Hello VGCharterz's bro.

You know I'm a PlayStation fanboy, mainly due Gran Turismo but because I really liked all PlayStation consoles launched until now.

I'm here to as a question to you guys... how much all these crazy decisions made by Microsoft until today damaged the Xbone launch?

First... it is pretty obvious and confirmed by a lot of source that PS4 was way ahead in preorders in US (the strong MS region) due the the damage caused by privous bad policies, decisions and PR talks... the situal was critical at level that made MS take surprising and drastics decisions in their Xbone's polices.

So now they are trying to fix the Xbone name focusing in what the consumers wants and for know they now (by retail) that consumers didn't want internet connection checkin or blocked used games... so no DRM for offline gaming.

MS take the best decision after the Xbone reveal and cut out all these bad things that consurmes didn't want.

So the damage is done already or can be fixed with new good decisions?

The preorders will get better like the PS4 ones?

The people that choose PS4 due better policies will go back to Xbone?

What do you fell my friends?

That's said... MS and Xbone returned to the game... now the new generation battle finnaly start.

We have short term memories, so people will forget whatever issues they had with Microsoft providing the latter implements the right moves. While considerable damage was done, I don't think it is beyond Microsoft to raise enough social capital to have strong standing by launch. But ... let's see.

The damage is huge. Everyone hates the XBox, but we're still a long way 'til it launches. It can easily fix its image.

Eh, show a couple new games and people will forget all about the fiasco that was the x1's two week long reveal

I agree... consumers forget and now MS can get back the people that was going to PS4 due the different policies.

I think for a lot of gamers the only option until now was PS4 but now they have again two consoles to make the choice.

the damage is huge, but not everlasting, MS can surely come back from this but I must say that my trust has been a little obscured, the thought of purchasing the XB1 has atleast entered my mind but I won't be purchasing one for a long time(if at all)

like I said in another thread; it's better that MS learned their lesson fast compared to what Sony and Nintendo had to go through i.e. PS3/N64(GC?)

gergroy said: Eh, show a couple new games and people will forget all about the fiasco that was the x1's two week long reveal

A new Halo always covers everything (for me it is a new GT but I get the ideia).

I think most people who were planning to abandon Xbox are coming back. The main problem is now the price (another bad decision), but at least for the biggest supporters that won't be a big issue and other people will get it eventually.

In the long run, I don't think there will be significant damage. They were smart enough to stop the direction they were going after so much backlash early, so by the time their console launches, all this stuff will be a thing of the past.

Some things are still bad (the price, Kinect required, mandatory installs, non-replaceable HDD), but it seems like they're trying to change what they can to keep from tanking before they even launch.

Well the bolded part is true for PS4 too... the BD drive can't hold all the data transfer for this new generation... the HDD stuff is really bad for guys like me that put a SSD in PS3 and will do again with PS4.