Why do many retro gamers hate on the Xbox?

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maximo310:
While the OG Xbox and X360 have some cool exclusive titles ( Otogi 1/2, Ninja Gaiden Black, CAVE's offerings, JSRF & Gunvalkyrie, & Lost Odyssey come to mind), Microsoft has always been horrible at promoting third party titles for their systems. Competing against PS2 in 6th gen was an uphill climb, and its crazy how it still sold 24 mil units, more than the gamecube. I guess the biggest thing is that nowadays most of its library can be emulated on PS2 counterparts, but the exclusives are still worth it.

However you can easily see the shift in marketing strategy to only certain genres and first party games after 2010. After that ( especially apparent with the XB1), they've relied too heavily on Western genres and first party titles ( while hoping to keep multi plat support), and having the weaker console at the beginning of gen 8 didn't help. As a result, game variety now from Microsoft is pretty poor compared to PS4 or even the growing Switch library, and there doesn't seem to be much of a point in buying a XB1X when the only worthwhile exclusives are available on PC.

kashell:
Growing up with two brothers that were also gamers, I had access to an original Xbox. I didn't hate it. Otogi and Voodoo Vince were neat.

I'd just rather play my PlayStation 2. Or, when we were doing the multi-player thing, we just played Melee on the Cube.

fredlepirate:
Even if I prefer the PS2, I had a great time with my original Xbox with Halo, Shenmue 2, Panzer Dragoon Orta (you can unlock the original Panzer Dragoon in it), Star Wars KOTOR, Morrowind, Dead Or Alive 3, Ninja Gaiden... I still play some of those games on my Xbox360, some support 480P and still look great.

soera:
I didnt "hate" the original Xbox (other than the controller as it was the size of a football but Gamestop/Madcatz fixed that for me with the micro con). Morrowind consumed my life for a little while and D&D heroes was a great Baldur's gate wannabe.

360 however is garbage. I bet over 20% of the systems were contaminated with the RROD and thats being modest probably.

oldgamerz:

--- Quote from: soera on December 14, 2017, 09:26:10 am ---
360 however is garbage. I bet over 20% of the systems were contaminated with the RROD and thats being modest probably.

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Mine don't get a lot of use, I am aware that 360's original models were the worst. and one thing I do hate about the 360 slim, is how the disk tray just has a mind of it's own, and only stays open for a second. and then closes automatically often not letting you change the game without getting your fingers stuck

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