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What memories do you have about Don Mattrick introducing Xbox One?

Matemático

Matemático

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Mar 22, 2019
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Xbox One X is the real vision of Microsoft now: focused on games, powerfull, compact, slick, fast, fair value, amazing services like GamePass.

They could do even better: there is no need for HDMI In, 3 USB Ports or IR Blaster, or force you to have Mixer installed. Drop these things and they could make the system even smaller and cheaper.
 
Yazuka

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I just remember thinking they are doing everything in their might to not make me the least bit interested in an Xbox.
And surely he succeeded for many years.
So really bad memories of Don, can't stand the guy. Never could.
 

lynux3

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Oct 28, 2017
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It's not Don Mattrick, but the only one that comes to mind is, "Xbox is about to become the next water cooler." lol
 
Linus815

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Oct 29, 2017
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America.

Don and his boys basically made a box that was entirely centered around america. Even if I cared for any of the non game stuff offered by the xb1, i couldnt use it anyway. IT wasnt even officially avaialble where i live for like half a year after the launch. And I live in an EU country, so not exactly at the edge of the world.

What's funnier is that I actually did buy an XB1 day one as a local game store got a few units imported, and I did end up playing my xb1 more than my ps4 in the first few months as I thought that the xb1 had a better launch line up.

Also.. even in 2013 it seemed weird to me that they focused os much on broadcast tv when it was becoming clear that digital platforms are going to be a huge thing. Just really weird.
 
TheUnseenTheUnheard

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I just want to forget. They say that history shouldn't be forgotten so it isn't repeated but I think only Don Mattrick could have created such a disaster.
 
Augemitbutter

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sora bora said:
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this line here.

and the fucking gifs. My god, there were so many great gifs on gaf then and they were all on point.
 
Brokenrobot

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Ahhh the Ol' Mattrick hat trick of 2013 I remember it like it was yesterday. The 360 was at the top of heap and everyone was curious to see what Microsoft had been working on all this time. Then they wheel the thing out and start babbling about fantasy football marketing it like it's going to be some weird cable box replacement. In my country (Australia) the only people who have cable are boomers who's children don't speak to them so it basically killed any appeal for me minute one. They have managed to turn things around now with game pass and whatnot. It's pretty crazy that Sony and Microsoft had inverse console cycles this time round.
 
Akai

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Oct 25, 2017
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Don Mattrick and the entire Xbox One reveal will never make sense to me.

Also, since the other gif was already posted and quoted several times. Here's an other classic:

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SJRB

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Oct 28, 2017
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I remember a guy single-handedly killing of a massive brand via absolutely daft business decisions and interviews.
 
Booya_base

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Oct 31, 2017
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I remember feeling like 10 foot tall letters spelling out TV we're flying towards me at 100mph and crashed into my face. At the end I just laughed as it was worse than I could've ever imagined.
 
DoktorAkcel

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Shpeshal Ed said:
Do we know this for a fact?

The only rumour I had heard was that Sony was going to pack in the camera originally, but cut it at the last minute.

Although the camera did make its way into the Killzone launch day bundle (which is what I bought)
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No concrete proof, but the fact that Sony insisted on lightbulb in Dualshock 4, had a price chart in E3 presentation that looked a bit out of place (like it was changed at the last second), and actually submitted a patent for similar DRM system... all of those pile up, and might mean nothing, but at the same time they're suspicious.
 
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Tregard

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Oct 27, 2017
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My main memory is turning to my sister seconds before the name reveal and saying "How stupid would it be if they ended up calling it 'The Xbox One' or something?"
 
IvanSlavkov

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Komo said:
And the best part. None of that shit was available on sony's end either. Because both had opted into doing this, but sony cut out the entire thing from their system, and presentation after Xbox's Conference
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Any proof for that buddy? Or is it just tales from your...?

On topic, the always online, 24 hour check in is what made me laugh the most and convinced me to take a huge pass wit xbox1. I remember, me and a friend of mine were watching the conference and we both said - "no way they are fu*kin the new xbox this way".
 
pepone1234

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I remember a very US centric presentation with that whole TV and sports experience. Then they show a console massive in size and with hilarious restrictions with things like the always online to control the second hand market.
 
jroc74

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Raonak said:
No, Sony never even planned on always online, it's just what everybody assumed they would after xbox did it.
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Thank you.

I keep saying its one of 2 things: either Sony are better software, firmware, OS developers to be able to get rid of it and not feel the after effects unlike early XBO or they never planned it at all.

