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fireburn95 on 16 January 2014

Oh snap!



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badgenome on 16 January 2014

Sony won. Deal with it.



JoeTheBro on 16 January 2014

Anything can happen. The example I always use with XBONE is "what if they release illumniroom and it's a huge hit?" The first Kinect as you pointed out made a huge impact on the 360's momentum. It's ridiculous to rule out a similar thing happening this gen.



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JoeTheBro on 16 January 2014
ioi said:

Let me expand on a few of these points a little as well.

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Microsoft have made their intentions clear with Xbox One, right down to the name and the UI. They intend the system to have mass-appeal and double as an all-in-one entertainment system. Sony has pitched PS4 as an out-and-out gaming machine with the most power, best graphics and so on. At the moment, the early adopters are going PS4 for these reasons but when the semi-casuals start to upgrade from their current PS360 then I can't help but feel that Microsoft will gain ground. Most won't be bothered about slightly better graphics on CoD but more interested in a machine that can do everything they want. Ultimately, the PS brand is stronger in Europe and Xbox in America and it comes down to which platform appeals most to the people who jump on board in years 2-3 that will matter a lot more than who is jumping on board now.

It is going to be an extremely interesting generation and I am looking forward to watching how things pan out.


What can the XBONE do that the PS4 can't? The big things at the moment are suspend/resume, snapping, and TV in. Are casuals going to really want to spend $40 more just for those features and Kinect tracking when the PS4 is better in every other way? Also suspend/resume is coming and snapping would be very possible to port to PS4. If you are correct about casuals really valuing those features, Sony can implement all of them very quickly except HDMI in.



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kirby007 on 16 January 2014

basicly the most interesting thing for me in the graph are the green and red line

 

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Soundwave on 16 January 2014

MS is a much, much, much (much) larger company than Sony and has mountains of cash so you are right in that sense, if MS really wanted to win this thing they probably could just buy their way to doing so.

And yes we need to see which will be the big new franchise this gen and who gets it if its not multiplat.



whatever on 16 January 2014

Casuals aren't going to pay $500 for TV features they can get cheaper elsewhere.



Soundwave on 16 January 2014
whatever said:
Casuals aren't going to pay $500 for TV features they can get cheaper elsewhere.


Good thing XB1 will probably only be $500 for a fairly short portion of its overall lifespan. 

They seem be selling at a fairly good clip at $500 regardless. 



chocoloco on 16 January 2014

This seems like an obvious notion. Seems like a good read for premature ejaculators!