Xbox One Is Pricey Because Microsoft Doesn't Put Consumers First Like Sony Does

[Mr Puggsly]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Mr Puggsly said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

1. A format that plays HD media would have become cheap regardless of Sony. I read that Wii U uses a technology similar to Bluray. But are they paying Bluray licensing fees?

Way to downplay it Pug Pug. Well played. Nintendo is most likely paying licensing fees and so is MS.

2. Xbox One won't be $500 forever. The masses generally don't buy consoles at its launch price. Use a little logic please.

I know that Pug Pug, but its stupid on Microsofts part since their goal is to beat Sony. They cant beat Sony without some head start or initial push. They will lose the bargain multiplat buyers they took from Sony by making their offerings as close as possible to them. The Kinect will not help because the casuals will not care due to price restrictions and lack of demand so its a lost cause. I'll probably buckle down and get an Xbox because I loves myself some Halo.

3. Show me a source that proves HD-DVD was destroying Bluray. But I wouldn't care if Bluray was destryed, the dominant media would have become cheap regardless.

Yeah, but it would've taken years for that to happen. Can't wait to see 4k tv's drop in price after a couple years. ;)

Like I said before. Sony didn't push Bluray to benefit consumers. They pushed it to benefit Sony. They probably didn't anticipate digital media growing so fast though.

Looks like consumers are benefiting from Blu Ray and its probably the last hard format before full digital. :)

1. I'm not downplaying anything. You're giving Sony too much credit for technology getting cheap after about 7 years on the market.

If Nintendo is paying licensing fees, why didn't they just put a Bluray in their console? I'm certain MS is paying licensing fees, but Bluray is cheap technology now. MS and Sony will still be paying DVD licensing fees I imagine.

2. Clearly MS's goal isn't to beat Sony in market share. Otherwise MS would just play it safe, remove the KInect and lower the price. Its clear that Sony's goal is to be the market leader, but MS is trying to make their console something unique. Kinect 2.0 better be pretty amazing if they're going to push it like this.

3. But it has taken years for Bluray to become more affordable. I guess you're presuming it would have taken more years for it to become this affordable.

Consumers would have benefited from any format capable of HD video.

I highly doubt Bluray will be the last hard format. Is Bluray even sufficient for 4K video?