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Machiavellian on 30 April 2014
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kitler53 said:
celador said:
kitler53 said:
celador said:
They want to control the living room. If a husband wants to buy something to play games on and his wife wants something to watch TV and movies through Xbox is a decent option I suppose


i dunno what your household looks like but...

 

...my wife and i have two tvs.  one hooked up to my ps4 so that i can play games,. while she's in the other room watching tv.   i'd never pay $500 to give her and xbox (or $400 for a ps4) so that she can access netflix or whatever.  o.v.e.r.k.i.l.l.


A lot of people will only have one TV and so will want something under it that can cover as many bases as possible, and maybe for some people that is Xbox.  You're not in that situation.  p.e.o.p.l.e.a.r.e.d.i.f.f.e.r.e.n.t.

while i get that p.e.o.p.l.e.a.r.e.d.i.f.f.e.r.e.n.t,... the average US household has 3.1 TVs.    ...and i'd be willing to bet the housholds able to purchase a $500 gaming machine are far more likely to have more than 1 tv than the households unable to afford xbone.

I have 3 TVs.  The big one in the main living room, one in my bedroom and one small TV with a DVD player in the kids room.  Currently I have the PS3 in my bedroom and my 360 in the living room.  Reason is that my TV in my bedroom is 1080P while the living room one is 720/1080i.  Anyway, having the media features on the PS3 and 360 pretty much the same makes my household very happy.  When I am playing on the main TV, the kids can go to my bedroom and watch netflix.  Having both systems able to grab my media from my Win 7 PC is also great.  Probably one of the reasons I have not purchase the PS4 or X1 is that they are lacking in certain media features that have become common place in my household.