superchunk said: They couldn't let Sony have a lead regardless of plans/changes to final product. But yeah I agree that they likely didn't want to release this early and/or they wanted to but as anyone software development/product development knows... things happen and that causes delays. Remember all the rumors of issues with initial chips and code? I think that was all very true and took time away from finalizing the many features/language support you refer to. Thus a working but not finished product. |
This. Microsoft knows full well that the Xbox One wasn't ready, but because of the cloud and the way the Xbox One was built that everything they needed was pretty much a digital fix. They even fixed their clockspeed right before launch because of how impressive the PS4 proved itself to be. Microsoft knows never to let Sony launch before them.