The former.Have you heard similarly with contacts or is this just reading the tea leaves?
The former.Have you heard similarly with contacts or is this just reading the tea leaves?
Its CRAZY they said they needed more of that and then closed them. It's unreal how ironic it was.If they hadn't closed Tango, this entire story would have been dead in a day.
Yes. And probably started even sooner.Fucking hell, I still remember 2013 and all the articles that were just SCREAMING "gamer entitlement" and "Sony will do it too!" when the Xbox One DRM news broke. Then once the consoles launched there was a new cry of "Sony's lead is only temporary. Wait until Titanfall!" And the goalposts kept moving, throughout the entire console gen...
Feels like the industry is headed in a pretty gloomy direction. If Microsoft are going all in on zapping the soul from the brand then they're destined for a rude awakening. Xbox One vibes all over again.
Alongside that, Sony absolutely aren't the ones to pick up the slack as they continue to exhibit anti-consumer style sentiment, in typical 'leading Sony' fashion'. Nintendo will keep on Nintendo'ing which gives me some hope but they're almost a separate thing at this point and not what I'm personally after from a main device (I see my Switch as a secondary separate thing).
Overall feeling a little bleak about the future of a hobby I've adored for my entire life.
I think this would make more sense if the things MS had been trying to do, were actually good for the industry. I think it could be argued almost everything they have been trying to do is damaging gaming as a concept, even if they aren't the only culprit. MS hasn't really contributed in a positive fashion that is actually designed to benefit the consumer since likely the 360 generation. Even Gamepass which started fine, the writing was always on the wall for the actual intent of it in the future, just like cloud gaming is just another extension of their 'you own nothing' mantra that lost them the Xbox One generation.
Eh, I'd say they've done a lot. I feel like the Phil era of fixing the wrongs of the Xbox One launch often feels connected to now, but is a different phase with a different team and different goals.
They fired backwards compatibility into the limelight. Forced Sony to improve their PS+ service offers dramatically. Caused Sony to build improved controller offerings. And Game Pass itself can be seen in different lights, but it's still arguably one of the best value subs in gaming today - it's not as strong as it once was but the value on offer there is fantastic and still exceeds the competition. During a time where costs are increasing rapidly, a One S + Game Pass is fantastic value for many which has to be commended.
It's easy to focus on the negatives. But MS had a fire up their backside in the years after the dramatic XB1 launch failure. That fire seems to be dwindling out by corporate goals these past few years.
"I had lengthy conversations with a bunch of Xbox founders, and we all came to the same conclusion: it's no longer Xbox, but Microsoft Gaming."
debatable. If you don't care for the majority of first parties (which mind you a few are also on ps+) , then it's no different to the x amount of third parties on offer on ps+ which aren't on GP. A game is a game, it's subjective either way.
Eh, I'd say they've done a lot. I feel like the Phil era of fixing the wrongs of the Xbox One launch often feels connected to now, but is a different phase with a different team and different goals.
They fired backwards compatibility into the limelight. Forced Sony to improve their PS+ service offers dramatically. Caused Sony to build improved controller offerings. And Game Pass itself can be seen in different lights, but it's still arguably one of the best value subs in gaming today - it's not as strong as it once was but the value on offer there is fantastic and still exceeds the competition. During a time where costs are increasing rapidly, a One S + Game Pass is fantastic value for many which has to be commended.
It's easy to focus on the negatives. But MS had a fire up their backside in the years after the dramatic XB1 launch failure. That fire seems to be dwindling out by corporate goals these past few years.
All of that is good and well and has kept Sony on their toes for some time, but ultimately, it boils down to the market clearly selecting a preference which isn't Xbox. People here on ResetEra keep droning on about "competition is good" and so on, but ultimately competition is about the general consumer having options and going for what they perceive is the best option. Xbox hasn't made a big dent for over a decade despite all the smaller good things their actions have led to that "core" gamers notice, which means they ultimately haven't managed to shift the market conditions which should make most people question their focus areas. For everyone wanting competition, isn't this outcome also something of a natural conclusion?
Why? It is his job to write articles.
I personally think in the current climate a PS only landscape (and Nintendo doing their own thing) would be disastrous for the industry. Would someone else rise to the challenge though, who knows?
