Opinions: The Primary Reason For Microsoft's Focus On Media Entertainment

[Adinnieken]

chapset said:

Adinnieken said:

The primary reason Microsoft focused so heavily on media entertainment wasn't to win the living room, but China.  With China's policy against gaming consoles, pushing the Xbox One as a media/communications hub will allow it to more easily gain access to that market.

With access to China's 1.3 billion people, it'll give Microsoft access to the largest consumer market in the world.  Because of this, Sony will not only answer Microsoft, but follow them.   

The xbone and ps4 will be too expensive for 80% of the chinese population and Kinect will most likely not work there for years the same for all those xbox tv apps

China, why wouldn't it work there?  There are over 6500 channels in the US between digital, non-digital over-the-air, and cable channels.  There are approximately 3,000 in China.  I think if Microsoft can figure out the US, it can figure out China.