fart town usa
Gold Member
Console warriors on Twitter take it to a whole new level.
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Xbox:"Console wars aren't worth your time – playing games is 💚"
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Console is for corporation to fight, not it's stupid fanboys.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Yeah, I know, just didn’t want to get sucked in too much to a pointless argument resisting the march of time
Look at the recent craziness, where people are now equating Microsoft with events in Hiroshima - way too invested…
Exclusivity is a massive weight around the neck of growth in the gaming industry, and console wars dampen the excitement of its biggest moments - cases in point, the recent releases of Starfield and Ragnarok, both of which were soiled by rampant downplaying and shitposting from people who had never played either of them.
I mixed up the original Direct X and Xbox codenames. Still Microsoft. The reason for the codename is correct so I anticipate your apology.
Kind Regards
Dick Jones
Thirty7ven
Banned
To be fair he’s probably one of the main responsible people for Xbox even being in the conversation online. How you’re going to explain the amount of ride or die social media warriors for a brand with an extremely poor identity and a much smaller userbase and momentum than the others?
It’s all social media that isn’t reflected on anything else. Shit their fanboys have been on a third party software diet for a decade. It’s ridiculous.
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akaFullmetal
Member
Aww....thanks Microsoft
The Pleasure
Member
Did it come through or blend into the background?
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Imagine if it were them with the 20 million+ lead. You think Kumbaya would be the current song playing in their Teslas?
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Hip Hop
Member
how many historical console wars has there been since and how many casualties?
Klayzer
Member
Look no further than early to mid 360 Xbox PR. Constant chest thumping every monthly NPD, Twitter console war baiting by Aaron, etc. That's what you can expect.
To be fair, the Sony guys were provoking Xbox nation with the RROD memes.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Executives weren't. That's a key difference.
These twitter posts by MS in the OP are hallow. It's gaslighting gamers.
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Klayzer
Member
True. I can't recall either Nintendo or Sony executives mentioning Xbox in the public space, besides the Actvision deal.
solidus12
Member
MS-Xbox is the company that most actively promotes the console war through its media terminals (Tom Warren, Jez Corden and its magazines, etc...), Spencer with its references to Sony or Greenberg and its army of PRs on Twitter, The best thing they could do is keep quiet because they couldn't be more hypocritical and cynical.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Also, MS now owns franchises like Doom, Dishonored, Fallout. I so badly want a Fallout 3 remaster and New Vegas. These are such easy wins for MS and they don't take them. Nobody would object to a package of these games.
They should be commissioning development of games in those franchises.
I still want to know why Doom 2016 hasn't been put on PC Gamepass!
BlackTron
Member
It would make sense for Doom to be on GP but it never registered for me because I have long since owned the game on PC. I'm far more interested in where they are taking new games than old ones. Yeah we know MS is the King of BC and old games...so much the king we express surprise when they don't have this old game because its their specialty to buy shit and throw it on gamepass
Raven117
Member
Countless. We have lost a lot of good men out there.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Everybody knows there’s a console war, Microsoft’s issue is halo is late to open world, gears is talented but you could argue it’s going down the shitter with gears 4, 5 being a disappointment, and Xbox accessories have been a train wreck. If Xbox makes halo better, actually has good accessories, makes xbox live free they could actually win the console war.
xHunter
Member
Werent you banned mutliple times for warring?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
ulantan
Member
I lost my best friend to an N64
Die Namek Ability
Member
You dont get to take the high road when you paved the low one.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
What's not pictured here is the stacks of gamepass ultimate they would hand out at these luncheonsMS-Xbox is the company that most actively promotes the console war through its media terminals (Tom Warren, Jez Corden and its magazines, etc...), Spencer with its references to Sony or Greenberg and its army of PRs on Twitter, The best thing they could do is keep quiet because they couldn't be more hypocritical and cynical.
Phil and Ybarra would attend these types of gatherings to rally the troops and attend ones with just a group of people they game with and not hand out free crap
Klayzer
Member
PS1 vs N64 took a few loved ones from me too.
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HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
xHunter
Member
You sure?
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You sure?
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Looks like
to me.
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HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
You sure?
Sleepwalker
Member
It was me, fuck the ps1, n64life
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Portugeezer
Member
Why would they tweet this?
Starfield PS5 port in the State of Play confirmed.
