When did Xbox turn bad for you?

[Dodgykebaab]

I have a negative view of Xbox as a brand and eco system. But it wasn't always like this, I started off actually really liking Xbox but I clearly remember at what point I started to turn on the brand.

When Xbox first launched, I was all in on it. I enjoyed Project Gothem, Jet Set Radio Future, an even Steel Batalion with its giant controller!

I was a member of Xbox Live on day 1 and although played at lot of Halo 2 clan matches I actually had the mos fun trying for Burnout 2 online High scores in Crash mode.
I did have a PS2 & Game Cube (and Dreamcast but obviously no new games were coming to that!) but I played the Xbox far more than any of the other systems and it was even my DVD player because I bough the adaptor.

I got and really liked the Xbox 360 at launch and for that first year I was all in on that console. I got the plug and charge kits, the WiFi adaptor and the VGA lead. The first year or so the software was strong but I couldn't help but keep an eye on the upcoming PS3.

By the time March 2007 rolled around I decided the day before launch to buy a PS3; only because I wanted Virtua Fighter 5! But that was the start of looking at the Xbox in a different light.

The PS3 didn't need a plug and charge kit, or a WiFi apaptor, it had a bigger HDD, had HDMI, free Online and had a BluRay Drive. By the time you factored all that stuff in, it was far cheaper than the Xbox 360!

But the 360 was still good, the games were fun and I played Final Fantasy XI Online for hours upon hours on it. But my opinion of Xbox had dropped from overwhelmingly positive, to good.

Then less good new first party games were coming out, but the PS3 was getting loads.
Then the 360 started showing adverts in the dashboard even though you had to pay for a subscription to play online. The PS3 just kept getting new features.

My opinion of Xbox had dropped a fair bit by this point, but the tipping point was the NXE update. The dashboard was now far, far worse and piled up with the other issues that had come along, my opinion of Xbox tipped from neutral to unfavourable.

In the years since, my opinion of Xbox has sank from unfavourable, to completely negative.

 

[moonbits]

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

I would say at the middle live-span of the Xbox 360 which was a small Bump because it still got great games but became really bad when the Xbone released.

That was almost a straight dive into misery . But the Xbox series X showed us , it can always be much worse .

 

[Goshikk]

When they went the SEGA way and replaced A and B & X and Y, ruining my every single quick time event

So day one

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

When they announced the Kinect and on that same E3 they showed more Kinect garbage then anything else. Only 3 games came out of Kinect that were good and its not even worth it for that.
The downfall of Xbox was at that moment and the peak of it was Don Mattrick's hand rubbing when they announced the Xbone.

 

[moonbits]

When they announced the Kinect and on that same E3 they showed more Kinect garbage then anything else. Only 3 games came out of Kinect that were good and its not even worth it for that.
The downfall of Xbox was at that moment and the peak of it was Don Mattrick's hand rubbing when they announced the Xbone.

 

[Neb Lleb]

Three words: Game Pass increase. Just like that, Microsoft's consoles wound up going on markdown at retailers and PlayStation claimed victory in the console wars.

 

[PhrawzT]

The Xbox One is what ruined Xbox for me. The original and 360 were great, but I felt like the name was dumb, and the games were uninspired and there was a lack of good exlusives.