| theprof00 said: I just read a thread about a member here losing faith in the xbox one and frankly it was the last straw. It's time to stand up for the little guy and point out some things that apparently only myself and a handful of other people in the world can see. You should let it go, just because one person says they lost faith doesnt mean its time to go on a crusade, microsoft isnt "the little guy" through no fault of their own, their actions, inactions and deception is what placed them where they currently are. Strategy: It is a normal games console with hdmi passthrough slapped on. 7. Television production Now let's take a look at XB1's relative strengths: Again, the xbox one cannot act as a DVR, and those Tivo/DVR/Cable/Set top boxes are STILL REQUIRED along side the xbox one, to access said features, you seem somewhat misinformed about a product youre supposidly defending. 2. Clear identity. Face it, there is literally no product on the planet that provides a similar experience to the xbox one... in fact, even if a product was developed that could use gestures, play AAA games, record live tv, and have the kind of integration and streaming that xb1 has, it would cost much much more. One could argue that playstation is capable of doing the same with its offering, but for a great number of people (50% of 160m, according to current xbox360/ps3 numbers) the most important features are kinect, and the xbox franchises. I challenge you to point out a console that has kinect-like functionality with as robust an entertainment offering and game library as xb1 provides. 3. Look at it this way. The xb1 basically is a smart-phone for your home. We've become conditioned to all the apps and functions that our phones provide. It's only natural that we would see something similar come to the livingroom, complete with its own social-subscription though at a far cheaper price than a typical monthly verizon bill would come to, yet can do so much more (author's note: even phone calls!) Unfortunately, tablets such as the iPad and similar have been the smart-phone for your home for the past few years already, they are better suited and cheaper. 4. MS owns some of the best selling franchises on the planet. While arguable, when speaking of AAA-console-generation-exclusives MS owns the best selling games in nearly every genre. Authors note: I have excluded casual games such as phone or wii-games as they do not directly compete with MS' offering. No, that would actually be Nintendo, youre just discounting them because they break your argument, casual games and wii games DO compete with MS' offerings, because they are games that cannot be played on MS hardware, period, and its right about now that it becomes obvious that you are willing to bend reality to back up your failing argument. 5. Ease of use/pricing. There is no better time to get into all these markets for consumers. It's unlikely you bought any kind of gesture control previously (as appletv sales suck balls) and doubly unlikely you have a computer for streaming (as again, PC market is tanking), so why not up and fix all of that with one simple box? (author's note: yet to be confirmed if you still require a cable box to watch tv with xb1) For 499$, you save yourself precious livingroom space, as in order to get what xb1 offers you would need: You know whats easier than booting up yet another peice of hardware to watch tv or check out whats on tv? simply saving $500 and the electricity costs by using the controller that came with your dvr/cable box/tv and accessing the features they already have. And yet again, you STILL need a DVR box, and all the cables that come with it, as well as any subcriptions to the tv services you want to use on it, regardless of if you own and use an xbox one or not. That's at least 2 boxes more (5 v 3) and still come out to the same price during the first month. There is so much value in the system, it's almost unheard of. It makes sense when you hear MS slogan: "All in One, xbox one" Again, DVR/Cable box is still needed. 6. Free games. Nuff said. Point me to a games console that doesnt offer free games with their subscription plans. 7. XB1 is already breaking pre-order records and is certain to outsell ps4's first week by a good margin. If you're a console gamer (and we know you are) you're going to want the system that everyone else is getting. Judging by first week sales, that's going to be xb1. Virtually all wordlwide preorder articles have placed the PS4 ahead of the Xbox One by quite a stretch, so again you are simply blowing smoke out of your rear with no actual evidence so support a bad argument. 8. Just kidding, that's more than enough reasons. I'll let you pick up your brain off the floor now. If anyones brains hit the floor i assure you it was out of disbelief that a so-called xbox one fan could be so confused and mis-informed about the product he is a fan about. |
Since you snapped for the simple process of reading a single persons reasons for losing faith, ive commented on individual parts of your post to bring some reality to the table.
And with that, I think this thread is done, trolling or not I feel for you, I really do.
If you're serious then you have some major issues to address, If you're not and this was all a long winded, and genuinely not all that amusing joke, all you are doing is contributing to the demise of this community and helping to spread disinformation to random passers by who may not be entirely clued in to what each product offers, as such your joke is a shitty one.
