Microsoft’s Efforts to Bring Japanese Games to Xbox One Should be Encouraged, Not Mocked

[ShadowSoldier]

Seventizz said:

ShadowSoldier said:
Well I can't avoid mocking them when they do counter-productive things like cancel Scalebound. That's as dumb as the James Harden trade. Just plain stupid that everyone could see was a bad idea from a mile away.

Why do people just assume SB was cancelled out of spite?  Like MS doesn't want to release a new IP for the heck of it?  Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe it wasn't coming along as good as promised?

 

They may have done gaming a favour by cancelling it.

You never do the medium any favours by killing ideas before they can hit the market for everyone to learn from. Good or Bad. Look at Nier. The first one was railed by critics and is exactly the kind of game that Microsoft would have cancelled before even marketing.

Microsoft is TERRIFIED of risk. This is what seperates them from Sony and Nintendo. That aversion for risk is what we all identify as milking. It's Killed Halo, it's killing COD and it has pretty much neutered Gears of War.

They don't understand the essence of gaming. They dont deserve to be in the medium in the first place, if this is the stance they take. When they had something to prove MS was a force. Such a force that people wondered if Sony could even mount a comeback for the next gen (But they did it with the PS3 slim) Microsoft approached Gen 7 with a chip on their shoulder. Achievements, A strong focus on Online Gameplay and community. Microsoft 2005-2010 is not Microsoft 2013- Present.

 

They Suck.

Fuck MS.