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I am not a gamer, but I bought an XBox 360 and Kinect because it had the messenger app and my parents 10000 miles away can see their grandkids who are always ru

I am not a gamer, but I bought an XBox 360 and Kinect because it had the messenger app and my parents 10000 miles away can see their grandkids who are always running around. And it worked really well. Then one day, they dropped support for messenger. Now, if you want to have the same functionality, you have to get an XBOX One that integrates with Skype. Several people complained in Microsoft forums about taking away a functionality they explicitly paid for. They were greeted with a link to the legal Terms of Service. That is it. I am not going to get something from a company that does this bait and switch.

KirinDave 11y ago
And who is that? I'm curious. I'm not here to say that MS doesn't have people doing bullshit marketing powerplays like the one you described. But in the console market, that's pretty much how the business works. And in the larger PC market, you've got 3 realistic options and they're all frustrating in one way or another.
KirinDave 11y ago
And who is that? I'm curious. I'm not here to say that MS doesn't have people doing bullshit marketing powerplays like the one you described. But in the console market, that's pretty much how the business works. And in the larger PC market, you've got 3 realistic options and they're all frustrating in one way or another.
pjc50 11y ago
Ouch, I'd not heard about that particular bit of functionality removal.
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- thro1237 11y ago
  They removed a perfectly working functionality. At the time of removal they said it was because they wanted to bring in Skype to XBOX 360. But skype never came to Xbox 360 and it came only in XBox One. This entire feature that is touted in this video [1] is not available in Xbox 360 now. And I bought an XBox 360 because Microsoft's marketing material said it is available. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsTimrYTIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsTimrYTIQ

KirinDave 11y ago

And who is that? I'm curious. I'm not here to say that MS doesn't have people doing bullshit marketing powerplays like the one you described. But in the console market, that's pretty much how the business works. And in the larger PC market, you've got 3 realistic options and they're all frustrating in one way or another.

KirinDave 11y ago

pjc50 11y ago

Ouch, I'd not heard about that particular bit of functionality removal.

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thro1237 11y ago
They removed a perfectly working functionality. At the time of removal they said it was because they wanted to bring in Skype to XBOX 360. But skype never came to Xbox 360 and it came only in XBox One. This entire feature that is touted in this video [1] is not available in Xbox 360 now. And I bought an XBox 360 because Microsoft's marketing material said it is available. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsTimrYTIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsTimrYTIQ