Jay520 said:
| Soundwave said:
In the console evolution, I feel like the XBox One is like what the advent of smart phones were to cell phones.
Previous cell phones (or "dumb phones" if you will) had basic functionality like you could make calls, text, play some rudimentary games, even take photos by 2003 or so, but "smart phones" with touch based OS interfaces like the iPhone completely changed everything, even though you could say "well it's just a phone, I just make phone calls and text with it".
I think for all the flak MS has gotten a lot of people are sleeping on the potential of this ... this IMO is also truly the first game console almost anyone can use as long as they can talk. The Kinect camera even automatically recognizes who you are when the system boots up, this is something a grandparent use, the interface is that intuitive.
PS4 is a terrific console, but it still in many ways feels like a "dumb console", the X1 feels like something that's connected to the broader internet and your cable TV at all times, not just a walled in "video game network". I think for once Microsoft has finally beaten Apple to the punch -- they missed out on iPhone and iPad, but they got to Apple first by getting X1 out before Apple iTV. This is the product Apple should have made first.
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From what I have seen so far, I must disagree. The Xbox One doesn't seem to allow you to do anything dramatically different than what we were able to do before, like smart phones. Rather, the innovation behind the Xbox One lies more in execution and accessibility rather than actual features. The examples you gave with cable TV and "broader internet" (whatever that is) were already availlable to people. The Xbox One just made them easier, prettier, and able to talk to.
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You can look at how there have been hundreds of smartphones(Blackberry is the easiest example). But wheN Apple finally made a phone that anyone could use, they cracked open the market to the masses. I think that is what Soundwave is saying. Aple didn't create any new technology, they just made it easier and more attractive to use. Will the market accept this device? I think it will take a little longer than the iphone(about 15 minutes!), but within a year or so, there will be enough of them out in the real world for them to sell themselves. Look at what made the Wii such a success, people telling otheres how cool it was to use. I agree with others that say that it will sell as a games console. But it is quite obvious that M$ will ensure that it crosses the line from a games console to a mainstream media control center in the living room.
