If the image is everything to MS why don't they fire Ballmer? The Ballmer peak is pretty well know in the programming world. Is MS supporting drunk coding?
Our point? It doesn't matter. What matters is company image. That's it.
To quote my doctor, "You aren't thinking fourth dimensionally!"
Of course, it matters! Company image doesn't matter at all if there's no bad press to affect it. There would be no bad press if the Internet mob could reach down into their pants and untwist their knickers. Hence, my point that none of it would matter if people could just grow some thicker skin. Like I said, I don't understand why people have to get so damned offended over such weak comments. Are their egos really that fragile? :|
#dealwithit
To quote my doctor, "You aren't thinking fourth dimensionally!"
Of course, it matters! Company image doesn't matter at all if there's no bad press to affect it. There would be no bad press if the Internet mob could reach down into their pants and untwist their knickers. Hence, my point that none of it would matter if people could just grow some thicker skin. Like I said, I don't understand why people have to get so damned offended over such weak comments. Are their egos really that fragile? :|
#dealwithit
You obviously don't understand the corporate world.
If silly Internet kids didn't make big deal out of tweets, there wouldn't be any bad press for him to have lost his job over.
I think what this article is really stating, is that the development consoles require always on internet connection. This is probably a security measure to ensure they are accounted for and don't make it out into the wild. From what I've been told, MS was already very wary about who got a development Xbox 360, and that would make this going a step further.
Now, will this make it into launch? Of course not. Xbox Live has, what, 30 million subscribers? They've sold 74 million Xbox's. That is less than half. MS isn't stupid enough to cut it's available market in half.
Ugh, you make me want to face-desk repeatedly to remove the stupid from my brain. Why is it so difficult to actually read what I wrote? Seriously. I will attempt to make it even more clear with a single-sentence summary:
If silly Internet kids didn't make big deal out of tweets, there wouldn't be any bad press for him to have lost his job over.
Although, this discussion is probably worthless, because I doubt that you're ever going to agree with me that his tweets were nothing but harmless words.
I agree with this. There is NO way MS is going to require an internet connection to play. Think about it.
Again, you...do...not...understand...the...corporate...world. /end
You all Xbox fans need to keep the rage going though. You can't just assume MS is going to make the smart decision and not do something this stupid. Even after Diablo 3 EA still went and did SimCity. This was all after even Ubisoft did their always on DRM and boned that up.
These companies desperately want this always on DRM to function because they think it will stop piracy and more importantly the used game market. They want to do a STEAM version on the consoles. STEAM is everything these console makers want, always on DRM (even the offline version needs to be online and then it's only offline for a certain time period then needs online verification again) and most importantly STEAM doesn't allow reselling of games.
So maybe not this generation, but it's coming to a console near you if you let it.
You all Xbox fans need to keep the rage going though. You can't just assume MS is going to make the smart decision and not do something this stupid. Even after Diablo 3 EA still went and did SimCity. This was all after even Ubisoft did their always on DRM and boned that up.
These companies desperately want this always on DRM to function because they think it will stop piracy and more importantly the used game market. They want to do a STEAM version on the consoles. STEAM is everything these console makers want, always on DRM (even the offline version needs to be online and then it's only offline for a certain time period then needs online verification again) and most importantly STEAM doesn't allow reselling of games.
What's interesting is the staunch difference between Diablo III and SimCity. Originally, Maxis/EA attempted to pass off that SimCity was a lot more like Diablo III, but we eventually found out that was not the case. Diablo III only suffered from its "Error 37" for maybe about 12-24 hours, and no features were removed from the game to support server stability. (There were features delayed prior to launch though such as the AH and PVP.)
In other words, apart from server maintenance, Diablo III has been a fairly rock-solid experience... or at least that's how I remember it as I played from launch. Of course, that isn't saying anything about the quality of the game itself, but that's not in question here.
What stuck out to me when I read this is... who says that piracy is really a problem on the consoles? I'm not saying that it doesn't exist, but is it really as large of an issue? I would also put forth the idea that a good online system helps to weed out these nefarious types by detecting them or simply making them choose to not chance it. For example, do you want to hack your 360 and chance having your entire XBOX Live account banned?
Honestly, I don't see them pushing people toward always online, but I do see them pushing people toward digital downloads. Digital downloads cannot be resold (except maybe in the EU eventually?), and you avoid excess retailer-related costs (packaging, distribution, etc.). Also, by associating content directly with someone's specific identifier, you add more risk as to whether cheating/stealing is worth it. For example, if you check the PC section, you will see people warn against using shady key sites because "you don't want your Steam account banned." Why is that? Some people have hundreds of games on their account, and a banned account means you lose access to all of your games.
If I had to guess, the idea of "always on" would refer to the console having a low-powered sleep mode where it's able to wake up to do certain things. This is especially necessary if it wishes to become a staple in the living room, which is something that Microsoft has been inching toward. It will also allow it to be like the Playstation 3 and upload game saves or download updates.
Well, you see... that is the problem. It's gossip, and they aren't thinking about it. Much like this fellow...
Going straight for an ad hominem, and one full of naivety at that. You really are a fool.
No you are just so full of bs. The corporate world needs a good image. Wherever the bad image comes from they will try to fix it. You just want to blame the internet for being the internet.
I don't think so. Plenty of companies have a bad image and still continue to thrive. EA, Apple, MS. The hate over these companies is often blind and for no real reason other than it is popular to hate them. Don't think so? 2 years in a row, EA is voted worst company in America. Beating out a company that illegally foreclosed on people's homes and left them with no place to live. Yeah, ME3 ending was much worse than that.
Face it, the internet is full of loud, whiny bitches who will make a big deal about everything that is not important and ignore real life issues because most of them are out of touch with reality.
No you are just so full of bs. The corporate world needs a good image.
You just want to blame the internet for being the internet
You just want to blame the internet for being the internet which proves to me you don't really understand at all why a company values their image.
Oh, but the internet is so upset he is 'disrespecting' her memory or being insensitive somehow... Seriously?
It might have something to do with him throwing up gang signs like a total twat outside for the paparazzi.
I have thought about it, and the conclusion is you don't understand business.