I wouldn't say they have a better launch lineup than Sony just yet, you still have Gamescom and TGS to say it's true. Of course the same thing applies to MS concerning any new game announcements as well.
Business Approach Comparison Sony PS4 and Microsoft Xbox
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I wouldn't say they have a better launch lineup than Sony just yet, you still have Gamescom and TGS to say it's true. Of course the same thing applies to MS concerning any new game announcements as well.
Johnny Awesome
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If we haven't seen it yet, it isn't launching with a console IMO. That goes for both Sony AND MS.
Honestly, X1 exclusives seem somewhat further along than PS4's if SDCC is any indication.
Honestly, X1 exclusives seem somewhat further along than PS4's if SDCC is any indication.
Johnny Awesome
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It's amazing how strong MS is getting.
DRM reversal
Hardware better than people think
Better launch line-up than Sony
Overall E3 game of show winner was an Xbox One console exclusive (Titanfall)
Awesome Kinect and Smartglass features slowly being revealed
Indie games plan
DRM reversal
Hardware better than people think
Better launch line-up than Sony
Overall E3 game of show winner was an Xbox One console exclusive (Titanfall)
Awesome Kinect and Smartglass features slowly being revealed
Indie games plan
Yeah thanks to the backlash and complaints..oh and a competitor up their asses
They do, its called Windows.
Yeah, after the 180 on the DRM and with the latest on the Indie thing we are at 270, soon it will be at 360.
Pretty amazing how much they could go wrong from the start, which is the real story here. Without Sony we would still be a 1
You really see the absolute shambles that MS have made of this as a sign of strength? All the backing down, confusion, arrogance. If anything its symbolic of a massive derailment and company on it's backfoot trying desperately to bring its product and plan back on track.
There's the attack vector for pirates then...
It's a sign that they're able and willing to react very quickly at least. They must have worked this as an option.
I think it's weird that many seem disappointed at getting what they wanted, except those who would actually be getting what they wanted.
Johnny Awesome
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MS has shown remarkable flexibility.
How? This dosent sound all that different from old 360 XNA or PSMobile. Sandbox that runs unsigned code is not a "devkit". Sure it now supports full directx and not xna but..
that was my first thought.
Yeah, some of it was inevitable I think. I dont feel the competition is really on the ball enough to take (real, lasting) advantage of any MS stumbles. Sony and Nintendo are hardly Samsung and Apple.
I think 499 is the biggest problem from day 1 no matter what gets the headlines. At 399 it would be a different ballgame in pre-orders/early sales and thus perception.
No, actually. This was the plan for indie devs when I was still there, which is almost 9 months ago now. Everyone just took the "We have nothing to announce" and other similar statements ("We intend to continue to court developers in the ways that we have. I would also expect that for this new generation, that we're going to continue to explore new business models and new ways of surfacing content.") as being confirmations that nothing was changing. It's one of the classic cases of manufactured outrage based on scant information.
Do it this way or do it that way, if you're MS you're doing it wrong anyhow.
MS said all along that they'll tell about the indie plan when they have it ready, but now that they'll tell about it people just bitch that "you're only doing it because the competitor did it this way"
