Does MS really deserve praise for "listening" to consumers ??

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Puppyroach said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Their situation and Sony's last gen are completely different. Sony put a new format which was expensive into the platform but it hiked up the price. MS was about the drag everyone to DRM Hell with them.

Buying Sony PR BS all the way, are we? They always had the choice of not putting that Bluray player in, but they did it since they were a big investor into the format and used their fans to get a foothold in the marketplace. At least I acknowledge that they both behave exactly the same way whenever they come from having a strong position in the market.

What PR BS dude? Sony has always been a format leader in one respect or another (hence why Nintendo brought them into the industry in the first place). Any format Sony puts into their consoles always affects the mass market (They were all expensive until Sony dropped mass market price through game sales). It worked for CD's, DVD's, and then Blu Rays, making it easier for people to have a better format in their home with any brand. They have always been in the forefront.

Just remember...they took the fall for their risk and were bleeding through the teeth financially until it became a success. Microsoft forced everyone to buy the Kinect when they knew it wasn't as desirable as the previous gen. Now that they dropped the Kinect, lets wait and see how the market more accurately responds to the Kinect based on valid games coming out to make sense out of its existence. My Kinect is disconnected. 

There is a difference between taking a risk on a primary format and a secondary peripheral.