It was seen as an extremely out-of-touch moment that arguably cost Don Mattrick his job, and Xbox eventually went back on the whole idea of a 24-hour internet requirement, adding offline functionality to the Xbox One in time for launch.
Now, what Nintendo's Doug Bowser has said this week isn't as bad as that, but it's quite humorous how similar the two quotes are! For comparison, here's Don Mattrick's infamous Xbox quote alongside Doug Bowser's Nintendo quote:
Again, I don't think this is anywhere near as bad as the Don Mattrick quote from back in the day, but it's a topic that's suddenly attracted thousands of comments across social media, with many pointing out the Xbox similarities:
The problem here, for me, isn't what Doug said - the Switch 2 is a costly system, and even though there's been justified controversy surrounding the price of its games, the hardware itself feels like it's been set at an appropriate price point.
The real problem is that you can't go channelling this quote and expecting to win over the naysayers! It's a sentence that still haunts us to this day - Xbox lost so much trust from fans during that botched launch back in 2013.
Anyway, let's not take this too seriously. The Switch 2 is not facing anywhere near the disaster that the Xbox One was during that time, and I have faith it's going to be an awesome console.. but this was a bit of an own goal for sure!
Do you see the similarities, or is this being overblown? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
