E3 Sony/MS Presentations (abridged)

[Milky]

This guy is an acquired taste, but made me chuckle

PS3:

XB1:

Milky2013-06-12 20:31:58

 

[Alpha1]

and BOOM! http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/06/19/microsoft-reversing-xbox-one-internet-used-game-policies

Bit gutted as i was lioking forward to the no disc and sharing and play on any console features.

 

[trm]

"We appreciate your passion, support and willingness to challenge the assumptions of digital licensing and connectivity," Mattrick concluded

IOW they figured they were going to get f**ked up.

I admire MS making a significant policy change such as this based on consumer feedback though. Regardless of the decision being changed, it's a positive sign that they'll accept feedback, especially on something so closely tied to revenue.

 

[Alpha1]

Microsoft rule dude, they get so much bad press but all the engineers I know are passionate about making their products and services the best they can be.

 

[trm]

They have been unfairly bashed purely for being successful for a long, long time. They've done some sketchy stuff in the past, but which big org hasn't. And they've done some awesome stuff for which they're probably not going to get due recognition for a long time to come.

They hold responsibility for a huge amount of the ubiquitous IT that surrounds us all now. Novell weren't making it happen. IBM weren't much better. The others - also-rans in the grand scheme of things.

It's the disconnect between passionate engineers, evangelists & designers, and the management layer that generate my "wtf?" moments.

I've never, ever met a Microsoftie tech who set out to create crap. But I've met a few managers who made me think "do you actually want me to buy/deploy/design based on your tech?" Again, not so much the tech PMs, the 'business' guys.

 

[Milky]

Microsoft rule dude, they get so much bad press but all the engineers I know are passionate about making their products and services the best they can be.

The banks get so much bad press but all the people I work with are passionate about the products. The problem is that people at that level don't dictate policy. MS have had to perform a humiliating u-turn as the bosses thought they could take the p*ss and the gaming community would just suck it up.

...and they would've gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those pesky consumers...

 

[Alpha1]

The problem is, I wanted to go digital downloads only this time. and I could have a core of 10 friends and family where we could all share games, and play them. That won't happen now, because a few people that are still living in 2005 want to trade in games to GameStop or Game rather than embracing a radical, but probably altogether better way in 2013.

Shame.

 

[Milky]

Is it that they live in 2005? Or is it that they need to sell or p/x existing owned games to fund new purchases as maybe they aren't exactly flushed with cash? Can you imagine never being able to sell on your clothes, CDs, electrical goods, Films, cars, houses to fund the next purchase?

I'm just being Devils advocate here

(edit: reworded it a bit)

Milky2013-06-20 01:04:11

 

[Alpha1]

But there was a method to sell them, they even gave you a method to sell you digital downloaded games too! That won't happen now either