The Maul Squad: "The Xbox One will be a success in Europe and the US, but for people at a certain point in life, Microsoft are charging a premium for services that don't solve a problem or provide extra value."
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
"I’m 26 years old, live with my girlfriend of 7 years and I’m in the process of buying my first house."
How that girl hasn't told you to propose is beyond me.
OT:
"My friendship network is littered with iPads, Samsung S3s, Nexus 7s, a few Smartwatches and the like. Of course that brings us to Smartglass and the ability to see information on one screen whilst we are trying to play a game on a different screen. No-one I know asked for this or can find any useful application for it beyond novelty."
This is the problem with hitting the family market now. They want these devices more than a console. Even TV is being pushed away by on demand services which can be watched on such devices with a lot more ease than a console. The market has shifted away now.
Don't even go there iamnsuperman - My single friends are slowly dropping like flies picked off one by one by the marriage monster!
I honestly can't see much use for smart glass yet either.. Other then the obvious "let little brother rain down airstrikes while you play dr3" scenario.. But maybe something cool will come from it..
As for the title... All my gaming friends are sticking with Xbox.. I have 50+ people on my xbl list and 4 on my ps3 list.. And all 4 have and prefer Xbox online..
Yes that's 99% due to party chat which is a none issue now.. But I feel most people will stick with which platform they have the most friends on.. it seems like a huge factor people overlook..
One thing I saw that kinda leads to a bias (which is fine, its what it is)
"The Xbox One has yet to show that it is interested in driving the creativity in games forward" project spark doesnt fit into that perfectly!?
As for the fun topic... Lol.. Man you guys aren't kidding.. I have one single friend left.. Even all my little cousins are getting married and have kids..
Freaking epidemic! Lol
I agree with you n4rc, that's why people claiming the Xbox One will be a failure are wildly off target. I still can't help but feel that Microsoft have made a decision to target the teenage/young adult market and the family integration market, leaving people like me and my friends behind.
As I said in the article I don't think that is really a wrong decision per se, but it is a strange feeling to be cast aside so readily.
xbox one will be amazing, great controller, great games and great online service (so is PS4), definitely buying it
i know a lot of people here love sony but if u said X1 sucks then Ps4 sucks too because they are essentially the same
simple 1st grade elementary school thinking :)