I posted this on a mainstream news site - Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/microsoft-unveils-xbox-one-new-kinect-20130522-2jzp6.html#ixzz2TyUXI7oy
Sony lost me a long time ago, but I will say I was massively disappointed by the lack of backwards compatibility. This was a mistake Sony made transitioning first from PS2 to Ps3 , and one I thought Microsoft understood the significance of. In the age of devices, effectively shutting down someone's old service without letting them take their purchases to the new service, is incredibly shortsighted.
This current generation of console gaming has been the first to really push digital content/downloadable games, and many great titles have only been available via download. No physical copies, for real world money. Just like most every PC game, or app from the iTunes or android store you say - but with the important difference that when you get a new phone or computer - you're able to still play the stuff you bought without having to dig out your old device. I have literally hundreds of downloaded titles, in addition to DLC additions to games, with many, many, many still to be played/ completed. Sure, I'd probably die before I played most of them, but I would be reluctant to essentially"throw them away". I can keep SNES cartridges in a cupboard while the system of 20 years ago is packed away - not necessarily downloaded titles.
The inability to play 360 games, even just downloaded ones, is a massive disappointment to me. Its also turned me from day one purchaser of the New Xbox into "wait and see". And if I did, I'd be buying very little downloadable content - which MS made more from me this generation than they did selling me hardware and accessories.
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Yeah - I expected a conference outlining features more than games - and wasn't disappointed with the conference as such - but I thought BC, or at least a BC solution (add on) - was part of the plan.
I guess it's still not too late to announce solutions, but going in - my confidence in digital delivery is massively dented.
