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Azzanation said:
JWeinCom said:

No, I read the whole post, but it didn't help matters, because it was kind of a mess. People are going to assume that the title is intended to help them interpret the rest of the post, because that's what titles are supposed to do. So, they will interpret the post in a way that will make it consistent with the title. Because that is how titles work. If your title is an unrelated question, then either you fucked up, or are actively trying to confuse people. 

Now, I'm gonna throw something crazy at you. If you wanted people to tell you if they think it makes sense for Microsoft to stay in the console market, maybe make the title...

"Does it make sense for Microsoft to stay in the console market?"

I know, crazy to suggest you should ask the question you actually want answered, but sometimes we have to think outside the box. 

My post literally says, and I quote "So the question is why does MS hang around in the hardware market? Is it to keep Sony in check? Thats not their responsibility" and I get 20 posts of people saying Xbox needs to keep Sony in check. The anwser to the replies was in the original post. 

So tell me again how many people have read my post?

That is not an answer to the replies. It's a response to an entirely different question. Whether or not Microsoft has a responsibility to make Xboxes has nothing to do with whether or not we need them to. And, again, since that is the question you asked in the title, that's what people should and did think you expected them to answer. 

Nothing in the rest of the post would lead them to believe otherwise. In the OP it mentions what is in Sony's best interests, the best interests of gamers, and what's best for the industry. It ends by addressing what's good for "everyone". So if people read the whole post, and not just the sentence you pulled out, they would naturally think "we" encompassed all of those parties, and that the comment about Microsoft's responsibility was at most facet of the issue. If your entire point was to say that MS doesn't have a responsibility to make consoles, then that's just absolutely pointless. I don't believe anyone except Uncle Ben would argue otherwise. 

I meant all this as constructive, although admittedly snarky, feedback. You can choose to be petulant about it and insist that everyone else is the problem. Or, as I recommended, you can at least consider the fact that you did not communicate effectively. You can simply say "Hey guys. What I was really hoping to discuss was..." 

Your choice, but if there was something you felt was worthy of discussion, I'd go with that second option.

Last edited by JWeinCom - on 02 May 2023