It had to do with companies making false claims so it applies.

Lies the Xbox One was built on:

"We can't get rid of the DRM" -- removes DRM

"Television is central to the Xbox One experience" -- shuts down TV studio

"Kinect is mandatory" -- removes Kinect

Each time MS changes their tune, they're touted as "customer-centric" and aren't given enough criticism for lying in the first place.

I really like Jim Sterling because he gives no **** if what he says is agreeable or not. Even if what he says doesn't agree with your viewpoints, he supports his arguments with evidence and logic. The title is harsh, but at the same time, it paints the picture perfectly and Jim perfectly nails it in his latest Jimquisition.

Agreed which is why I never buy a Microsoft console

The video is making more harsh comments towards MS than the Xbox, he even says towards the end that the console is now more appealing to him, he just doesn't like how MS handled the whole ordeal with the removal of the DRM first and the Kinect now.

I don't think ms ever said tv was central to it at all.

Have a person promise you things that will blow your mind.  

They promise intensely, and you're inclined to believe them because they've established trust with previous work(360).

Give that person $500

Wait a year.  

Have every promise turn out to be a dead faced lie.

Get no apology for being lied to.

I dont think its the listening to the market that Jim was complaining about.... it's more so the lack of any real empathy that MS has shown in removing these features and crapping on users.... i.e they are selling "we removed DRM because the people weren't ready"... rather than.. OMG what a draconian method...etc

Not that I think any company would turn around and say such a thing, but I think they've not been as forthright as they could have been.

he wants an apology for all the xbox 180's. its stupid, a company like microsoft (or sony, or samsung) would right a wrong, but they wont go out and say "hey, sorry for fucking you over". thats not ever gonna happen. 

I don't disagree with any of his points really, and there'd be no point in doing so because they are all subjective, but it seems really petty and bitter to acknowledge it's a good thing they changed them but also whining that you will basically never forget or forgive them for those things. They thought the market would respond one way to this element or the other and it responded another way. Does a company need to apologize for that? Bizarre.

I couldn't imagine contemplating a console purchase but then thinking back to things I disagreed with about the console and even though they'd been changed for the betterment of my personal preferences, still having a negative connotation about it. Or, while apparently enjoying said console and thinking it's a good machine (as he apparently does), being so negative about it just because of what it used to be. Seems to be a shitty way to live life.