Take your pick which narrative you want to roll with. Or their online only was going to be so incompetent getting rid of it left no lasting effects, lol.
liquidtmd said:
What's darkly amusing is that everyone also remembers the 'always online' focus from this and subsequently praised Sony.

It was a smart move sure, but this gen saw the real push of pretty much mandatory, regular and huge patches - not to mention some physical discs just being a gateway to a download.

Sure you can in theory use your PS4 offline whenever you want, but in practice if you want Day 1 patches et al, you're pretty fucked. It was such an unforced error by MS to push this when I imagine a high percentage of their (and Sony's) user base are always online by choice anyway
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I don't remember praise for Sony from everyone. I remember the NoDRM hash tag for the PS4.

I do agree it was an unforced error. Many of us said they should have left that to the game devs, like what's happened this gen with alot more online only games.

Or just expand on how XBL, PSN games did licenses.
 
Cactuar

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mreddie said:
I mean E3 2011 and 2013 where he put the XBOX brand in the IR and Sony just took back the crown like it was nothing.

He almost killed MS, got a package, jumped to Zynga, killed it, got a fat package.

Meanwhile, Phil Harrison is saving the XBONE and prepping Scarlett to not be another XBONE reveal.

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So you're telling me the head of Google's Stadia service is going to save the Xbox? If that's the savior, 2013 is going to look like the second coming of the iPhone in comparison.
 
gofreak

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DoktorAkcel said:
No concrete proof, but the fact that Sony insisted on lightbulb in Dualshock 4, had a price chart in E3 presentation that looked a bit out of place (like it was changed at the last second), and actually submitted a patent for similar DRM system... all of those pile up, and might mean nothing, but at the same time they're suspicious.
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IIRC, that patent application predated the PS3. It had even be discussed (with concern) prior to the PS3's launch also, but nothing ever came of it.
 
Dewin

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Clear and utter disbelief. That show ended and i was like "Wait. Thats it? That can't be it. Where are the games? How? Everything is TV? oh god." And the i started up Gaf and holy shit was that a rollercoaster-ride. One that went on for months and months.
 
JCHandsom

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Nov 3, 2017
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I was out working in my backyard, streaming it on my phone, growing increasingly confused over the lack of big games and emphasizing TV projects and Sports. When they finally did show stuff from Ghosts and focused on the fact that it had a dog in it as a selling point and the AI of the fish is when I knew I was witnessing meme history.

Still waiting on that Halo TV show Spielberg
 
Shake Appeal

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I appreciate Don Mattrick and the Xbox One launch because it made me quit consoles and get back into PC gaming.

I will forever be indebted to you, Don.
 
2Blackcats

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"Well, fuck you too"

As a European Xbox fan it was an awful kick in the teeth.

After getting og and 360 on their respective launch days I still don't own a One. Thanks Don.
 

joesiv

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Feb 9, 2018
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I think the interesting thing about the Xbox One launch is how there was such negativity against the Kinect being bundled with every console. On the positive side it meant developers could trust that it's there, not a peripheral, so they could develope for it.

But on the otherside, people were concerned about the price, and privacy. Given that recently it's become known that Microsoft has humans reviewing Cortana audio clips, perhaps the privacy worry was warranted...
 
-PXG-

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That asshole left Microsoft with a golden parachute just to be another useless fixture at a dying company. Fuck him.
 
ps3ud0

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Komo said:
And the best part. None of that shit was available on sony's end either. Because both had opted into doing this, but sony cut out the entire thing from their system, and presentation after Xbox's Conference
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Pretty sure that's all made up - unless you really believe Sony are far more competent in untying their OS from such a requirement than someone like MS which still had DRM leftover as part of the initial setup when you got the XO.

ps3ud0 8)
 
Kazooie

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I mainly remember being mad as hell at him and his team for trying to kill video game preservation and giving the finger to all collectors. I am very glad they did get the backlash they deserved and this guy is far from Microsoft now.
 
StallionDan

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I just remember "Xbox is the new watercooler".

A statement clearly made by people so out of touch with their market that they thought it acceptable.
 
Bede-x

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Kazooie said:
I mainly remember being mad as hell at him and his team for trying to kill video game preservation and giving the finger to all collectors. I am very glad they did get the backlash they deserved and this guy is far from Microsoft now.
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Just imagine if they'd won and all our Xbox games were just waiting for the day they flipped the switch on the server, after which they'd stop working. I don't think there'll ever be a day, I won't hold their attempt to do that to our shared history against them.
 
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