Xbox One from a PlayStation Fan Point of View

[Azuren]

Let me start off by blowing the minds of anyone who knows me: I played OG Xbox roughly twice as much as PS2.

Between Crimson Sea, Halo 1/2, Phantom Crash, and KOTOR 1/2, I didn't have as much time for PS2. At the time, I appreciated Xbox's lineup more, and my multiplatform games like Legacy of Kain: Defiance played better on my Xbox.

But when 7the generation rolled around, I saw something else: a machine that could play the largest selection of Gen 5 and 6 games, while have more games moving forward. I invested in a PS3, one that I have to this day. After the PS3 games started to underperform and games like Fable 2 came out, I bought an Xbox 360. Which RRoD'd. Microsoft replaced it, and the replacement RRoD'd. And it happened over. And over. And over. I no longer have an Xbox 360, as I did not replace the last one. My games got traded in at GameStop, and I decided to run PS3 for the rest of the generation.

Fast forward to May 2013. Microsoft revealed the XB1, showing off their console in an attempt to slap Sony in the face for not showing theirs. Then they later confirmed that you have to check in online once every 24 hours. And there are restrictions on used games. And you can't turn off Kinect. And Kinect will ship with every XB1, no matter what.

The Internet collectively said no, but Microsoft said yes. I want to be clear that I respected that. They stuck to their guns and had a clear plan in mind that the public didn't see.

Then we roll around to e3. They come out on stage and are practically boo'd off of it, then turn around and say they've listened to the fans. This is where I take issue.

If they card what the fans thought, they would have changed the plans prior to e3. Even if they had no plans set in place to replace what they had, "We don't have any current plans, but we're working on them based on prior feedback" would have been better than "You'll take it and you'll like it... Oh, stock's dropping, never mind." They listened to their wallets, not the fans, and telling me that they listened to the fans was the single greatest insult a corporation has ever dealt me.

Here's my take on XB1: they don't have much respect for us. Until they issue a statement saying they changed their plans because it wasn't financially sound, I'll always feel insulted by them. As though they don't think I can add parts of a problem together. They're putting the pieces back together from when e3 2013 shattered their image, but PlayStation send to always be a few steps ahead of them now (not to mention quite a bit of market share ahead). I'm interested in Scalebound, but I wouldn't buy an XB1 at this point even if it had Dark Souls 3 exclusively.