The amount of negativity in almost every MS/Xbox thread is getting ridiculous

[Mr Puggsly]

LivingMetal said:

BenVTrigger said:

Seriously. 

It seems like almost every time I go into a thread that has anything to do with MS at least half the comments are just bashing MS and Xbox.

Rare is a terrible developer

MS only cares about casuals

MS has no franchises

Xbox Live Iis a rip off

Kinect is dumb

MS fans only play shooters

I could go on for days.  A little criticism is fine as not everyone will like Xbox or it's games but it makes any sort of MS discussion nearly impossible in these forums.  People wonder why since the day this website started MS has always had a very small presence here and part of it is the constant endless downplaying of nearly everything Xbox related. 

From my standpoint:

Rare is not as good as it used to be during their Nintendo days.

Knowing Microsoft and their marketing, they tend to go for the largest market with the biggest trends first and the hardcore gamer second.

Microsoft has less franchises than Nintendo and Sony when it comes to console gaming, just look at the 1st/2nd party support.

For some, Xbox Live is not worth the purchase.

Kinect did little to capture and retain the same hype as the Wii did while Kinect tech has only been best utilized in "dancing" style/type games.

Most Xbox 360 users I've come across in real life mainly play shooters.

It is really negative, or is it just the way it is?  I think it's just the way it is while these factors do not play high in my book.  Yet, for the typical Xbox 360 user, all this might be just fine to him.  Disagree with me all you want, anyone's right?  But if you cannot accept a reasonable viewpoint by deeming it as "negative," the negativity did not originate from the statement but from the source of the misinterpretation.

I think the problem is Sony fans are beating MS fans over the head with their opinions which is generally very negative.

Whenever Rare is brought up, this instantly creates a shit storm of how MS ruins companies. Yet Rare has been doing fine and many studios have closed.

MS has put a big focus on marketing to casuals because that was a void not being filled. The Xbox already has the core audience. At one time Sony attempted to market to casuals but the Move was a failure. Sony just played it off and pretend they never had much interest in that audience.

If people don't feel Live Gold is worth a purchase they should ignore threads about it. However, when a thread was started about Live Gold being on sale for $35, Sony fans took over with their opinions on LIve Gold.

Does it matter if Kinect failed or succeeded to maintain hype? It was a massive success and people are just trying to create a negative spin.

Your anecdotal evidence about Xbox fans isn't worth much. The fact is plenty of non-shooter games have done well on Xbox as well.