Maybe, I hope so!!

I also agree with this line.  Its not a good thing for Sony to be sold out and their competitor have units.  Only the hardcore is fine with waiting while most people who have money in their pocket will get the next best thing.  If people are satisfied with their second choice, word of mouth gets around and sells pick up because your friend has that console.  I think it was a smart move for MS to limit their launch because it means they have enough stock to keep sells going in the places where they sell, thus keeping momentun going at a decent pace.

I agree that the PS4 is ahead of it.  But, if you go back to my op, you will see that my bigger concern is actually it's general availability.  If you  look at any of the console launches in the last 15 years, they NEVER are completely available only weeks after launch.  Like I said in the op, the early adopters/fanboys have rushed out and bought theirs.  All of my suggested fixes have to do with the general public, not the core gamers. I am not suggesting they change the console, only their approach to selling it.  Many products have had great launches, but few maintain that momentum without a certain level of agression if the market doesn't clamor for the product on its own.

I think we've also hit "peak gaming" -- the commercial and production expectations are so sky-high that anything we'd used to consider a moderate success is now considered a huge failure.

IMO -- A year from now, XOne will hit the same troubles as WiiU did.

Games son.
Its all about the GAMES!
They need a new,"Gears of War." I guess Titanfall could be that now that I paused for a second...lol.
Alright. Maybe not a shooter but they need atleast 2 new exclusive series within the next year.
Gonna be hard but they don't have a choice!

or ship to a number of other countries.

Pause another second.

New IPs in 2014:
Quantum Break, Sunset Overdrive, Project Spark, Titanfall

Old IPs in 2014:
Kinect Sports Rivals, Halo 5,

New IPs in 2015
Black Tusk Game

Old IPs in 2015
Fable Legends

The Software-support should not be a big deal in the next 18 months.
Maybe a $50 price cut in late 2014 is an option.

I can't believe what some of you are posting in this thread. Were you not around for the past eight years while Microsoft transformed the "Blade" system of the Xbox 360 to what it is today? How they boosted the console's image with a near relaunch when the dashboard was redesigned in 2008? And effectively released another console in 2010 with Kinect?

All of these things allowed the Xbox 360 to stay relevant for eight years and sell way after anyone should have cared compared to a typical console life cycle. The 360 will easily be around for another year or two before the major shift happens to the new generation of consoles.

I could say similar things about the PS3.

You have to stop being shortsighted in your assessment of numbers.

So, you are comparing the back end of a consoles life cycle to the front end?  The 360 has sold well the last few years because of it's price and the multiplat games.

The problem is that everyone's friend wil not have an XB1.  So, why will they have to have an XB1 when they can buy a more powerful and more popular PS4 for 20% less?

M$ won big by launching 1 year earlier than the PS3 with the 360.  When the shooters took over the market, everyone was already playing them on the 360.  that made a lot of people go buy it to join the club.

The whole point of this thread is that M$ can't rest on a successful console launch(ask Nintendo).  They need to be proactive to ensure they have the market advantage when it comes to the "my friend has it" buyer's.

A huge chunk of the PS360 owners will not see the need to buy any new system for another year or two(like you said).  When they get ready to buy, they will buy what their friends have.  If M$ doesn't get their demand closer to what the PS4 has, they will get behind too far to matter.  M$ can't make up ground in Japan or Europe like Sony does... 

It's not really about who sells the most consoles.  M$ is attempting to have the XB1 be an integral part of a MUCH larger ecosystem.  If it doesn't see mass adoption, then this affects the Windows PC OS and the Windows Phone OS and even the Tablets.

Saved from what?