Prediction: XBox 1 will win the generation (consoles)

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Imaginedvl said:

theprof00 said:

Well, so long as you realize that there are already 99$ products that use voice and gesture control for tvs, and competitors range from apple, google, samsung, and even sony.

I'm not aware of any all-in one device from Apple, Google, Samsung or even Sony who can play Blu-rays, Titanfall, Forza 5, Halo 5, Skype, HDMI port in letting you see (or control) your TV while doing other stuff, surf the web and enhance your experience with Kinect 2 etc... But I may be wrong...

Now, you can argue with me about the "usefulness" of these features but it will be a matters of oppinion at this point. The facts are that the Xbox One can do all of this and Microsoft's vision is to push for it.

You and MS are dreaming if you think millions of non-gamers are going to buy this thing. If MS really wanted to appeal to the non-gamer audience here's what they'd do:

Kinect Box - Specs approximating the Wii U; Kinect 2.0; all the TV/Movie/connectivity stuff that's in the current XB One; $250 launch price; heavily marketed to the non-gaming audients, hence why ditching the "Xbox" name. That would have non-gamers buying it in their millions.

Instead tey went for a fully upgraded nexgen console for $500 which will continue to rely on enthusiastic gamers for at least 80-90% of sales. The TV/movie/connectivity stuff is there to try to convince gamers to go Xb one instead of PS4 or Wii U. But there's not all that much differentiation in the non-gaming aspects to really sway gamers, who will still buy primarily on games and price.

I think MS is trying to appeal to too many audiences and not making a very good job of appealing to any of them.

If there is something to be learned from Wii it's that the $250 launch price was a massive part in its dominance in the important years of this cycle, because that was a price that non-gamers could think was worth taking a purchasing risk on.