endimion said:
if someone got influenced really it's Sony, by putting more and better ram than plan because they got wind of MS plans... and a big nothing new because they saw what happened to MS... last time I checked their DRM policy is still wide open for 3rd parties... Sony played it safe when they saw what MS did... MS just answered to customer feedback like they said they would do from the begining... they haven't done much like Sony... but who am I kidding... argueing here is worthless lately... the best I can get is a ban anyway.... |
Considering that there was backlash immediately after the reveal event because of their revealed policies which they left virtually unchanged up until a week after E3 when many early indications were showing very few people pre-ordering the XOne, yeah they were influenced and it was far less to do with vocal consumer backlash and a lot more to do with how many people were ordering it versus how many were ordering the PS4. In other words, they saw people buying what Sony was selling. They cared about the money they were losing, not whether people had something to say about it. They don't love you. They love your money. Just like Sony or any other huge company. Regardless of by whose influence, the Xbox One went from being what it was to pretty much exactly the same thing as the PS4 minus the bundled camera and extra $100. From the online requirement to essentially blocking used games to having mutliple barriers to Indie devs and now the camera requirement. All backpedals and not because of their respect for the opinions of anyone.
