Can the XBOX One be saved?

[Landguy]

dreamcast210 said:
I can't believe what some of you are posting in this thread. Were you not around for the past eight years while Microsoft transformed the "Blade" system of the Xbox 360 to what it is today? How they boosted the console's image with a near relaunch when the dashboard was redesigned in 2008? And effectively released another console in 2010 with Kinect?

All of these things allowed the Xbox 360 to stay relevant for eight years and sell way after anyone should have cared compared to a typical console life cycle. The 360 will easily be around for another year or two before the major shift happens to the new generation of consoles.

I could say similar things about the PS3.

You have to stop being shortsighted in your assessment of numbers.

So, you are comparing the back end of a consoles life cycle to the front end?  The 360 has sold well the last few years because of it's price and the multiplat games.

The problem is that everyone's friend wil not have an XB1.  So, why will they have to have an XB1 when they can buy a more powerful and more popular PS4 for 20% less?

M$ won big by launching 1 year earlier than the PS3 with the 360.  When the shooters took over the market, everyone was already playing them on the 360.  that made a lot of people go buy it to join the club.

The whole point of this thread is that M$ can't rest on a successful console launch(ask Nintendo).  They need to be proactive to ensure they have the market advantage when it comes to the "my friend has it" buyer's.

A huge chunk of the PS360 owners will not see the need to buy any new system for another year or two(like you said).  When they get ready to buy, they will buy what their friends have.  If M$ doesn't get their demand closer to what the PS4 has, they will get behind too far to matter.  M$ can't make up ground in Japan or Europe like Sony does... 

It's not really about who sells the most consoles.  M$ is attempting to have the XB1 be an integral part of a MUCH larger ecosystem.  If it doesn't see mass adoption, then this affects the Windows PC OS and the Windows Phone OS and even the Tablets.