You don't understand the difference between lying and making an adjustment?
So when ND said they'll release Uncharted 4 in April and then they delayed it into May we're now saying they were lying all along? They were purposely misleading people into believing they would get the game in April when it was really May all along?
I don't mean to be rude, but let's not be that stupid.
People are so caught up on the "lying" accusation as if Microsoft needs its honor defended.
I don't care if they were "lying" or if they were "adjusting their business model" or "listening to their fans".
Microsoft made plans.
They made heavy alterations to those plans.
This directly affected the people counting on those plans.
Whether it's labelled as "lying" or an honest mistake, I really couldn't care any less.
What matters is that Microsoft is proposing a plan here. A really ambitious one. They're claiming that they can take a console's library multiplatform, and also introduce regular hardware updates during the normal console lifecycle, and they're saying it's a bright future and everything will be okay.
Heck, I'm not expecting them to say "this is being done because Xbox One didn't meet our expectations. Please be excited". I understand this is PR.
But in 5 years if this "plan" doesn't work out (again, who really fucking cares if they lied or changed plans or whatever) then joke's on those who trusted in it, isn't it? Joke's on the people who thought their Xbox One would still be supported when (theoretically) Microsoft was only using this as a ploy to exit the console market.
Since Microsoft has done this
numerous times before (for the final time, who cares if it was a "lie" or a "change of plan"? The behavior and final result are the same) then is it unreasonable to doubt what Microsoft is saying this time around?
Sure, Naughty Dog "lied" or "changed business plans" or whatever. But guess what? It's one game. Only possible downside is maybe it sucks for people who pre-ordered and took that weekend off of work? I'm really stretching here. Delaying a game (which happens all the time) and changing the fundamentals of your console are a bit different.