Xbox360 was the last console I bought this gen, before WiiU, and I haven't really played many of it's games. I really only was interested in games like Lost Odyssey, Deadly Premonition and indie games like Fez. I was never big on Halo or CoD, but I do like BF3 for on PC for some wierd reason. Even now the XboxOne games that stands out to me is Dead Rising 3 and Ryse, because I like zombie and greek/roman theme games. I enjoy RPGs on DS/PSP/PSOne/PC and I feel like Xbox brand and marketing has never really effectively reached out to my taste in games that much. I read recently that Microsoft is planning an event to "rebrand" and possibly announce a cheaper model of XBOXOne in November. Gee, they sure seem to be followers now and not leaders. I'm not hating on XBOX at all. I'm neutral on hardware, and I'll eventually buy into a MS system, but after everything that's happened I'm just gonna stick with my 3DS/PS4 combo for now. DR3 looks so damned good though. I must resisit! I must resist! I must...! I...! ...!
Microsoft's Xbox Mistakes
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 On 07/30/2013 at 09:57 PM by Keegs79 See More From This User » |
Now the Xbox One seemed like it was mounted with what have been many mistakes but Microsoft had made many with it prior to its release but before we get into that, let’s dwell in the past. Now this isn’t singling out Microsoft. I will get around to Sony and Nintendo as well in my next blogs. Let’s start with though with the original Xbox. There are two things that stand out. The first thing is the horrible controller that was ridiculously big. It was insane how large it was. It was nice the eventually got around to releasing a smaller one after all the criticism. The second and last that I can recall is that they left the system in the dust when the 360 came out. They had nothing for it. All those Xbox fans had to switch over immediately to play anything new.
The original Xbox was a rough start, especially content wise. They could have secured more titles. I can’t imagine how they would have survived without Halo and Bioware. With that said the 360 had grander mistakes but become an extremely successful system. No longer did Sony have the comfortable domination as they had with the PS2. This time it was playing catch up and with its own mistakes. Microsoft though was inclined to release early and with systems that had problems that they didn’t know was a severe as they predicted. Doing so came at a huge cost of Microsoft over 1 billion dollars with the infamous RROD. Many people (including myself) had systems that suddenly stopped working and had the red ring of death.
I would also say it was a big mistake for them not to include a hard drive in every system. This ended up straining developers when Microsoft forced a policy that every game had to be at a max limit of 50 GB. This policy was to please all of those who didn’t have a hard drive but would was able to play XBLA titles with a memory card. This was just limiting the 360 and many games broke the limit. It was either get rid of the policy or have a reduced amount of content.
The last thing I would say is games haven’t been Microsoft’s strong suit. They are starting strong in the first year but Microsoft seems to get complacent with Halo, Fable, Forza, and Gears. It will be interesting to see the turnaround. That needs to happen. Their line-up with Xbox One looks good but before that the whole DRM debacle lead into a crazy PR nightmare that would have embarrassed any company. Them being touted doing a 180 has hurt them badly. They have likely lost some fans on principle for trying include such a policy but not controlling their own message to be clear and concise was their biggest mistake Microsoft has ever done with the industry. The turnaround is a good thing but it did so with a black eye. It also makes them lead look like a follower by changing the policy of it and with independent developers self-publishing rights. Both which as I will say are good changes but construes their vision of the Xbox One.
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