Xbox is becoming the unsung hero of this generation

[SvennoJ]

smroadkill15 said:

SvennoJ said:

It's their core marketing strategy. MS has always held the philosophy that if you get the vocal hardcore crowd on board, the masses will follow. Friends will get their friends to get in the same ecosystem. So yes, those are exactly the things MS needs or thinks they need to do to get the blue ocean on board. Pander to the hardcore crowd and they will sell the system to their friends. Or make threads like these :)

What makes MS strategy different than Sony's? 

Sony plays the aloof girl and doesn't care all that much about QOL improvements. Sony just makes games and knows shiny games sell systems better than all the other stuff combined. As you said "general consumer likely doesn't know about these features", imo the casual gamer simply doesn't care all that much for those features. So you have one side saying to their friends, look at all the cool features of the XBox, and the other side, look at these awesome games you can't play anywhere else. So far its clear which strategy has had more success. (Ninty ofcourse who doesn't care about the hardcore gamer at all)