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S.T.A.G.E. on 12 August 2013
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Machiavellian said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:


Yep, it was a lie. They just needed to get people to believe in the concept of the Kinect 2. They know the commercial value is gone so they force bundled it and told people the Xbone couldn't go on without it. They also told everyone they couldnt overturn policies on DRM and they did within weeks. They basically lied about almost everything. Luckily in business its not always about lies, so the fans can get what they want out of the deal without being had.

Actaully MS did not overturn their Online DRM policy, they completly dropped the online part completely.  There is a big difference between the 2.  MS could not just change how the console was going to handle its online infrastuture.  Everything was tied into having games installed on the HDD.  The whole DRM was because games were going to be installed on the console instead of run from disk. 

As for Kinect having to be plugged in, it probably did have to be plugged in.  This was an unpopular issue for consumers and evidently MS changed the console to not depend on Kinect.  Probably should have done that in the first place but hindsight is....well you know the rest.  

Anyway lie does not fit the situation.  180 meets the turn better as they had unpopular ideals and totally changed them based on consumer feedback.  Not sure why people would want a company to ignore them but if you read comments from most people you would think they want a company to igore their complaints.


180= Taking something back or change to the opposite direction in which you were headed.

lie

1   [lahy]  Show IPA noun, verb, lied, ly·ing.
noun
1.
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
2.
something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie thatdeceived no one.
3.
an inaccurate or false statement; a falsehood.
4.
the charge or accusation of telling a lie: He flung the lie back at his accusers.
verb (used without object)
5.
to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive. Synonyms: prevaricate, fib.
6.
to express what is false; convey a false impression.