hell, and Microsoft is needs to review these check-in policies...but the people will still come. So yes, much of GAF may not go for it, but that's as far as "we're not going for it" can reach before losing resolution.
I don't have much faith in the average consumer. Like Dreams-Visions said, the Xbox One is going to sell like hotcakes simply because people own the 360 and will simply upgrade to the next iteration without thinking.
I don't have much faith in the average consumer. Like Dreams-Visions said, the Xbox One is going to sell like hotcakes simply because people own the 360 and will simply upgrade to the next iteration without thinking.
"I don't even know what it MEANS to be on a nuclear sub, but I've gotta imagine it's not easy to get an Internet connection."
Just like the PS2 to the PS3.
You'd think man, You'd think. *sigh*Fortunately consumers with a brain can buy a PS4...