What is the rational that US/UK is Xbox's?

[kitler53]

vivster said:
You can't extrapolate like that.
Xbox is the one and only console ever that is extremely US centric. That and the year head start helped it to Win US against PS3 by a landslide.
Console ecosystems are more and more integrated now so changing a console is more and more difficult. In the past there wasn't a single thing keeping a person from changing consoles between generations. Now they have subscriptions, friends lists, achievements, familiarity. The chance that people who had an X360 will go with X1 this gen is really really high in US.
MS is willing to fight for it so US will be definitely Xbox territory. Unless of course they screw up again and make a 180 in the wrong direction.

achivements/trophies, imo, only motivate the fanatics that knew which console they were getting before any console was announced.

friends is a huge reason people pick a console, but the last gen consoles don't play with the next gen consoles.  people will follow their IRL friends to whatever console they are insterested in.  internet friends, in everything i've ever played, are extreemly disposable.

subscriptions run out and aren't that expensive to begin with.

...pay attention to the early gen sales.   they haven't been anything like last gen sales.   that already is the proof that these influences don't matter that much.  america especially has no brand loyalty.