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noname2200 on 05 August 2015

"If you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards," he said.

I can see him pumping his fist and trying to high five himself...

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ArchangelMadzz on 05 August 2015

pbroy said:
He's right. 5% of previous 360 users will use it on Xbone. Since most people switched over to PS4 from 360.

PS Now is the future

That is very true, although unfortunately it will be a very long time before it catches on, on a wide scale and Sony probably know this. But you can't have a hugely successful future platform without making it. So hopefully they're breaking even on it until the time for it to be huge has come. And by the time that comes the library will be very impressive!

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vivster on 05 August 2015

He's right. But he still doesn't get that marketing can make or break a console. Not having a feature that only 5% of people use will still turn off at least 50% of people.

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fatslob-:O on 05 August 2015

He's right but I guess that doesn't pertain to the current direction of Xbox ...

That 5% figure is a pretty over conservative estimate when their surveys are practically based on users with Nintendo systems. I'd wager it to be even lower when considering the different demographics on other systems ...

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Glad Don's gone.

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pbroy said:
He's right. 5% of previous 360 users will use it on Xbone. Since most people switched over to PS4 from 360.

PS Now is the future

Unfortunately, it seems like it.

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generic-user-1 on 05 August 2015

vivster said:

He's right. But he still doesn't get that marketing can make or break a console. Not having a feature that only 5% of people use will still turn off at least 50% of people.

it would be more tolerable if they didnt pushed so hard for kinect,TV and DRM...

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d21lewis on 05 August 2015

Didn't agree with it then. Don't agree with it now. I love BC energy if I am in the minority!

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My thoughts are that Don Mattrick was an amazing asset to Sony and they have a lot to thank him for in regards to their domination this generation. The PS4 is largely only dominating because of the mistakes this guy made rather than its own successes IMO.

This article just shows you that this guy never should have been allowed to speak publically because he said a lot of stupid things.

Very inaccurate. It's only part, not largely.

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Rafie on 05 August 2015

The bc on the Xbox One is official! I definitely love it. It seems a good margin of Xbox One users also loves bc as well.

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