Xbox One: Microsoft Needs to Drop the Bells and Whistles, and Stick to Making Good Games

The decisions Microsoft originally took with the Xbox One were like shooting yourself in the foot as you are falling down the grave you yourself dug. Luckily, Microsoft came to its senses and, in a victory for delayed intelligence everywhere, backtracked. Unfortunately, despite changing one really bad policy, Microsoft is clinging to something else about Xbox One that is terrible: It is not focusing on the actual games.

[Burrito26a]

Title edit. "....'Start' making good games."

[-Mika-]

They have already made and funded good games so im not understand your comment.

[Burrito26a]

It'll come to you in a minute.

[KillrateOmega]

^^

There's a dirty joke here, but I won't be the one to make it.

[YNWA96]

Burritos make me shlt.... so appropriate that comment came from your mouth... Some of the best games came from Xbox too.... and I bet you have one, but you are just a sad fanboy...

[ProudGamer]

But have you seen Titanfall?! Nuff said! Conversation over!

/s

[dark-hollow]

Are people here f**king serious? You all MOANED and bitched for Microsoft to have more exclusives than the usual gears/ halo and fable. Now that you got a great lineup of exclusives, with new IPs like Titanfall, quantum break, ryse, project spark, D4, etc.

You still complain? I said long time ago here that its not about the games, its about blind brand loyalty and fanboyism, and your comments of bashing Microsoft for not showing enough games (even though they did even more than Sony's E3) prove me right. Nothing will satisfy you, unless the games has "only on PlayStation" tag on the box....

[YNWA96]

Dark Hollow, things will mellow out when these people enter the real world that exists outside of video games, maybe when some meet someone other than there own hand and look back and realise what an asswhole they have been.... again, great games are crap if its on another system, yet they claim to be true gamers....

[TXIDarkAvenger]

@dark-hollow

^This guy gets it. MS is bringing games just like YOU wanted so why bitch about it.

[KillrateOmega]

Pretty much this.

Listen, I'm a gamer. The main thing I care about is games, after all, I'm a GAMER. The extra apps and features are nice, but as far as I'm concerned, they're just that: EXTRAS.

What sparked my passion for this hobby all those years ago, wasn't the prospect of me being able to watch TV on my console in the future, it was the games that I feel in love with. Simple as that.

[ltachiUchiha]

Well said mate. Cant put it any other way but maybe better pricing aswell & consistent support with games through the whole life of a consoles life cycle.

[fsfsxii]

Apps and features are teh "FUTURE"

[ltachiUchiha]

Well i can download free music & movies right now with my ps3 & also go on facebook & browse the net for free. Im actually writing this from my ps3 & submitting articles as we speak. Welcome to the future, your late.

[loulou]

Did you see e3?? I saw nothing but games. No metion of apps or tv. Xbox one is already looking unmissable

[YNWA96]

Sony built a great machine for todays gamers... GREAT MACHINE... X1, also a great machine, but MS had its eyes on further down the road, but anyway, I am getting both, none of this is better or that is better... just looking forward to great gaming... something apparently not allowed, must pick one console and be an ass about it....

[Aceman18]

@kill

200% agree been gaming for over 30 years, and the only thing I care about on a gaming console is the games.

All the other stuff is just extras which are nice but they don't excite me like the games do.

[etownone]

As far as "games"

Xbox one has the ps4 beat in my opinion.

Ryse, Dead Rising 3, Forza 5, Titanfall, and KI.

All amazing looking exclusives for day one.

[Bennibop]

2 maybe 3 of those are likely timed exclusives and another is a half sized downloadable title that not that popular outside of America. We need to wait until all cards are laid on the table before we start going on who has the better exclusives! We have Gamescom and TGS to go and have not seen games from MM, Santa Monica, studio Japan, Quantic Dream and Naughty Dog.

[ltachiUchiha]

Ryse is a god of war wannabe & so far its had bad previews. Dead rising 3 is a next gen zombie game with the dumbest ai ive seen so far for a zombie game. Heck state of decay is a 360 & pc game & the ai on that is more advanced then dead rising lol. Forza 5 will be good but its got good competition. Titanfall looks great but too bad its only multiplayer & shouldnt be a full price game. As for Kill Switch it wont be the same without rare behind it. Pretty good lineup but nothing that we havent seen done.

