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Will the Xbox One be successful?

Yes 68 28.10%
 
Maybe 63 26.03%
 
No 111 45.87%
 
Total:242
bobgamez on 22 May 2013
Carl2291 said:
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.

the wii games were also 50 bucks and an extremly small console that came with a really revolutionary game. And no one at that time really went for motion controls, nintendo was the first. Micrsoft has had kinect since 2010, what makes people think they will drop 450 on a console where you have to pay online?