| pokoko said: It still has the "gaming console for people who really, really like TV" advantage. It might also have the casual advantage but it's too soon to determine if Kinect is still a draw or not. I'm interested to see how Kinect games sell. Launch titles mean nothing. I refuse to believe that anyone seriously buys a console primarily on the weight of launch titles. Microsoft's biggest advantage is that a lot of people feel invested in Xbox Live because of achievements, friends lists, and that gaming score thing. That alone will bring back a lot of people. The same is true for Sony, too, of course, though Nintendo hasn't really understood how valuable that is yet. |
But it is the same with his so called advantages of the xbox 360. None of them really meant something, no one buys a console because Multiplats might have 3 pixels more on the system, no one buys a console because of 2 seconds faster Installs or because of Party Chat and which controller is better is entirely subjective.
The only reasons why the Xbox 360 was so successful was because of the price point, because it released a year earlier than the ps3 and the fact that Microsoft managed to get the same level at 3rd party game support as Sony.
The price, the early releas and the game support were the reasons why the 360 had success.
And the price and the early releas are the real two big advantages MS lost this gen. They really have to look that they can lower the price as fast as they can.
