You shouldn't have made this thread, but since you did. The answer is No. They had no other choice, and the repeated ignoring of consumers, MS should have been serving with the Xbox doesn't even begin to make up for it.
No Competent Company or Person deserves praise for correcting their mistakes. Microsoft is a multibillion dollar company, how come their thousands of focus test didn't tell them angry consumer was a bad thing?
And their is a big difference between "listening to consumers" and "reacting to consumer retailiation". The latter is what MS actually did, the former is what they spun to salvage their already shitty PR.
In this day and age, with the Internet, ignorance is a choice! And they're still choosing Ignorance! - Dr. Filthy Frank
