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method114 on 09 April 2014
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cpg716 said:

I agree with you 100% but still the X1 made the wrong moves here. The cable TV one really made me scratch my head to be honest. How did that meeting go?

 

MS Exec: "Hey guys lets make are box compatiable with cable TV"

Assistant: "Aren't cable TV subscriptions dropping rapidly every year? Should we invest in something like that right now it's only going to continue dropping as this gen goes on"

Ms Exec: "I still have cable TV I'm sure a lot of people do"

Assistant: "....."

Well.    103 MILLION households out of the 114 MILLION tv watching households have PAID TV. (Cable, Sat, Telco).  Average household has 2.4 people in it.  So about 250 million of the 311 MILLION Americans have it..       80% of the country..       While the Intenet likes to YELL about the death of Cable TV..   it will still be DECADES until this changes much.     

So I am sure the meeting dealt with the actual fact and reality of paid TV..  and not the dream world the internet has created.

So. Yes...  80% of Americans have Cable/Paid TV...   and 90% of ALL TV households do..          

Yes a lot of people still do have cable TV but your not looking at all the numbers. Ratings are down across the board tons of people might still have cable TV but are they using it? I have cable TV I'm stuck in a two year contract cause my GF wanted it. I don't want it but she does whenever she spends the night it's going to be canceled as soon as the contract is done.

My point is why invest in an industry that's on it's way down? That's not the smart move. Espicially if we're talking the next 5-7 years.Even if someone is paying for cable TV how often do they watch it? That's the most important thing. Are you going to pay another $100 for a feature you'll never use because you hardly watch cable TV to begin with? Ratings and subscriptions are down and continue to go down year after year.

It was a dumb idea and the kinect was a dumb idea and sales have proven as much. Xbox rules the US with an iron fist and now they are struggling to keep ahead of the PS4 (if they even are ahead I don't know exact numbers just that it was close). Removing those things and investing in the gaming hardware of the X1 would have practically killed Sony at this point. I would have gone with the X1 no question (well I did get one but I'm returning it this weekend) if they would have had a machine that was as powerful as the PS4. I didn't want to lose my achivements and all of that.