Penello: 'People just weren't ready' for all-digital Xbox One
"I do feel like we never got a chance to have a rational conversation about what we were trying to do," Penello told Engadget.
When Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, it didn't have consistent answers to basic questions: Was it always on? Would it allow used games? Eventually, Microsoft announced Xbox One would require an internet connection once every day, and that didn't go over so well. Microsoft reversed its DRM features a few weeks later.
"Sometimes the customer just says, 'No. I look at it this way, I'm done, I've made up my mind,'" Penello said. "And we go, well, we've gotta fix it. It's not worth it. And that's where I think we were on the digital stuff. We'll get back to some of the cool stuff, and we have a lot of the cool stuff still in there."
Penello said Microsoft hasn't given up on a fully digital future. "We just think that's the way the future's gonna go," he said. "We may have been right. What we were wrong about was that it's just too soon. People just weren't ready to make that leap right away."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/08/penello-people-just-werent-ready-for-all-digital-xbox-one/
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TywinPosted:
Katsumi-CP We are totally ready for it!
The negative backlash from the gaming community when the Xbox One was announced said otherwise.
That was because of the "no sharing games" and "always on Kinect".
Once they worked out those kinks, The Xbone turned out great.
TywinPosted:
UMFAmp-I agree too. I guess you could say that at least they are honest...Lia I feel Microsoft is always vague on there answers. At least they are revising there decision based on the communities response.
I agree. If they went about it better, people wouldn't of been so against it.
If they were to literal, they would just get yelled at once they had to change something they had originally talked about.
TywinPosted:
jay123123321 the main reason why i pre-ordered the xbox one was because of the original drm policy ):
You preordered because you liked that you couldn't share games?
That doesn't make sense.
TywinPosted:
VANAGON Wouldve sucked so bad if they didnt revise it.
There was so much negativity around the Xbone when it was announced they will do what it takes to make consumers happy.
TywinPosted:
Lia I feel Microsoft is always vague on there answers. At least they are revising there decision based on the communities response.
They can't be to detail on their answers.
At this time the Xbone wasn't even released and some of the details might have changed before its release.
TomorrowLandPosted:
Amp-I agree too. I guess you could say that at least they are honest...Lia I feel Microsoft is always vague on there answers. At least they are revising there decision based on the communities response.
I agree. If they went about it better, people wouldn't of been so against it.
TywinPosted:
Lia I feel Microsoft is always vague on there answers. At least they are revising there decision based on the communities response.
They have to be vague so that people are surprised when they get the console.
It wouldn't be as fun if people knew every little tiny spec about the Xbone before it even came out.
OhmPosted:
Lia I feel Microsoft is always vague on there answers. At least they are revising there decision based on the communities response.
i think they can definitely go about things alot better than they are now.
DissPosted:
I feel Microsoft is always vague on there answers. At least they are revising there decision based on the communities response.
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