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| Gamerace said: Where the mass market go, so does the crown of gen leader. PS2 owned them and then Wii did to an even larger degree (but had a lot less core than PS2). Right now Kinect 2.0 plus illumiroom and rumoured halograhics are by far the most enticing to casuals. And the only offerings I've seen (fact or rumour) that'll pull them away from their iPads and tablets. As far as the core goes, MS is in good with them and they know they'll be well supported by both 1st & 3rd party games on MS system (unlike WiiU where 3rd party support is questionable). None of this hurts MS chances in the slightest. |
Yeah even if it's stupid, I get the feeling a much more powerful advanced Kinect + some of the projection/wall illumination stuff MS is experimenting with and really robust set-top-box functionality will make the 720 appeal to a wider audience.
Casuals are kind of stupid (I hate to say it, but I don't know how else to put it), you throw some flashy lights in front of them and they are easy to distract (though keeping them around long term can be a problem).
And then MS should be able to hold a good amount of the hardcore audience. The 360 technically is behind the PS3 in a lot of ways too (just like the PS2 was to the XBox), but it really didn't matter in the end.
As long as it's still a big upgrade over the 360, much moreso than the Wii U is, I think the core XBox gamer will be satisfied enough to stick around. And core consumers like their media functionality too, so if the 720 is basically a "Windows box", that's not neccessarily a bad thing all around for that crowd either.