Starfield PS5 port in the State of Play confirmed.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Playing around is fun when being silly about this stuff, but let's be clear: serious console warring is strictly for losers.
Killjoy-NL
Member
More sales lead to more games.
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Team Andromeda
Member
A fanboy copout.
The reality is all systems are making their platform holders profits
Honey Bunny
Member
This one is going in the cringe compilation
Killjoy-NL
Member
Your closing comment doesn't change the fact that more sales result in a larger installbase, leading to more incentive to release games on that specific platform.
That platform-agnosticism isn't any better than fanboyism. It's just a "mightier than thou" stance.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
Microsoft 'will kill Sony' at E3
After a lacklustre announcement, it seems Microsoft has decided to take a more aggressive approach to the console war.
futurefive.co.nz
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
What are his console war pronouns?/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24748458/spencer.png)
K2D
Banned
So, what..? Are they alluding to that Starfield has been under attack from console warring fanboys and not just, you know, not being as good as Fallout* or Skyrim, or still being as janky as ever?
*I love the Fallout series but I'm still disappointed by Bethesda's execution and their watering down.
*I love the Fallout series but I'm still disappointed by Bethesda's execution and their watering down.
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Solidus_T
Member
Hypocrites. Xbox and their team of influencers are the most toxic when it comes to console wars. Not long ago, there was a slate of copy pasted astroturf tweets about Starfield making them want to sell their non-existent PS5s for the game. These people are the only ones to every explicitly mention console wars as well, while Nintendo and Sony carry on making great games.
The Pleasure
Member
I see some NsuxtyFour in here. Fuck you Antstoic!
Freelance Yakuza
Member
Chief and XCapim (Xgrass), members of Xbox Milgrau (Thousand Degree) along with Microsoft executives. Xbox Milgrau was the most toxic channel that ever existed, even losing several lawsuits for slander and defamation. They attacked minorities, insulted women, and rallied their online gang to launch attacks against people they didn't like. They even ran a campaign to spoil The Last of Us 2 at launch.
They did this for years.
Do you know when Microsoft cut ties? It was when they made (another) racist joke, but this time it was during the George Floyd protests.
Everyone started messaging Microsoft, asking if they weren't going to do anything, and Phil immediately realized it would look very bad.
www.vice.com
Sources concerned about Xbox Mil Grau told Motherboard that over the past few years, the channel rose to prominence by harnessing the toxicity fueled by console wars.
"They started as every gamergater did: harassing people under the 'ethics in game journalism' flag," a Brazilian journalist, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions, told Motherboard over email. This person has worked in video game journalism since 2014, and said they watched Xbox Mil Grau rise to popularity through smears and attacks.
"They did that by exposing journalists and popular YouTubers that disliked or gave low review scores for Xbox games," the source said. "When journalists started making their accounts private, they just went for plain harassment instead. Needless to say, but the harassment was even worse when they attacked female journalists."
Bruna Penilhas, a video game journalist in Brazil, told Motherboard that in addition to the abuses she suffered from Mil Grau online, which was "hell for many days," they also took their harassment offline.
"At the [Brazilian Game Show], which is like the Brazilian E3, he and his followers came to our booth with posters accusing us of several false things," Penilhas said over Twitter direct messages. "When I recorded a video at the Xbox booth, they tried to sabotage and appear in the background. At the same event, he had the opportunity to take the stage of an Xbox Brazil presentation and talk to Phil Spencer. In 2018, Mixer took them to E3. It was always very frustrating for me and my colleagues, because nothing was done."
"In mid-2018, a few weeks before E3, the new head of Xbox in Brazil, Bruno Lobo Motta, visited some video game outlet newsrooms, including ours, to meet the press and inevitably we talked about Xbox Mil Grau," the source said. "Mr. Motta assured us that they warned the global Mixer office about Xbox Mil Grau's offensive behavior and we didn't need to worry about [the channel] at E3. Shortly after E3, they left Mixer and went to Twitch, but I'm not sure this is related to changes in their relationship with Mixer itself. However, at some level, Microsoft's global offices were aware of these guys since 2017, but still allowed him to use his brand."
They did this for years.
Do you know when Microsoft cut ties? It was when they made (another) racist joke, but this time it was during the George Floyd protests.
