Mainstream Media loves the Xbox One - Are "hardcore" gamers becoming irrelevant?

[Torillian]

Carl2291 said:

Torillian said:

This is what makes me think that even though I find the Xbox One's current direction totally boring and not my thing that it's going to be a success anyway and would have to be my current bet for the best sales next gen. I doubt most people will know or care about the things the forums have been blowing up about lately and the TV thing could be a huge bonus to casual sales. If I had to bet I think it'll be like the Wii success: obviously the best sales, but not the first choice of the majority of the hardcore gamers.

It'll be interesting to see what they show at E3 (and whether or not they repeat anything from this conference or they completely skip it over like some have been suggesting) and how this next generation plays out in general.

There is one pretty major difference between the Wii and the One.

Price.

The Wii launched at $250.

That's a fair point, it might be difficult for MS to use the same strategy of capturing the mainstream gamer if they price themselves out of it.  But because of those old rumors about MS doing a subscription model I think they might be able to make it work.