What a difference Seven Years can make

I recently stumbled back across this, from the folks at Sarcastic Gamer:

It amused me remembering just how badly Sony started the Seventh Generation compared to Microsoft, considering how thoroughly the tables have turned. In some ways, it lends hope to the idea that Microsoft can come back from their bad start. Of course, Sony had some help in the form of a few stumbles from Microsoft like the RROD, but generally it was their own course correction which saved them. Maybe Microsoft will learn from their excellent example of disaster recovery.

Anyway, listening to the song again, it made me wish someone would do something as funny for the current situation. I'm sure someone will. I would do it myself, but I'd need some kind of musical talent to do it well. In the meantime, I was overcome with the urge to at least re-write the lyrics.

So I did:

Step 1, You make your console cost the most,

You Beat your chest and proudly Boast,

Instead of good exclusive games

You make a bunch of ridiculous claims,

Then ignore our need to play offline

Forced to connect to Xbox Live

Use Kinect, Which I don't need

Now you're getting your ass kicked by Sony

Redmond you went wrong, with your Xbox One

We don't want clouds, just games that are fun

Hope this song has helped, you understand

Now you know, How You Killed Your Brand.

Phil Harrison yeah you know best

Except you didn't Beta Test

Sure I can watch TV

But I can't trade in Witcher 3

Say 499 Don't worry you

Because you offer Kinect 2

But Kinect 1 sucked before

So what made you think we wanted more?

Redmond you went wrong, with your Xbox One

We don't want clouds, just games that are fun

Hope this song has helped, you understand

Now you know, How You Killed Your Brand

Redmond you went wrong, with your Xbox One

We don't want clouds, just games that are fun

Hope this song has helped, you understand

Now you know, How You Killed Your Brand

Redmond you went wrong, with your Xbox One

We don't want clouds, just games that are fun

Hope this song has helped, you understand

Now you know, How You Killed Your Brand