**XBOX ONE** Official Thread

nemtizz said:
I'd say this is good news.
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Depends who else is going with him, I doubt one scapegoat is really enough. Good for MS though, though the damage is done sadly.

EDIT: Is it true though that MS werent ready for this? Sounds more like hes left rather than MS have asked him to go :confused:

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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Isn't July 1st the start of Microsofts new fiscal year?
If the rumour is true it may be partly to do with interal restructuring. He may have been due a demotion due to the poor PR with Xbox, and instead chose to leave. All speculation. I have no idea.
 
Trifid said:
He certainly deserves to leave after the buy the Xbox 360 comment...
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Since Mattrick took over Xbox division we got the new horrible dashboard, forced advertising, Indie scene & XBLA abandonment, Xbox one etc etc I would say he should have left 2-3 years ago in that time Sony have won customers over whilst under his tenure MS have lost the hardcore gaming crowd & gained the casual audience whilst also going out of their way to send gamers to Steam from XBLA ;)

IMO he is unemployable in this industry now :rolleyes:
 
Chadd said:
Isn't July 1st the start of Microsofts new fiscal year?
If the rumour is true it may be partly to do with interal restructuring. He may have been due a demotion due to the poor PR with Xbox, and instead chose to leave. All speculation. I have no idea.
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There's less "embarrassment" in the middle of a complete pr disaster, if the guy you are disposing off who created it is made to look like his dismissal is what he wanted.
 
Trifid said:
He shouldn't have backed himself into that position. Online and diskless or offline with the disk in the tray. With that comment he might as well have said buy the PS4 if you need to play offline.
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He said, if you have zero access to the internet then we have an offline product available for you. Are you seriously suggesting he should have said buy a PS4?

He's got a lot of faults but the answer to that question was perfectly fine
 
AWPC said:
Since Mattrick took over Xbox division we got the new horrible dashboard, forced advertising, Indie scene & XBLA abandonment, Xbox one etc etc I would say he should have left 2-3 years ago in that time Sony have won customers over whilst under his tenure MS have lost the hardcore gaming crowd & gained the casual audience whilst also going out of their way to send gamers to Steam from XBLA ;)

IMO he is unemployable in this industry now :rolleyes:
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agreed

the whole "DRM is here to stay, we're not backing down, you'll just have to deal with it and buy an Xbox 360, oh wait no, nevermind we'll remove the DRM and it will be just like the PS3" debacle was entirely his doing.

You clearly don't know your userbase well enough if you didn't see the backlash coming, and furthermore didn't accurately sell it to everybody to alleviate some of the concerns.
 
Shamikebab said:
Are you seriously suggesting he should have said buy a PS4?
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No, did I say that? I'm saying he played directly into Sony's hands, if you are looking for a next gen console but need to have offline access are you a) going to buy a last gen console or b) buy the competitors product that is just as good if not better than the Microsoft offering?
 
I find it quite funny that he is "leaving" (yea right) MS after failing to force through all that dodgy DRM ... to go to a company that's entire (failing) business model relies on ripping off other games.
 
Trifid said:
No, did I say that? I'm saying he played directly into Sony's hands, if you are looking for a next gen console but need to have offline access are you a) going to buy a last gen console or b) buy the competitors product that is just as good if not better than the Microsoft offering?
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Well now you are avoiding the question, what should he have said to that question. You didn't say he should have been fired for trying to bring an always connected console to the market. You said he should have been fired for that answer. What should his answer have been?
 
Shamikebab said:
Well now you are avoiding the question, what should he have said to that question. You didn't say he should have been fired for trying to bring an always connected console to the market. You said he should have been fired for that answer. What should his answer have been?
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"I can understand peoples frustrations with our always-online system, that is why we changed it to a 24hr check in to minimise the impact to our playerbase. Our vision of a seemless, integrated next-gen gaming ecosystem relies on the internet to bring its great, unique features."
 
Woden said:
"I can understand peoples frustrations with our always-online system, that is why we changed it to a 24hr check in to minimise the impact to our playerbase. Our vision of a seemless, integrated next-gen gaming ecosystem relies on the internet to bring its great, unique features."
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He was talking about people who have no internet access, how would that help?
 
Shamikebab said:
Why? What do you suggest should have been his answer to that question?
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Major nelson answered that exact same question way better than he did. "You have a smart phone dont you? You can tether to that."

With saying go buy our crappy past gen product, he was basically endorsing the competition.
 
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