I just want to share a little even that just happened with one of my friends. Myself and him are 32 years of age and he has a son who is 7. We texted back and forth and this is the gist of our conversation.
Me: The new Xbox is going to be $499
Him: Is it supposed to be good?
Me: Yeah, a lot of new games announced.
Him: Does it play 360 games?
Me. No
Him: That's bullshit! It better have Halo.
Me: They announced Halo and it is coming out Fall of 2014.
Him: That sucks. I'll probably get one around Christmas.
Me: It comes with Kinect so your son would probably like that.
Him: Yep. I'll get one at Christmas.
He basically introduced me to Halo. I had a PS2 and he had the original Xbox back in the day and myself, him and two other friends would play hours of split screen Halo. He is probably what you consider a casual gamer because he only plays Halo and sports titles. He doesn't play COD or any modern shooters. He has never had a Playstation system and he doesn't want one. He has no idea about the now defunct DRM policy. The thing is he isn't the only one like this. There are a lot of people who will go to the store when the system is out and see a new Xbox and buy it because it is new. They won't know about the shitstorm that was taking place in the past. It is impossible to pick a winner of a console generation already. I know everyone likes to talk sales but we won't know who will win until many years from now.
The voices online are a minority. It's a casual market out there.
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