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badgenome said:
I think a lot of the hubbub is actually because they were trying to find a middle ground. They know that people still like discs and not everyone is ready to download 50 GB games. They don't want to tell retailers to go piss up a rope... yet. They have one foot in the past, and one foot in what they suppose is the future. If they had just gone full bore with a 100% digital distribution console, I think there would be as much excitement about it being a potential "Steambox" as there would be negativity. But by keeping discs around and only making the retail experience a worse and more complicated one than in previous generations, they are creating unnecessary confusion. And this confusion is greatly exacerbated by their inability to come up with any sort of coherent message for their console, which just makes the whole thing look like a cynical attempt to exercise more control over consumers rather than an actual step towards some bright digital future. |
This is the best analysis of X1's problems I've read so far. Bravo.
