Normchacho said:
1. But counting any and every Windows 10 device as part of the "Xbox userbase" renders the term "Xbox userbase" practially meaningless. "Look! The Xbox userbase is a billion people! I mean, most of them don't play games beyond solitare or candy crush, and the vast (like, really vast) majority of those who do actually play games do so through means that have nothing to do with us...But look! A billion people could possibly buy our stuff if they wanted to!" 2. Lets pretend there are two swimming pools that are being filled up. One, currently has 10,000 gallons of water in it. The other, 12,000 gallons. The first pool is being filled at a rate of 1,000 gallons a minute, the other at a rate of 500 gallons a minute. The first pool, despite not having as much water in it, is outpacing the second. To your point about the Xbox One somehow coming back to outpace the 360 again. I think you vastly overestimate he effect that either the Xbox One S or the Scorpio are going to have on overall sales. It needs to sell an EXTRA 255K units a month over the last 6 months of this year just to keep pace with the 360 compared to what it did last year. That's 24.4% better than it did last year, when the first half of this year it's down 8.9%. Last year, if you remember, the Xbox One had Halo 5, Forza 6, ROTR, Gears Anniversary, and no major PS4 games to go up against. This year, it's going to have to compete with the slim PS4, PSVR, and possibly even the 4.5. 3. Sure, there will be people who want the most powerful console and don't feel like buying a PC. Though I will remind you that the question was, why would someone not already interested in an Xbox One buy the Scorpio. So you're point about having certain games doesn't really fit that. Also, VR support is a good point. Though the Vive is pretty widely considered the best VR option right now, and I don't know if the Scorpio will have full PC Rift support considering that it will still likely be a good deal underpowered compared to an Oculus ready PC. |
1. Microsoft can easily determine who are the core gamers on windows 10 through analytics. We are not caveman anymore.
2. Well, the second pool in your example can get a machine of some kind that is powerful (like the scorpio) that boosts it's performance to fill it up faster. Also, xbox one s is selling out right now and knowing Microsoft price cuts and big AAA games like Gears and more a lot of people will be picking it up. A lot of people already own a ps4 and might be thinking why get a ps4 slim (same thing as the regular ps4) and get a xbox one s to experience something new for a cheap price? Also, don't bother with VR on a vanilla PS4. It is going to have a hard time with it for a lot of the interactive games.
3. Xbox Scorpio can handle VR like oculus and vive easily. I was looking at some graphic cards people/developers suggested for oculus and vive. The graphic cards they recommend only have around 4 tera flops.Xbox One will have at least 6 tera flops and not to mention since this is a console, developers know what they are working with and can do a lot of optimization for it.
4. Finally, we are talking about Microsoft. They have three billion dollar franchises underneath their belt currently and believe me there will be more over time. Microsoft will buy ips or make new ips that are worth billions and attract new users. While the competition is losing billions.
P.S. Sorry I had to own you like that. However, you were asking for it when you challenge me, the great snoopy :P
