Phil Spencer Signals Xbox One Hardware Upgrades

[AlfredoTurkey]

Mr Puggsly said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

Nintendo was sort of doing this more than 20 years ago via FX chips and N64 expansion paks. The difference of course, is that Nintendo sold one machine and used other means to pull off the upgrades giving consumers the feeling of a uniform platform. 

Microsoft has lost it's way, totally. It's no longer interested in "console gaming" imo. Their hopes of changing the way the industry does business is probably a sham intended to distract everyone from their shift back to PC.

But if games designed for newer specs also work on older specs, then your argument doesen't hold water. That has to be a focus for atleast three or four years or there will be a lot of criticism.

Nintendo's New 3DS has games that work on old specs but better on new specs. However, some games are for New 3DS specs only. Funny you ignored that. :-p

A perfect metaphor imo is the piped pipper. Microsoft is leading it's fans off a cliff and they're just casually marching along into oblivion. It's pretty obvious to everyone else.