Some of these will be an instant issue, others might add up together. But they're all really bad ideas.
1. Always requiring an Internet connection.
This one is just stupid. It's been tried before and it's an unmitigated disaster. Even if it had never been tried, it's idiotic. Would we expect this from a company that is tying together all their OS products so brilliantly? Hopefully not.
2. Blocking out used games.
Not every title is a buy when it comes out or buy new, and plenty of money is made by selling online passes, map packs, song and dance downloads. Sometimes people buy consoles and sign up for Live because they trade games. Also, there are a number of companies that rent out games. So attempting to alienate vast numbers far more than their horrible sounds already do, that's just plain extra retarded. As in backwards and slow and low-IQ. Like a spark firing at the wrong time retarded.
3. Getting rid of Micro Soft Points.
They could replace it somehow, maybe, but getting rid of them totally in every way is probably not such a great idea.
4. Making the console sounds and colors even more fru-fru and Wii-like.
That's pretty self explanatory, but for those that really love the Wii and Wii games (Hello, it's Mario!!!!) they have a Wii already most certainly. Even if they're trying to convert people into dropping their current careers and becoming interior decorators, it's just a doomed idea.
Yes, I have a Wii. Yes, I've played a couple of games on it. No, it's in a box somewhere not even hooked up. No, my habits in various lifestyle areas are not applicable here.
5. Resetting achievements.
6. Not counting old achievements.
7. Doing away with achievements.
Messing around with people's Gamer Score is a sure-fire way to tank things. Removing the reasons people buy a great number of games only for that reason ("the cheevos" is beyond the most moronic thing anyone could possibly ever do. It's counter-productive, and antagonistic. Customer no-support. The definition of consumer unfriendly. Hostile.
Although it seems that would be impossible, as it would require everyone working at Microsoft to become brain-dead, or at least to forget everything they've learned since they introduced GS. Since we know they've put in achievements and tied it all in with Windows 8 on PC, tablet and phone, how could they possibly make such a move?
8. Requiring a Kinect.
9. Putting more ads on the dashboard.
Both of those are seemingly non-sensical, but maybe they could make it work, somehow. Probably not.
10. I don't have a ten here either. Perhaps later.
So, anything else we can think of? A number of people dislike or hate Microsoft as it is, so what would push you over the edge if you haven't already been by just the rumors?
Ah ha! I've just thought of another one, but possibly it's not a big enough deal to actually be on the list.
ReplyDeleteGiving the thing a dumb name. 720 might be okay (whatever the heck 720 would mean) but maybe not. Infinity? That's a car and a ship in Halo. There's an Xfinity too, isn't there?