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Machiavellian on 17 August 2017
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Errorist76 said:
Machiavellian said:

Actually MS has not marketed the X1X any different then Sony did for the Pro.  They have constantly stated that its not a new system its an extension of the existing hardware.  They have stated it will not have any exclusive games.  MS does not need the X to sell like the S because they already know it will not.  If anything from the beginning MS has marketed the X1X as a more powerful S and that is pretty much it.

The X1X purpose was never to gain momentum over the PS4 because the PS4 has already pass the finish line.  There is nothing MS can do that will change this narative this generation.  If anything the X1X will be a very good base system when the Next Xbox and PS system hit the market.  Then it might actually pick up some sales as we probably will not see tripple digget performance in the next systems to come out.

The difference is Sony did briefly announce it..and just started to sell it. They didn't try to create a tale of some monster appearing for close to 1.5 years before its release.

We all know it was pre-mature marketing in order to counter the PS4Pro, but I'm not sure if it did them any favours given the actual situation.

At this point I'm not even sure they will release X1X at the announced release date. Given the fact there are still no pre-orders available it's well possible it'll get delayed as well.

Well considering what is inside of the X1X compared to the Pro, it is a monster.  Weather that means anything is up to the customer.  The basic premise is still the same for both consoles no matter what people want it to be.  The Pro and X1X are mid gen consoles designed to give an extra buff to current games and provide scaling to 4K TVs.  Neither were designed to be these systems that will propell customers to purchase them in volumn.

As for preorders for the system, MS stated they will reveal at gamerscon.  You will have that time to see if your prediction is true.  Since the system seems done, I see no reason why they would delay it.  It was never going to light up MS sales so there is nothing for it to delay for.