| snyps said: Casuals will might buy it. The bad press = good press theory does not work in games, only music. Microsoft will need to bring the games harder than even Nintendo to make up for this. And no matter of games can sway me to buy a system that blocks used games and isn't backwards compatible. No amount of cable tv fluff is gonna sway me.
And I bought the original Xbox day one.. I waited for the store to open! |
Few things...
1. Pretty much all console exclusive gamers can be considered "casuals" in the grand scheme of things, especially the ones that don't get the benefits of digital distribution and why a DRM has to exist to protect software. just because one plays God of War and COD 5 hours a day doesn't really make them any less casual in understanding how technology works and why certain things are possible and why they are not.
2. There is absolutely no indication that will make us believe that XB1 will be any less of a gaming machine than PS4. Infact they should share the exact same library 90% of the time with a few exclusives going both ways so fanboys can argue on forums which is better. The difference is that XB1 will do a few more things that PS4 may not be able to do with Kinect, TV etc... Below is a handy pic that is demonstrating my point.
In terms of the OP, I think their conference went exactly as planned. They got the word out to the public and demosntrated a cool piece of hardware that has wider appeal than a sstandalone gaming box. this is something Sony absolutely failed to do with its conference... Gamers are a very forgiving bunch. Give them a few killer games they can't get anywhere else and they will be saying "used games are for suckers".