Everyone started messaging Microsoft, asking if they weren't going to do anything, and Phil immediately realized it would look very bad.
Microsoft Finally Severs Ties With Racist Brazilian YouTubers
Xbox Mil Grau attacked marginalized people for years, insulated by a relationship with Microsoft. Brazilian gamers have had enough.
www.vice.com
Sources concerned about Xbox Mil Grau told Motherboard that over the past few years, the channel rose to prominence by harnessing the toxicity fueled by console wars.
"They started as every gamergater did: harassing people under the 'ethics in game journalism' flag," a Brazilian journalist, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions, told Motherboard over email. This person has worked in video game journalism since 2014, and said they watched Xbox Mil Grau rise to popularity through smears and attacks.
"They did that by exposing journalists and popular YouTubers that disliked or gave low review scores for Xbox games," the source said. "When journalists started making their accounts private, they just went for plain harassment instead. Needless to say, but the harassment was even worse when they attacked female journalists."
Bruna Penilhas, a video game journalist in Brazil, told Motherboard that in addition to the abuses she suffered from Mil Grau online, which was "hell for many days," they also took their harassment offline.
"At the [Brazilian Game Show], which is like the Brazilian E3, he and his followers came to our booth with posters accusing us of several false things," Penilhas said over Twitter direct messages. "When I recorded a video at the Xbox booth, they tried to sabotage and appear in the background. At the same event, he had the opportunity to take the stage of an Xbox Brazil presentation and talk to Phil Spencer. In 2018, Mixer took them to E3. It was always very frustrating for me and my colleagues, because nothing was done."
"In mid-2018, a few weeks before E3, the new head of Xbox in Brazil, Bruno Lobo Motta, visited some video game outlet newsrooms, including ours, to meet the press and inevitably we talked about Xbox Mil Grau," the source said. "Mr. Motta assured us that they warned the global Mixer office about Xbox Mil Grau's offensive behavior and we didn't need to worry about [the channel] at E3. Shortly after E3, they left Mixer and went to Twitch, but I'm not sure this is related to changes in their relationship with Mixer itself. However, at some level, Microsoft's global offices were aware of these guys since 2017, but still allowed him to use his brand."
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Sanepar
Member
For me the worst part of fanboys is how they defend these companies. Guys they charge you for everything. They want your money they are not your friend, they don't care about u. Don't defend them. Don't be stupid. Just enjoy the good games doesn't matter the company behind.
The gamepass cult and Phil Spencer cult are the most embarassing thing on game market nowadays. They look like that guy with a bible trying to show u the "word of Jesus".
The gamepass cult and Phil Spencer cult are the most embarassing thing on game market nowadays. They look like that guy with a bible trying to show u the "word of Jesus".
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
MS-Xbox is the company that most actively promotes the console war through its media terminals (Tom Warren, Jez Corden and its magazines, etc...), Spencer with its references to Sony or Greenberg and its army of PRs on Twitter, The best thing they could do is keep quiet because they couldn't be more hypocritical and cynical.
Sony is at least as bad. You’re just far removed from it because all the senior leadership is in Europe & Japan. And MS is entirely NA
ulantan
Member
Playstation headquarters is in california thier biggest market. So that doesn't track.
Sony is at least as bad. You’re just far removed from it because all the senior leadership is in Europe & Japan. And MS is entirely NA
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Pull out all of the stops they did. Literally stopped people from buying their console that year!Microsoft 'will kill Sony' at E3
After a lacklustre announcement, it seems Microsoft has decided to take a more aggressive approach to the console war.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Chief and XCapim (Xgrass), members of Xbox Milgrau (Thousand Degree) along with Microsoft executives. Xbox Milgrau was the most toxic channel that ever existed, even losing several lawsuits for slander and defamation. They attacked minorities, insulted women, and rallied their online gang to launch attacks against people they didn't like. They even ran a campaign to spoil The Last of Us 2 at launch.
They did this for years.
Do you know when Microsoft cut ties? It was when they made (another) racist joke, but this time it was during the George Floyd protests.
Everyone started messaging Microsoft, asking if they weren't going to do anything, and Phil immediately realized it would look very bad.
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Always the go to for some folks. When Xbox faulters, blame SonyToo™.
Klayzer
Member
Yes doctor. Let see these "Sonytoo" receipts.