Dallinor said:
I think it's naive to claim that consumers don't have some knowledge on these matters. The discrepancy is being propogated across the internet and through word of mouth. Not everyone tuned in to watch the initial Xbone reveal, but through various channels, like twitter, youtube and various gaming websites, a larger section of the general public were exposed to negative reactions to MS's intial missteps. I'd say things like resolution are largely irrelevant at differing price points. However, with two products carrying the same price tag and one being widely broadcasted as 'more powerful', it may have a larger sway than we think, beyond the limited boundaries of video game threads scrutinizing pixels. |
You are right if these issues are hammered into public perception, and if it´s effect the overall quality of the games and services. But not when that dosen´t effect the user "apreciation".
There were much more hate toward Microsoft because of the DRM than anything else. After that was the price, granted to bundling Kinect... then it wasn´t until octuber with COD:Ghots resolutiongate.
And let´s be honest even with the only two games which are 720p vs 1080p they are exactly the same game, they play the same way and have the same feture (let´s ignore exclusive content).
Do you think that every smartphone with a better screen resolution will sell better than it´s competior sole because of that?
But, hey!! What else can Microsoft do? Recall all their XOne and release a new one with slight more RAM and ROPs in the GPU?
