Microsoft has unveiled its follow-on to the Xbox 360 – the Xbox One.\u00a0 Some of its new \u201cfeatures\u201d are nothing short of a swift kick in the \u201cpackage\u201d for military gamers.<\/p>\n
Microsoft says they \u201cempathize\u201d.\u00a0 And they do have a work around for those in the military who, you know, deploy.\u00a0 According to Don Mattrick, President of Microsoft\u2019s Interactive Entertainment Division, \u201cFortunately we have a product for people who aren\u2019t able to get some form of connectivity, it\u2019s called Xbox 360.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s right, folks:\u00a0 Microsoft\u2019s \u201cmilitary friendly\u201d solution is to continue to use their older, soon-to-be-obsolete-and-unsupported product.<\/p>\n
I wish I was kidding above \u2013 but I\u2019m not<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not a gamer.\u00a0 But many soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines are.\u00a0 And this action by Microsoft \u2013 and their truly crappy attitude here – is a slap in the fact to all military gamers.<\/p>\n Mattrick\u2019s e-mail address appears to be\u00a0 \u201c donm@microsoft.com<\/b> \u201c. \u00a0\u00a0His boss is Steve Ballmer; his e-mail address appears to be \u201c SteveB@microsoft.com \u201c<\/b>.\u00a0 Perhaps they\u2019d like to hear from military gamers what they think about the new Microsoft Xbox One.<\/p>\n Added by Sporkmaster:<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh and it seems that it is getting worse for Microsoft when it turns out that the Demos for the Xbox One at the E3 convention were being run on high end PCs<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"