That’s what happens when “effective managers” deal with the industry and not industry specialists/fans
That80sguyspimp
Mattrick was a fucking idiot, who undid all the good Peter Moore did. Moore wanted games, and he went out and got them. Mattrick want gimmicky dog shit like the Kinect. And now Spencer wants xbox to become an always online subscription version of steam.
CrotasScrota84
This is the night Xbox died
punchki
This was a classic example of marketing having too much power over the direction of a product. “Let’s make something to appeal to everyone!”
lol-117
Wasn’t there someone asking what they’d do while deployed without Internet and Microsoft basically said use an Xbox 360?
U3011
Years have passed and I still wonder if Microsoft YOLO’d this event knowing the PS4 would rock their house and be a landslide victory for Sony. It’s like he shoved the Xbox One in front of a runaway freight train. Mattrick wanted Microsoft to buy Zynga back in 2010.
BlackIceBlaster
Call of dooty
Pureshark
Classic
LordJambrek
Xbox One was dead the moment they announced the game sharing restrictions. Playstation trolled so hard on them for that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA)
Macho-Fantastico
Digital Foundry took a look back at this reveal a few years back, fascinating hearing their insights and opinions on it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQGTpDJDxLg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQGTpDJDxLg)
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TV
Wait it was gaming console?
That’s what happens when “effective managers” deal with the industry and not industry specialists/fans
Mattrick was a fucking idiot, who undid all the good Peter Moore did. Moore wanted games, and he went out and got them. Mattrick want gimmicky dog shit like the Kinect. And now Spencer wants xbox to become an always online subscription version of steam.
This is the night Xbox died
This was a classic example of marketing having too much power over the direction of a product. “Let’s make something to appeal to everyone!”
Wasn’t there someone asking what they’d do while deployed without Internet and Microsoft basically said use an Xbox 360?
Years have passed and I still wonder if Microsoft YOLO’d this event knowing the PS4 would rock their house and be a landslide victory for Sony. It’s like he shoved the Xbox One in front of a runaway freight train. Mattrick wanted Microsoft to buy Zynga back in 2010.
Call of dooty
Classic
Xbox One was dead the moment they announced the game sharing restrictions. Playstation trolled so hard on them for that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA)
Digital Foundry took a look back at this reveal a few years back, fascinating hearing their insights and opinions on it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQGTpDJDxLg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQGTpDJDxLg)