Soleron said:
Not really. That video, and all the whining, is being done by the very small forum-frequenting demographic who will either buy an Xbox anyway (because it has the games they like) or had no intention of buying one. A few poorly communicated features are unlikely to have changed anyone's minds. The overwhelming majority of Xbox buyers have no idea there's an "Xbox One" never mind the negative stuff. The "bad PR" starts when people buy the system and it doesn't have what they want and they tell their friends that, or when they go on Amazon after launch and see it's $500. |
You're wrong. And I have a bit of an anecdote to demonstrate that you're wrong.
My sister's partner is what I'd describe as a regular casual gamer. What do I mean? He likes his CoD, his Fifa, his racing games. He had a 360 until it RRoD'ed, he now has a PS3. He also enjoys his pokemon. But he typically learns of new Pokemon games through me, and often learns of other games that way, too.
Anyway, I was over their place earlier today, and I was showing him stuff about Pokemon X/Y because he hadn't seen any of it yet. After that, he asked me if I'd seen the news about the new Xbox. I said yes, and he started telling me about how it won't let you play used games, etc, etc (I had to clarify for him that it does allow used games, but that they're certainly trying to discourage it with the way they've set it up). This is how your typical gamer, the regular casual type that doesn't spend time on forums but will still anticipate the release of a new console, is seeing things. And I asked if that meant that he would get a PS4 out of the two high-powered consoles, and he said yes.
The mainstream weren't going to be getting the system early, anyway - let's be honest, most of the mainstream aren't going to be shifting away from Wii, PS3 or 360 over the next year or two, while there's still financial issues and the new systems are expensive with relatively few games. It's your regular casual and your core gamers that will be buying systems early, and these are the ones that already know about the Xbox One's negatives.
So it's most certainly a PR disaster right now.
