Oyashrio-Sama
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Yusef Mehdi Interview Regarding Kinect Removal+Future
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Isn't it important to buy a localized console due to the voice recognition software?
I imagine you would. The controller is kinda out of buttons...
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
When can Yusuf leave? I'm too tired to make a witty joke about it, and just don't want to hear his crap anymore.
LOL it would also be a good case study for Marketing and HR/Organization subject
This.
He should really get into politics as a press secretary or something. Everything he says sounds like something Baghdad Bob would say in his position.
There's a fine line between telling a positive message and completely fabricating bullshit to make it sound positive even though it's too absurd to be believed by anyone and comes across as either insulting or humorous.
Anyway, they really should have kept the Kinect in at $399 even if they have to lose money for quite a bit because that was at least a differentiator that adds value over your competition who has better hardware at the same price point and can easily bundle games for a bigger value difference. It's also going against everything they said earlier about the Kinect being integral to the system and how the interface works best with it which now just becomes another backtrack and might turn devs off from developing for the Kinect since it's now just another peripheral that not everyone will have.
Are the menus easy to use with a controller I hope? I imagine that was just them hyping up the Kinect and that it's easy to use without it or else that's another issue.
There's a fine line between telling a positive message and completely fabricating bullshit to make it sound positive even though it's too absurd to be believed by anyone and comes across as either insulting or humorous.
Anyway, they really should have kept the Kinect in at $399 even if they have to lose money for quite a bit because that was at least a differentiator that adds value over your competition who has better hardware at the same price point and can easily bundle games for a bigger value difference. It's also going against everything they said earlier about the Kinect being integral to the system and how the interface works best with it which now just becomes another backtrack and might turn devs off from developing for the Kinect since it's now just another peripheral that not everyone will have.
Are the menus easy to use with a controller I hope? I imagine that was just them hyping up the Kinect and that it's easy to use without it or else that's another issue.
Aquamarine
Member
Oh god this spin. It's reaching critical levels at this point.
ExFalsoQuodlibet
Member
Wait a second... to record gameplay you need the Kinect?
cpp_is_king
Member
This guy spins masterfully.
This part had me in tears.
I'm curious who these industry experts are.
I also like the part about how 80% of people are using Kinect. Well, it's required ya know? The other people just aren't using the console.
This part had me in tears.
I'm curious who these industry experts are.
I also like the part about how 80% of people are using Kinect. Well, it's required ya know? The other people just aren't using the console.
He probably meant you need Kinect to film yourself and/or to comment while recording gameplay.
ExFalsoQuodlibet
Member
I guess you could use the headset's microphone to record you voice alongside gameplay. I don't own an xbox one but at this point is it possible to record gameplay just using the controller, without telling the kinect to do that?
It's not required. Didn't you get the memo last year? It's one of Microsoft's many 180s this gen.
Eh. Yusuf wasn't half-bad at last year's E3 conference.Nooo, bring Yusef out there front and center. It'll be wonderful.
Don't expect a lot of emberrasing moments if he shows up.
He shouldn't be allowed to do interviews, though. That's a sentiment that I can agree with.
How would that have allowed Mehdi's baby of targeted Kinect ads? The Xbone was designed around the Kinect. Common sense ideas like making it optional from the start, or controller mics have no place in the original always online, always watching vision of the console.
immortal-joe
Member
I'm not buying into the messiah image some are projecting onto Spencer. It seems like MS is putting him up there as the "new face", but he's been there before, he's seen the shit unfold. This doesn't mean that he should shoulder responsibility; conversely, it also means he shouldn't get all the credit for the right moves being done now, moves that were happening anyway after the clusterfuck that was last year.
There's no plot to lose, since all they'll do is present the games. They're guaranteed to come out of it as winners.
There's no plot to lose, since all they'll do is present the games. They're guaranteed to come out of it as winners.
They're the technical fellows, aren't they?
MistaPropella
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haha, so good. Love that Pic
licktheenvelope
Member
Jeez... only took them a year to figure that out...
thekiddfran
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Benjamin1981
Member
Dude needs to go back to market Windows or Office or whatever he did before he joined the Xbox division. He will forever be associated with the TV TV TV mantra they kicked around until Phil came to the rescue.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
With the whole gameplay recording thing, didn't you need to tell your Xbox to start recording since there was no dedicated Share button? If they don't have headset commands, wouldn't that mean that you can't record gameplay?
Black Republican
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opinion, currently i think they do
TheJollyCorner
Member
It's amazing how terrible Microsoft's (at least with XBox) PR has been in the past 16 months.
They can't just give good news and walk away. They can't just allow a perceived positive change to speak for itself. They have to follow it up with intelligence-insulting bullshit like Phil Harrison and Mehdi spew.
It can't just be "Hey, we misjudged the market. We lost touch with the consumers. We made mistakes. Give us another chance. Allow us to correct these mistakes. We will earn your trust back!" Instead it's bullshit like "the people simply aren't ready for our vision" or "well, we've always been in touch with our audience... not sure what happened here".
Spencer still has an uphill battle with clowns like Mehdi around.
Yes you can. Snap GameDVR and select manual record or select to save the last 30 seconds that were recorded up to 5 minutes.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
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Omegasquash
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That was some amazing spin, that was. Better games is subjective, but that whole listening to their fans thing is a crock of shite. They weren't selling and came to grips with the fact that people were going to buy a fair bit less of their forced bundle than what a competitor offers.
I think it's great that they separated the Kinect from the main platform and it in fact DOES give consumers an option that many (I assume) will choose. But to say that they're listening vs. they're reacting given their earlier stance on the issue is a bit silly.
I think it's great that they separated the Kinect from the main platform and it in fact DOES give consumers an option that many (I assume) will choose. But to say that they're listening vs. they're reacting given their earlier stance on the issue is a bit silly.
SeventhSon
Member
Even if it was, it's only if you want Kinect. That they are now unbundling kinect suggests that they realise plenty don't.
Yes, you can use the mic to record your voice. I'm pretty sure
Kocolino67
Member
When I read this interview I continuously have think about Phil's notworthy insight: "I'd rather deal with the controversy of what we're doing, and have an above-table conversation about that topic, rather than trying to sugar-coat it with some other news."
But maybe it is just not Yusef's job?
But maybe it is just not Yusef's job?
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Heston Blumenthal's let himself go.
10101
Gold Member
Nah that's 8-bit Heston his cousin from the 80's.