| AEGRO said:
I hope Microsoft learned their lesson with this year results. A) Spread the exclusives thru the entire year. B) DO NOT try to compete with COD, not even with Halo. C) DO NOT money hat franchises that are related to Sony systems. D) Put a leash on the PR guys so they stop running their mouth with stupid slogans. E) The Forza/Gears/Halo Tag Team is not what it used to be. F) Forza flopping should teach them to stop milking so much their well made franchises, there is so much you can do on a years time for a game. G) DO NOT hype stuff like Teh Cloud and DX12, much less stuff not intended to be for gaming on a gaming related show just for the WOW factor (Hololens). ETC. |
To be fair to MS, most of the things on that list may well be ill advised in hindsight but all they had to give themselves a chance. I don't think they so much 'played it wrong' as 'had no other options'. The only thing I would say is a legitimate 'played it wrong' is the release date of Tombraider, but an interesting post over at GAF on that subject has given it perhaps a different slant. I'm all for thinking around things rather than immediately calling it stupid, and whilst the GAF post sounded a little conspiratorial, it is worth keeping in mind the idea that 'failure' could have been the actual objective here. The theory went that Crystal Dynamics no longer wants to the work with SE so they make a backhanded deal with MS to give SE a reason to let them go and so free them up for an MS purchase. We'll see, but I'm certainly watching this space carefully.
And kudos to X1Gates for actually having a conversation. I expect my fellow Amazonians to bare this in mind too.
The PS5 Exists.
