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What's your take on Microsoft's strategy this far?

It will nip them in the butt 90 34.48%
 
They will DO-minate 14 5.36%
 
Nintendo and Microsoft wi... 36 13.79%
 
Sony and Nintendo will be... 104 39.85%
 
epic bro fist 17 6.51%
 
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happydolphin said:
chocoloco said:
No almost every thing I read points at it being competition to things by Apple, Google, and of course the PS4. You have a strong bias towards Nintendo Amigo and have strong, weird notions based on that.

Can you explain why? I'd prefer.

Everyone is trying to make the all media entertainment box in one excluding Nintendo with the Wii U. Apple TV, things by Google(I cannot remember what it is called). Even Valve is looking to make an all in one entertainment device. The Wii U does not attempt this comparitively at all.



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Idk... my impression Xbone was doing what smartphones/tablets do but on a larger scale.



chocoloco said:

Everyone is trying to make the all media entertainment box in one excluding Nintendo with the Wii U. Apple TV, things by Google(I cannot remember what it is called). Even Valve is looking to make an all in one entertainment device. The Wii U does not attempt this comparitively at all.

In OP I mentioned that the U had the idea of fantasy leagues and TV interactivity, as well as the ability to switch contexts and message friends while in game, above already offering netflix. How is Nintendo not participating in the all in one box vision?



To point out, I also thought that what Microsoft is doing is the same thing Nintendo did with the Wii. Basically catering to the non-gamers. but yeah, I keep forgetting about Microsoft not being just in the gaming industry, so yeah, the tablet/smartphones is also to be considered which now chimes in about the restricted indie-developers comes into question.... :/



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RolStoppable said:
Microsoft presented a box with TV features that has to be plugged between the TV and a cable box. They expect people to get excited over a little bit better TV experience that comes at a high cost (several hundred dollars). Do non-gamers care enough about TV to shell out so much money? Of course they don't, so everything goes right back to the core of any video game system that wants to be taken seriously: The games. What Microsoft is doing there is so insane that it's baffling how they could greenlight such nonsense.

Microsoft intends to rip off non-gamers and gamers alike, but that's not going to fly, because they are competing in consumer markets. There are viable and popular alternatives, whether that concerns TV or video games. Microsoft has shown nothing that suggests the Xbox brand will grow, but they announced plenty of things that are going to make the brand less popular.

Microsoft sees neither Nintendo or Sony as their main rival, they have detached themselves from reality and are chasing the dream of the all in one box, thinking that people will buy whatever they put out. Microsoft doesn't have a lock on dedicated gamers. Sony was much more dominant when they completely lost their senses with the PS3 and they still failed horribly. Microsoft won't succeed where Sony failed, because Microsoft has yet to create a globally successful console. The Xbox One is the most insane thing that was ever done by a major console manufacturer.

I beg to differ (though thanks for posting). If the interactive, organic and responsive nature of the iPad is any indicator, the seamless experience MS is introducing to the living room is something that I believe would interest consumers, putting games in their proper place, as secondary in the living room. It is a viable positioning and will target its audience effectively (the mainstream). To me it makes perfect sense.

If this packaged service comes at a subscription price but people consider it worth their money for being on demand and hassle free, simple, intuitive, I believe this could be the next big thing.

Games are niche, they will always be niche. What the One does is push the xbox brand into iPad territory, and that's big.



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Based on its presentation, I don't think Microsoft is paying any attention to Nintendo.

According to what I've seen and experienced, Wii U is primarily a video game player with a social network, some multimedia applications, and Nintendo TVii, which allows users to scan all television/movie sources at once.

Xbox One seems to be primarily a multimedia hub that streams TV, movies, sporting events, and video games.

I think that Nintendo wants the Wii U to be unobtrusive in the living room, whereas Microsoft wants the One to replace everything else in the living room.



No, Microsoft's main rival is Apple and Google. Both those companies are working on their on TV offering, and so Microsoft needed to do something to stop them. Its quite smart if you think about it, because they are marketing Xbox One as something that you can play games on, watch TV on, and many other things. This just makes it tougher for Apple and Google's TV products to sell. 



    

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MoHasanie said:
No, Microsoft's main rival is Apple and Google. Both those companies are working on their on TV offering, and so Microsoft needed to do something to stop them. Its quite smart if you think about it, because they are marketing Xbox One as something that you can play games on, watch TV, and many other things.

So what about the U that offers similar features, what about those?

It seems the points in OP aren't being addressed.



I lol'ed.



happydolphin said:
Games are niche, they will always be niche. What the One does is push the xbox brand into iPad territory, and that's big.


"Games are niche"?

What kind of definition are you trying to use here? The number of people who play video games is not "niche" by any stretch of the imagination. The revenue brought in from the industry is not "niche" either. What are you trying to say?