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[TheHater]

jesus christ this might really be happening

I hope not
This is going to be the first xbox I won't buy. MS need to get their shit together dammit.

 

[Proelite]

Seems a little testy. I wonder if there wasn't an internal battle over always-online.

Civil war. Mass exodus. Assassinations. Executive order 66.

 

[ZoddGutts]

This is the opposite of damage control.

It's basically "Hey, we're Microsoft. Fuck you, give us money."

Deal with it.

 

[MarkusRJR]

What terrible analogies. Guess it's Wii U/PS4 for me this generation.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

What do we call this...reverse-damage control?

 

[Kyou]

oh

so always online is true

 

[clav]

Once the PS4 announces the same thing, GAF will go down in flames.

One Wii-U future.

 

[lordfroakie]

Ahh Third gen console curse<3

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Analogies and Twitter. What a combo.

 

[KiNeSiS]

I don't play my 360 offline. I think cutting potential customers off is dumb but who plays games not connected to the internet?

I only think this is dumb if gold is required.

It was a windy day a few weeks ago and the street cable wire disconnected from my house. Had to wait a couple of days for a tech to repair. Should I have been without cable internet & my game console? Fuck That!

 

[Y2Kev]

I can't wait for companies to start cracking down on Twitter usage. This is getting ridiculous.

 

[Uno Venova]

Shit false equivalencies and analogies, god, get off twitter for a while.

Once the PS4 announces the same thing, GAF will go down in flames.

One Wii-U future.

Always online? already not happening.

 

[Seda]

I don't even know what to say to this

 

[Huevos de Oro]

What do we call this...reverse-damage control?

I guess we could call it just "damage".

 

[GeoramA]

Yikes...tell us how you really feel. :lol

 

[MormaPope]

Wow... what a way to break the most negative news about the launch of a system your company just spent hundreds of millions on.

Guy has no brains.

I would be surprised if he isn't fired or constantly warned and watched from now on.

 

[keit4]

Good luck MS. You will need it.

 

[DICKS AHOY]

Well that automatically means the next XBox would only work for about an hour per session in this house given how shithouse even the better of our provider's network stability is.

 

[QP3]

Welp, not sure I would have gone about it like that...but to each their own I suppose.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Thanks for confirming the always-on rumor. Glad to see my choice to go PS4 next gen has been justified once again.

Basically this.


As someone who played 95% of multiplatform games on 360, and didn't care for 90% of the hyped ps3 exclusives.


It's like Microsoft doesn't want my money next gen.

 

[kittens]

Dang. PS4 is looking better and better. Now I just hope Sony doesn't go the same route as MS.

 

[bidguy]

still buying a durango

 

[EscoBlades]

Civil war. Mass exodus. Assassinations. Executive order 66.

Sounds like an episode of Spartacus mixed in with some Tom Clancy.

 

[Goro Majima]

Yeah because the Internet is as reliable as electricity....

 

[IHaveIce]

These analogies..

 

[Samurai_Heart]

This is the opposite of damage control.

It's basically "Hey, we're Microsoft. Fuck you, give us money."

Didn't they do that when they released Vista =P?

 

[Voice of Reason]

still buying a durango

welp

 

[syko de4d]

i dont have that much of a problem with always online but that tweets? They are so stupid arrogant... sorry MS but Sony win this time...

 

[grosvenor_92]

Off to such a good start

 

[anaron]

good lord

 

[LiquidMetal14]

If it's always online, I wonder if the most staunch Xbox supporter will still want to "stick it in their veins".

 

[Emitan]

Wait...

DOES THIS MEAN IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ELECTRICITY!?

MEGATON

 

[Trigger]

Well PS4 it is then. lol, these comments are troubling.

 

[grimshawish]

I need those things for those devices. Internet on a console is an option.

Also yeah so thats confirmed.

 

[salromano]

OP, include these earlier tweets, too:

 

[Gorillaz]

It just feels too.....easy. I can't really see this guy seriously losing it like this

 

[Rodhull]

Can't be long now until games press jumps to his defence against the entitled masses. Ugh.

What games does he work on?

 

[I'm an expert]

still buying a durango

unfortunately, this ^ represents most of gaf

 

[Usobuko]

As a consumer, I wish neither Microsoft and Sony going down this route but if Microsoft really intends to then I hope they at least informs their customer about this, don't simply sweep under the carpet.

 

[RoboPlato]

So he basically confirmed the absolute worst rumor about Durango? I was trying to keep an open mind about the machine in case the library turned out great but if this is really happening, nothing will get me to buy it.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

His reaction says to me that this is happening and that people inside MS are confused and flustered by how people have reacted to the rumors.

My guess is that MS thinks the mainstream public won't care.

I'm sure they've found some statistics that show a very high percentage of Xbox owners are online and are now going to completely control content on their platform

May piss off the core, but they think it's worth the risk in order to have more control over digital content & used game sales.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Bungie was the only company keeping me owning Xbox. I'm glad they went multiplat right about now.

 

[Eteric Rice]

PS4U future looking likely for me if this goes through.

 

[DaBoss]

I hope the uninformed consumers become informed of this if it is true (which it pretty much is it seems).

Ahh Third gen console curse<3

Every console manufacturer seems to get cocky with their 3rd console.

 

[Dr.Palutena]

I couldn't have asked for a better response, now someone tell me what to do with all this extra money I will have not owning an Xbox this time around.

 

[serplux]

OP, include these earlier tweets, too:

Welp, Microsoft is done.

 

[djplaeskool]

OP, include these earlier tweets, too:

Dude.
Stahp.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Looks more and more like my house will be Wii-U/PS4 this gen.

 

[Tomat]

Welp, Microsoft is done.

Done with what? They're not going to die anytime soon.

 

[BHK3]

What internet providers do these guys have? Living in a bad area doesn't mean you can't get connection drops because most american IP's are terrible, but hey guess it's still my fault right microsoft?