| Jimbo1337 said: Those two statements contradict each other. How can Microsoft get the "network effects" by introducing internet connectivity with the 360, as you pointed out, but somehow not get it with their later console, the XB1, eight years later? |
What he means is that the size of the user base is more important than ever because of online connectivity. If I want to play CoD with my friends, we have to be in the same console. If there are more PS4s, probably more friends of mine will have one and when I decide to buy a console, I will buy the same one that they have to be able to play with them.
Edit: Just to add. User base was always important, since your friends would try to get you to buy the same console they have. But now, they have a stronger argument. If you want to play with them, you have to buy the same console.
