Xbox One from a PlayStation Fan Point of View

[AlfredoTurkey]

I use to own all three up until about a month ago. My take on the Xbox One is basically that it feels like a mistake. The hardware was a mistake (they thought they could get by with weaker hardware and didn't think quicker installs was important), the UI was a mistake (it was designed for Kinect, not a controller) the controller was a mistake (analog sticks are so long that there are now dead zones), the message of the console was a mistake (Kinect and TV!!), Kinect was a mistake... the whole thing was one big mistake.

I think what Microsoft has done is slowly try to fix these things. It started by firing the guy in charge and putting a better guy in place and then eventually changing the message and everything else to match the demographic of gamer that is out there. From BC to a new UI to trying to release a new (albeit expensive) controller... they've done all they can do to try an fix their issues. But none of them can really help the console "feel" right. It all feels cheap and you can still tell that they're almost in beta, trying to get their pieces back together. The fact that they're selling so poorly right now is proof that the public has moved on. I think they know this and they're just trying to get by until they can come up with new hardware or whatever else they're planning to do in the future.

Which leads me to my last point... I think Xbox One has taught me that Microsoft doesn't care about gaming and doesn't know what it even is. They're a software conglomerate that wanted to dip their toes into a market that was exploding with riches (late 90's and early 00's). They wanted to hurt Sony and slow their ability to become a media hub in homes around the world... that's it. Xbox was a trojan horse from day one. Start with gamers, slowly morph into casuals and then make the final turn towards "media box". They failed... and now they're stuck trying to convince us that the man behind the curtain was in fact, not really there.