Not sure why anyone would buy a 720 if they didn't buy a 360 if MS continues the same trends they've been doing.
People who didn't buy a 360
- Didn't like that the exclusives were mainly shooters.
- Didn't want to pay to play online.
- Bought a PS3 because of blu-ray, free online and other exclusives (though the 720 may have blu-ray...)
- Said it was too expensive when they owned other systems (Not sure what price point they would want? But It would be years before the next system hits $200 or less with a hard drive)
- Didn't like that a good amount of future games were heavily Kinect based and/or greatly influenced by Kinect
I don't see those things changing with the 720. Why would MS allow free online gaming when millions of users per year pay for Live? I could see them lowering the price if subscriptions fell, but no way would they remove it.
The majority of the systems best sellers are shooting games, and Microsoft's biggest IP is a FPS. Why would they make other types of games when they failed in sales ? (Don't forget MS pushed hard with JRPGS at one point: Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and Tales of Vesperia which were all below expectations in sales.)
Kinect. MS has heavily invested in the Kinect tech and despite the outcry of most hardcore gamers a lot of games come with Kinect like features now and MS still trolls the fanbase with the "Better with Kinect!" tagline.
I am a MS fanboy at heart. I bought the original XBox four months after launch and the 360 one month after launch. I plan on doing the same with the 720, but I can see why no one would want to buy one and I can't see how MS is going to lure PS3/Wii owners to buy one this time around if they didn't before. But that's just me.
It's just that simple.