The two absolutely do keep each other on their toes, and in fairness Nintendo should be included in that mix despite their detachment from that flow. Microsoft will do one thing, Sony will be influenced to do something comparable, forcing Microsoft to also try level things up further, rinse repeat - the constant eb and flow between the parties elevates things undoubtedly.
The other one stole the ResetEra logo for his YouTube channel logo
I miss the Xbox 360 days (before Kinect). Bright future ahead and then came the Xbox One.
It was the end.
Remember when he said the human eye can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p, so there will be no difference between the PS3 and XB1?By Ryan McCaffrey
He will do anything to absolve Spencer of any wrongdoing.
JFC really? That's ~13% of MS.
honestly dude's dream of career moment being "buying nintendo with daddy's money" should really tell you all you need to know about him, lolEZ just buy Nintendo like their Plan A, the thing they wanted for decades and something Phil has said again in the leaked emails. Surely buying yourself out of the problems will work once more.
Ahh he's the secret sauce guy lolRemember when he said the human eye can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p, so there will be no difference between the PS3 and XB1?
Those were some good times. Secret sauce, power of the cloud, Get Lucky by Daft Punk.......................
Wow, this is Waylon Smithers-level sycophant writing. And I thought his Alien Isolation review was the worst thing he ever put on the internet.Great reading with hindsight. By which I mean embarrassingly hilarious...
If he didn't come up with it first he almost certainly parroted it, but I was referring to the stupid terms that were going around back then in general.
I spoke to two former longtime Xbox employees, separately, and both lamented the current state of the business. One told me, prior to this week's awful studio closures, "I had lengthy conversations with a bunch of Xbox founders, and we all came to the same conclusion: it's no longer Xbox, but Microsoft Gaming." Ouch.
Big corps are fucking obsessed with headcount. Hence MS preference for contractors.This feels like some corporate overlord at Microsoft was like "yo why do you need this much headcount at Xbox?" and they made a snap decision to shut down 4 random studios to get the crosshairs off their back.
The long-tenured ex-Xboxer continued: "The situation Xbox was in when they made this call was much different. [They] couldn't keep consoles in stock, making money hand-over-fist with Game Pass growth – [the Activision acquisition] seemed like a no-brainer.
What does this even mean? Higher ups going to take control over the gaming division? Sounds like the identity Xbox had and was trying to rebuild is being meddled with or taken away.
Will the "Microsoft game studios" splash logo be resurrected.
Its CRAZY they said they needed more of that and then closed them. It's unreal how ironic it was.
Not to discount the impact of other studios closing, but a lot of this scorn and beating Xbox is receiving online would have not happened had they not closed Tango.
If I was Phil, and that he actually let Matt Booty make this decision, I would ask some real questions.
View: https://youtu.be/9lYESh2dBK8
SomeOrdinaryGamers went in on Xbox and Phil Spencer because he's a fan of Ghostwire Tokyo
Dude, what is this quote even?Now, console sales are down. Post-COVID recession. Game Pass slowing. The acquisition was more costly and time-consuming than anyone expected. And the focus on fighting the FTC probably cost them time they would have spent thinking through the people and studio implications.
Dude, what is this quote even?
Lawyers were largely responsible for the fight against FTC. The business people people like Phil Spencer should have literally thinking about people and studio they were about the aquire. They should have thought about it before they even made an offer.
How did no editor flag this nonsense?
Ryan is the Executive Editor at IGN, which is basically the top of the chain when it comes to editorial pieces. Nobody is checking his nonsense.
I feel like this is going to come across as biased or pompous and if it does I truly don't mean it to be. But when I hear that Phil is not making these decisions I can believe it based on my experience being with a big studio. Whether or not it's true who knows….but I can recount multiple times a studio head or corporate figure would tell us one thing only for said thing to be reversed or shot down by the powers that be later on. Again may totally not be true but I do find it interesting how quick we decide who is the bad guy and who isn't. With everything that's happened this week I do not blame anyone having hard opinions about any of the leadership at Microsoft.
Nothing about Sony currently screams "consumer friendly", I cannot imagine if they do not have another player to keep them in check.I personally think in the current climate a PS only landscape (and Nintendo doing their own thing) would be disastrous for the industry. Would someone else rise to the challenge though, who knows?