[Bennibop]

Ryse did look like a poor mans God of War (a game which I do not like)just without the interesting setting. Dead Rising games have never been that great so see no reason why thats going to change (ariel bombardments using your mobile not really needed!) and it wont stand up ahainst The Last of Us

[dark-hollow]

Because having the game sit in ancient Rome = god of war clone /s

[JBSleek]

I thought Microsoft had better games than Sony this E3. If it comes purely to games in my opinion the One is off to a really good start.

[loulou]

What a surprise. A fanboy piece posted on n4g from some obscure site.. And look who found it.. One of the worst sony trolls on n4g.

Another day another low on n4g.

Btw, imo microsoft showed better games tham sony at e3

[ltachiUchiha]

Yeah because greenpowers would post ps4 good news on here. /s

[YNWA96]

Itachi, come back with something better... Greenpowers comes and goes.... a troll, but do not use him as your basis of an arguement...

[fitzgerald69]

Seems to me folks will bash MS no matter what they do. The One has some pretty interesting new features in addition to some GREAT games. Do a side by side comparison of launch titles and neither system has an advantage, but in the launch window the One shines. Enough of the biased journalism, I applaud MS for creating some bold new features while still giving us great games. Here's a novel concept, try writing positive articles and avoiding posting negative comments just because its not your system of choice. I have both the 360 and PS3 and have been happy with both, even though my 360 is my system of choice. I have preordered both the One and PS4 and will be pleased with both. Enough of the negative banter, this is ridiculous.

[ltachiUchiha]

They have some good titles but to say the ps4 doesnt is bs aswell. Each has good games but some xbone fans act like all xbone exclusives are the best when they really arent. Other then Titanfall the rest were ok. Forza 5 is a legit franchise & we already know it will be good but ppl saying dead rising is awesome, have u seen how bad that ai is? The zombies dont even follow u lol.

Bennibop

Agree mate. I think titanfall, though it doesnt have a single player but it does look like it can be alot of fun online. Like warhawk was only online but i dont remember it being full price. I bought it when it was $39.99 i believe.

[from the beach]

E3 was pretty focused, lol. Launch lineup is deadly.

[Supermax]

I tend to go the multiplayer route and Microsoft has the lead in infrastructure you need to bring fast responsive multiplayer action at least for now,love what Sony is doing hopefully they put as much effort into ps plus services and servers.just like last gen I will play my multiplayer on Xbox and my single player on ps4.

[Stryfeno2]

No!!! Xbox one already have games during launch and for 2014. It's the bells and whistles that makes it stands out.

[Sadist3]

Exactly. If both systems just let you play games, and had no other features, why would you purchase one over the other? It's the extra features of the console that make it preferable

[Sadist3]

No one just wants to play games on a console. That's like having a regular cell phone. We don't a phone that just makes calls, we want smart phones

[DiRtY]

You can't hate on MS for not pushing games this E3. Sure the DRM talk was... well... "unorganised", but gamewise they killed it at E3.

Titanfall
Sunset Overdrive
Ryse
Killer Instinct
Dead Rising 3
Forza 5
Halo X
Kinect Sports: Rivals
Below
Project Spark
D4
Black Tusk Teaser
Quantum Break
Fantasia: Music evolved

and those are just the exclusives. That IS impressive. Period.

[MilkMan]

This is old news. The very first time I saw anything on my Xbox 360 that wasn't game related I was crying havoc.
All my friends that started watching movies, music, YouTube and what not on a consistent basis, were deleted.

If I wanted TV I could easily switch to that. I made a choice NOT to have these things during my gaming time. Hell I even hated gaming TV shows.

This, above all else, is why I have resigned my members card and I am going to the PS4 camp, full Monty!

I also detest that every little thing must be paid for in Xbox. I just feel raped on a regular basis. It all started with horse armor and it should have died there. Now look at the monster that was created.

[Sometimes]

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