| Enemy said:
1. Xbox One was not backwards compatible with Xbox 360 in the beginning and Microsoft had no intentions of adding the feature. It wasn't until PS Now launched and Xbox One started losing in sales that Microsoft started working on Xbox 360 BC. 2. Well, I don't know what to tell you because that is not the history I've seen. Journalists have been defending the Xbox One since it launched. For the most part they give Microsoft a pass on most things other than the things that they can't hide such as the exclusives issue. They hype up almost everything Microsoft does. The last year has basically been an anti-Sony campaign because Sony didn't want to open the gates to Nintendo and Microsoft. Microsoft received passes over the pass few years for blocking cross play with PC. 3. News journalists are not the reason why the PS4 is winning or the reason why Microsoft is making changes. Many journalists owned both since the beginning. The reason why the PS4 is so far ahead and why Microsoft is making changes is because of the general consumer who purchase PS4's but refuse to purchase Xbox Ones. I think if the journalists had their way and if their narratives started influencing the general consumer the Xbox One would've sold better, Microsoft would have never changed, and we would be in trouble. 4. That has not been my experience. Many Xbox One games are only 900p or 720p. The image quality varries based on your home connection, what device you use, streaming resolution, and other factors. |
1. It is completely not true. You can watch DigitalFoundry video about how Xbox One does B/C. Microsoft implemented some media formats from 360 on hardware level so they worked on this feature way before release.
2. I agree that last year was anti-Sony campaign. But other than that it is hard to remember when journalists ever favored Xbox over PS4. IT ws always the other way around. Probably they defended Xbox on various matter but the most important thing about consoles is what> Of course - games. You can see the reviews of PS4 games and Xbox One games and then see which platform journalists usually favor. Crossplay also wasn't an issue until Nintendo Switch released which is a way more popular than Xbox, almost on PS4 level.
3. While I agree that journalists are not the reason why PS4 is winning, still it is hard to downplay that their articles affect consumers when they make their choice. Otherwise, journalism probably would have died as a speciality a long time ago because it would have been unneeded.
4. And so what? For the first of all, it is not true. Yes, for the most part Xbox One games are 900p, but 720p is even more rare than 1080p. PS4 limits Remote Play to 720p while Xbox doesn't do that.
