How the Xbox One X can have a real shot at success, despite the high price.

[Ganoncrotch]

monocle_layton said:

Ganoncrotch said:

Maybe it will come with a breaking plate simulator in 4k? :o the possibilities

And yeah... this E3 started off talking about the GB memory bandwidth of the Xbox 1 X.... absolutely lost the casual gamer from that point forward imo, they just don't have a clue what gamers want or it seems if they do know what gamers want, they're unwilling to change their creed to sell to that customer which is a shame because the X360 was a machine for the gamers really and the X1 just seems to be powered by a corporate meeting rather than anyone with an interest in gaming. The thought that Forza in 4k is going to shift consoles too is just a joke when you think that there is already 5 Forza games on the system, is the 6th one really going to be the turning poing for the machine? is this really expected to be the Breath of the Wild for the system?

Seeing fans act as though Forza is a console-worthy purchase makes me think it's a joke.

 

There is absolutely no way some racing game, regardless of how good it is, will ever have that much power. The Xbox One X's only power is from its sheer specs.

 

It's like having the strongest man in the world be a complete dumbass. Not gonna be doing much with that strength if it can't even use it properly

Europe does enjoy a good racing Sim but the thing is you look at the front page, 25k Xbox's in EU compared to 150k PS4's like... it really is going to take more than a single game to turn the tides here for Microsofts console, when you think of any game regardless of how amazing it is... if you were to say "this game could quadruple the weekly sales of the X1" which would be absolutely unreasonable to ask of any title... even if that did happen it would still be outsold by the PS4 here by 50k.

There's been some rumours and some evidence of MS moving away from the console space in terms of gaming... and really I think this holiday season is going to be really interesting, I can't see Phil letting the division fall into 3rd place, I'm hoping for some really super agressive attempt to do something to win back the average joe soap gamer and if the higher ups at MS really thinks that a console which is double the price of the one they can't sell right now is what will win people over, they're just mad.