Don Mattrick, the King of Shysters, is Canadian. He's from Vancouver, B.C. That smile reminds me of another individual from the same province and while she might not be a shyster, she is responsible for the disease that the American Medical Association should recognize: stupidity.
Microsoft's decision to reverse all DRM policies is a victory for the hardcore video gamer who wanted no part of it. The outcry the last week was heard loud and clear and the people in Redmond simply had no choice but to retract any and all DRM from their machine.
I don't even know why they thought it was a good idea in the first place. Did they not think of the logistics? U.S. soldiers and naval servicepeople would not be able to play the console on a ship. Not everyone has Internet in the U.S. People don't want the inconvenience of check-ins. It goes on and on.
Regardless, there are still some questions about the One. I still think it's an Entertainment box-top first, video game console second. They still will try and push Kinect 2.0 on everybody. They seem more intent on pushing expensive services than anything else; stuff people can find for free right now on their PC. The console seems to be made for the casual video gamer first. Yeah, I know. Everything is made for casuals first because they don't know any better. They are the easy sells.
If the console gets more games like Project Spark, maybe I will buy one after a price drop. However, I still have very little trust in Microsoft. They do not care about the customer. All they care about is money, profit and more profit and as long as lemmings keep giving them money, they will continue on the path they are going. If people would actually do some homework for once, they would see Microsoft for what they are.
At least UNSCleric is happy. All snuggled up in the passenger seat of his Mom's car:
I've been pondering this over and over and I've come to what I believe is a solid theory on this:
Microsoft heard the sounds of their stocks falling before they ever heard the outcries of the consumers.
Seriously..
MS was being outsold in pre-orders 3 to 1 by PS4. All the online polls were favoring Sony's console over the X1 by nearly 90% or more (Some polls shut down early due to the contest being so lopsided). Sony had Microsoft backed into a corner and they had no way out other than to revoke their bullshit policies and try to salvage the situation.
I don't think the consumers voices were heard nearly as much as their wallets. It's just a theory and I have no solid proof, but it's a solid theory at least.
I can say this though; the damage has been done. I'm hopping over to the Sony-Ship with hopes of being welcomed with open arms. lol
It's a probability. I'm not into the stock market but you know their bottom line was being hurt with their original choices.
I do not like how the xbox one has effectively became a PS4 with a fancy camera packed in the box. I had problems with the old policies, but I think that some of the features sounded great. Those features are now gone. I am surprised by this, but I have even less of a desire to get an Xbox One.
Not really surprised by the retraction except for how sudden it was.
I have to say that Don Mattrick and Yusuf Mehdi talk just like those people who did WWE recap shows in the past. They talk down to their audience as if everybody watching is a casual fan of their products. Everything is marketed to casuals because, again, they won't do their homework.
I'm still not going to get one right away, not until there are enough good games I want to play on it to warrant a purchase. That's the deciding factor on when I buy a new console.
Her music is pretty bad...but man, Carly Rae Jepsen is easy on the eyes.
Yes, I would like to bed her.