I don't understand how anyone could ever trust MS's Next after this gen :/

[VGhippy]

I don't know, I sort of resonate with the OP. I was a former 360fan that's now fully behind the PS3. I just feel I've watched Microsoft.... not exactly ditch the core, but maybe take them for granted ever since they started to focus on Kinect. To be honest I feel it's gone from bad to worse and it's only going to get worse. I'm going to tell my story of how I perceived events in a little rough cronological summary as I sort of remember it.

2006-2009ish - Halo, Gears, Lost Odyssey, Tales of Vesperia, Fable, ninety-nine nights, Tenchu, Gears, Kameo + Tonnes more exclusives omg I'm in heaven thanks MS. Big games that 360 got first Oblivion, Eternal Sonata, Mass effect ect, Zomg thanks again. For me 360 was the obvious gamers choice.

2010 - Okay bit of Kinect nonsence going on here at E3, exclusives have pretty much dried up but we are still getting a halo/gears or fable game every year and I'm sure once Kinect fever at MS has died down they will get back to the core.

2011 - (watches E3) Oh good lord it's turned into a Kinectfest...

2012 - Well the Gears game is a prequel and not really a fan of prequels but at least........ Oh dear Lord what the hell have they done to Fable! A Kinect game... really.....
Wait... no... No! Steel Battalion... Star Wars..... oh god please Kinect leave them alone... whyyyyy!!!!!


2013 - I'm just praying the rumors are not true and they don't do the single thing that I think could make things worse for the core. Put one in every 720. Not only does this mean they are sticking their fingers up at the core and telling them they are going to buy a Kinect whether they want to or not (or in many peoples case a second one!) but it means that if it's even possible microsoft will focus even more on Kinect in the future.

Sorry if it comes off as fanboyish but these are my real thoughts. All I know is that I thought the 360 was great at the start of the gen, but then for me it just fell apart post Kinect =/