ChronotriggerJM said:
The Netflix thing is a horrid example however in my opinion. I'm looking for self sacrifice, a move made on they're part that doesn't benefit them financially in the least. I used this reference in another topic, but I was skimming through my gaming magazines, and I see this add for Netflix, it features some netflix employee's "avatar", and in big text it says "Check out the new xbox experience!" Well.. that's awesome... aside from the fact that the Netflix deal has practically nothing to do with the 360 :/ It has everything to do with Gold accounts... Microsoft didn't make it for the silver accounts as well for obvious reasons. They are trying to make a profit out of it. Which one could argue "But all business do this surely!". But the thing is... they don't o.O; When netflix just started out, they only did the DVD's via mail. That was all, and that was enough to get they're service booming :D But then they decided to give the customers something extra, something out of THEY'RE pocket. The didn't charge us another dime, but they offered us another universe of service. Microsoft worked out an exclusive deal with Netflix to only offer it on they're box, shouldn't that have been enough? No, it just wasn't, there just had to be a catch. Somehow, Microsoft when from Chivalrous knight, to con artist :/ Why is it everything they do has to make a profit? It's the prime definition of corporate greed. I say your employment with microsoft has little bearing because your what? One of how many thousands of employee's? I work at a relatively small company, it's a small shop that makes Aerospace fasteners... real boring stuff, we have about 100 employees, no union, and not a single regular worker there (even some management!), have any say whatso ever as to what happens amongst the company. Many of you will make the best of what your doing, but chances are your just a worker with little power :/ I don't mean that in a degrading way, I'm just shooting out my point of view. I'm pretty sure none of you wanted to release the 360 in the state it was in, but Microsoft as a whole did it anyway. Now you guys can "feel that pain" as you get hundreds of thousands of them in montly for repairs : Fanboys are why people hate microsoft? Fanboys? Those of us who troll forums all day make up a very, and I mean VERY small population of the people that are "against windows". Sure it's easier to hate the giant and cheer for the underdog, but you can't just get that type of negative aura by an internet community. People whine and bitch about Window's performance day to day, I personally (anicdotal), haven't met a single person who has owned and experienced fully the worlds of all the major operating systems, and has hands down said "My gosh, Windows really is the best!". In fact it's quite the opposite >< Window's is amazing if you don't know that theres anything better. And that seems to be the jist of it :/ Crap, XP won't even read more than 3 gigs of ram >< How the fuch? I won't bitch about Microsoft copying anything :P I'm all in favor of copying if your going to contribute to the overall innovation, but I just haven't seen that from Microsoft. Alot of that just seems to stem from my general distaste of Microsoft I agree, but I can't really think of anything they're doing to really push the cutting edge on technology, or for the gaming community as a whole. I see them creating some interesting stuff with they're live technology, most of it seems to just be from aspects already present on the PC :x, but I do applaud them for bringing it to consoles, I just wish they wouldn't always try to be so damn profitable with it all >< Avatars is an ok concept, I dig it, but man, seeing my friends appear next to me, just makes me want to play with them online even more, and I have to pay for that... it's just criminal :( I don't think Home looks like the greatest thing since sliced bread, but Sony's put a ton of effort into it, it offers a gateway to a more social gaming experience, it offers a gateway to communicate and interact with friends better, it's a gateway to meet new people on a more personal level, it generates them profit, and it gives developers that freedom of creation in they're virtual lobbies, and it's all free... You can choose to pay for silly needless stuff if you wish, but the meat of the experience is free, and I agree that it should stay that way, I don't pay for aim, I don't pay for skype, I don't pay for steam :/ They need to take the pre-existing technology, and expand on it, not.... make you pay for it >_>;; And about Microsoft offering the "competitive edge", I call shenanigans :/ When 90% of the market belongs to you, keeping your prices that low only ensures you don't loose marketshare. It's like undercutting an auctionhouse in an MMO. Awesome that you sold your stuff fist and fastest, sucks for the people who needed the money they were asking for :P If microsoft was asking the same price for thye're software as the other companies, options would become available, and that seems like a nono for Microsoft, good for the customer, but not selfless. And in case you didn't know, you can practically find the entirety of Microsoft office and all of it's programs in freeware across the interwebs, many of them offering a more robust experience as well :x They even understand windows formats :) Open source rocks ^^ |
damn, you guys and post, will read this later