badgenome said:
It'll be interesting to see how many of teh casualz will be willing to shell out for Live Gold, which is where MS seems to make all its money. Microsoft doesn't really strike me as being capable of stealing Nintendo's audience, but they do seem very capable of losing their own if they push this shit too hard, too fast on the "frat boys" who have been their biggest supporters since day one. Nintendo, on the other hand, seems perfectly positioned to unify a lot of this divided market behind them next generation. |
Sorry for the use of fratboys term... I don't really know it that's offensive or not.
So yeah, they'll have almost to start from zero - so you're correct, it's going to be interesting to see if they can do that. It's going to be even harder than stealing Sony's thunder like they did before.
But it'll be a gradual transition... there'll be plenty of Halo still. But the main goal is, imo, a Xbox like those videos in their conference - i.e. - "Xbox, turn off lights. Xbox, play movie. Xbox, rub my feet" kinda of things... automation of the entertainment center. Plus video chat, casual games, social networks, those things.
All in all, they discovered Sony is not really the threat like they thought before. It's someone like Nintendo or other company dominating the living room.
