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Will the Xbox One be successful?

Yes 68 28.10%
 
Maybe 63 26.03%
 
No 111 45.87%
 
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Arcturus on 22 May 2013
disolitude said:
Well here is what I see...

I work for the largest cable company in Canada and we are in the midst of refreshing our iPhone/iPad video streaming apps, while designing a Android one and Windows 8 one. As of today, Xbox One app has become a big priority and no one even knew what it was till yesterday. We will have a video app ready for Xbox One by launch.

So in essence, Xbox One really doesn't live or die by the core gamers anymore. I wouldn't call core gamers irrelevant, but content/features that Xbox One will offer will overshadow just gaming.

Happy to hear that the TV features won't be restricted to the US market at launch.

I wish you guys would put more effort into your cable box UI and functionality :)



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RenCutypoison on 22 May 2013

Mainstream media tells what they are told to say. With a few bills, of course, but we all know Uncle Billy have lots of these



Augen on 22 May 2013
chris0409 said:
So if Microsoft shows games at E3 and clarifies all these misunderstandings, will the hardcore gamers be happy again?

If Microsoft comes out and says at E3 "You can buy our system and never have to go online, ever.  You can buy a game and not have to mandatory install it and your friend can borrow it and play it on his system no problem.  You know, just like our previous two systems.  By the way, here are some great games you will be interested in." *cue gameplay demos of titles*

They do that and I will have an actual hard decision to make between them and Sony.  I have no company or system to root for, I support gaming and any company that feels the same way. 



wfz on 22 May 2013

Are the "hardcore gamers" the ones who drove the Xbox and Xbox 360 success? If so, then they are very relevant to Microsoft even if they don't think so.

If the "hardcore gamers" are not the reason for those consoles' successes, then no, hardcore gamers aren't relevant.



BenVTrigger on 22 May 2013
wfz said:
Are the "hardcore gamers" the ones who drove the Xbox and Xbox 360 success? If so, then they are very relevant to Microsoft even if they don't think so.

If the "hardcore gamers" are not the reason for those consoles' successes, then no, hardcore gamers aren't relevant.


Hardcore gamers certainly arent the ones that made 360 a success.

It was the mass market. People who play Madden, COD, and Halo.  Granted core helped and there are core gamers that play those games as well but at least 50 million of the 360s sales are mass market consumers.



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disolitude on 22 May 2013
Arcturus said:
disolitude said:
Well here is what I see...

I work for the largest cable company in Canada and we are in the midst of refreshing our iPhone/iPad video streaming apps, while designing a Android one and Windows 8 one. As of today, Xbox One app has become a big priority and no one even knew what it was till yesterday. We will have a video app ready for Xbox One by launch.

So in essence, Xbox One really doesn't live or die by the core gamers anymore. I wouldn't call core gamers irrelevant, but content/features that Xbox One will offer will overshadow just gaming.

Happy to hear that the TV features won't be restricted to the US market at launch.

I wish you guys would put more effort into your cable box UI and functionality ;)

IPTV rollout in the next few years should fix your cablebox UI concerns. :)



S.T.A.G.E. on 22 May 2013
wfz said:
Are the "hardcore gamers" the ones who drove the Xbox and Xbox 360 success? If so, then they are very relevant to Microsoft even if they don't think so.

If the "hardcore gamers" are not the reason for those consoles' successes, then no, hardcore gamers aren't relevant.

MS knows they need the hardcore gamers for their launch process and they leave them hanging towards the middle and end of the generation. They never were a consistent company in the two gens they've been around. They are hoping to god though that this kinect/Xbox combo thing takes off in America again. 



Carl on 22 May 2013
Torillian said:

This is what makes me think that even though I find the Xbox One's current direction totally boring and not my thing that it's going to be a success anyway and would have to be my current bet for the best sales next gen. I doubt most people will know or care about the things the forums have been blowing up about lately and the TV thing could be a huge bonus to casual sales. If I had to bet I think it'll be like the Wii success: obviously the best sales, but not the first choice of the majority of the hardcore gamers.

It'll be interesting to see what they show at E3 (and whether or not they repeat anything from this conference or they completely skip it over like some have been suggesting) and how this next generation plays out in general.

There is one pretty major difference between the Wii and the One.

Price.

The Wii launched at $250.



                            

SvennoJ on 22 May 2013

The mainstream can buy it then at $500. I'll be happy to wait for a Forza 6 slim bundle down the line for $250 when plenty of games have been discounted. The mainstream can be the early adopters this time.



SxyxS on 22 May 2013

mainstream media loves it as they were paid for(promis of huge marketing campaign)

I remember mainstreammedia(especially time magazine) hyping kinect like the big deal:sounded really good.
In the end kinect wasn't working half as good as promised,laggy,boring,maybe interessting in short terms and i wondered why these media guys never realised/mentioned all the flaws.

now the same story all over again.
why sony received for a boring show from the msm mostly negative feedback
while msm received for a even more boring show mostly positive feedback?
are they so amazed to get a cable box?
no,as there was nothing amazing-this is just the same strategy apple is using to sell their low quality overpriced products to the people-pay the media and they will sing your song.(like the paid cheering guys in the audience)