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Kasz216 on 24 January 2014
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JoeTheBro said:
gergroy said:
JoeTheBro said:


What can the XBONE do that the PS4 can't? The big things at the moment are suspend/resume, snapping, and TV in. Are casuals going to really want to spend $40 more just for those features and Kinect tracking when the PS4 is better in every other way? Also suspend/resume is coming and snapping would be very possible to port to PS4. If you are correct about casuals really valuing those features, Sony can implement all of them very quickly except HDMI in.

Tv in could actually be a big deal for casuals.  I know my 70 year father likes the sound of just being able to talk to his tv instead of using a remote.  If microsoft can get the price down, I can easily see microsoft being able to market to that casual crowd.  I still think the ps4 will lead globally, but I think microsoft will retain majority here in the US.

If your father is just interested in talking to the tv, wouldn't he be far more likely to get the comcast x1 or another cable box that does that? The X1 is only $50-$100 if you already have cable. It doesn't sound like he's interested in gaming, so even at $400 Microsoft would have a really hard time selling to this crowd.

I mean... if he knows about it and his speciific cable operator has it.  (If he has cable).

I mean... I've never heard of it and i imagine i'm at least as well informed as your average old dude.

Why were Ipod's so successful even though there were cheaper and better MP3 players out there... and MP3 players out there way before the Ipod released? 

Successful marketing, marketing it to the casual segement who didn't even know mp3 players were a thing really.

 

Xbone really does have a small chance of being successful by playing up the interlinking/run everyting features of the Xbone...

but it hasn't really tried.

So the chance does seem small.

 

Plus there's always the chance casuals just don't show up to play in big numbers this gen.  It happened before with the Atari.  Instead of migratign to PC gaming it could end up being phone.  (Well and facebook)