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How Are People You Know In Real Life Responding To Xbox One?
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dragonbane
Member
No one knows that it exists. But after the One unveiling I made sure to inform them about PS4.
Never once said 'dumb' or anything close to that. If your friend wants an xb1 and you try and talk him out what does that say about you? Some people don't care about graphics...hell there are people that can't tell the difference from SD to HDTV and the other 'negative' areas about xb1 are not necessarily negative universally.
Only my friends who play videogames are aware of the console at this point.
Always online and no used games is very important to them, one of my friends was really excited about the console coming from a 360, but now he is considering getting a WiiU and a PS4.
So, pretty much negative reaction from all of them.
Always online and no used games is very important to them, one of my friends was really excited about the console coming from a 360, but now he is considering getting a WiiU and a PS4.
So, pretty much negative reaction from all of them.
ShinobiFist
Banned
All my friends are not happy with it at all. And my little brothers friends are the same as well.
I mean for me, I treat some of these negatives as toxic for the industry as a whole. I really do. The worst thing about it, is that it's targeting consumers to deal with its drawbacks. Thats not a precedent for a good product. The Xbox One is going set a standard if it becomes successful and will literally become a blueprint for any company to follow regarding licensing and DRM.
This thing is screaming publisher box/ad revenue box/market control dominator.
How can it be all those things and Im barely seeing its origin DNA? A Video Game console.
MS needs E3. They will show up. I guarantee it because they NEED this shit to sell.
And I'll bet that if it becomes successful, 8-9 years down the road all these restricitons and security you see here will be in everything. Your movies, Your books, Your television and who knows what else.
That's why I'm disturbed. X1 will have great games. But the video games are only the secondary focus and a trojan horse.
Most the people I know are casual gamers and most are more interested in media than games but they do play the high profile titles like CoD and Bioshock Infinite.
The reaction was disinterest across the board. Nobody wanted to pay what is essentially the price of an Apple TV or Roku for one year's access to Netflix, Hulu, etc. The TV thing appealed to nobody. Nobody really cared about the used game thing, the discussion was more around how fast Gamestop will go out of business if this takes off.
On the gaming side unanimously they said they would go for the better hardware and better looking games. Price is a barrier. $500 is a non-starter, $400 is wait and see. Nobody was interested in the cell phone model of subsidizing the hardware price with recurring Live costs.
The reaction was disinterest across the board. Nobody wanted to pay what is essentially the price of an Apple TV or Roku for one year's access to Netflix, Hulu, etc. The TV thing appealed to nobody. Nobody really cared about the used game thing, the discussion was more around how fast Gamestop will go out of business if this takes off.
On the gaming side unanimously they said they would go for the better hardware and better looking games. Price is a barrier. $500 is a non-starter, $400 is wait and see. Nobody was interested in the cell phone model of subsidizing the hardware price with recurring Live costs.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Only one friend has responded but not in the way I expected. He posted a status on facebook with a depressed tenor. I commented and said, "I would be depressed too after that Xbox One showing yesterday". This guy is a 360 supporter mind you but yeah......
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
A woman who who works with me and knows little about gaming emailed me the "Seven" gif that was evidently quite popular on Redit and said, "Looks like no one likes the new Xbox."
AdventChild
Neo Member
All of them disapointed. All of them 360 only owners.
NemesisPrime
Banned
Mostly positive TBH.
They go like Xbox One? What is that?
But then again i don't have many gamers as friends. And those who are are more PC gamers and don't keep up with console news. They are only up to date on Nintendo games because i tell them all about it. But i think the Xbox One will do again once it launches most people these days don't know 100% what they are buying. They be like an entertainment hub sign me up. But when they bring the product home some will discover they don't like it and some will just deal with it.
But then again i don't have many gamers as friends. And those who are are more PC gamers and don't keep up with console news. They are only up to date on Nintendo games because i tell them all about it. But i think the Xbox One will do again once it launches most people these days don't know 100% what they are buying. They be like an entertainment hub sign me up. But when they bring the product home some will discover they don't like it and some will just deal with it.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
A bunch of people on my Facebook feed are pissed, and saying how they're either going to buy a PS4 or just stick with their 360
Beermeister
Banned
Bumblebeetuna
Gold Member
Just like the PS4 reveal, idk a single fucking person IRL that even watched it. Which, for the next Xbox is kind of understandable, because none of my friends are Xbox guys, they are all big PS3 guys.
It'll all change when Microsoft shows up at e3. The latest news is the strongest news.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I would like to see this gif
EDIT: oh it's shuni gif
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One of them quoted the rock . (was his favorite back in the day)
shiftplusone
Member
my wife(non gamer) is really down on it and openly mocking it, and some of her convention friends are shitting on it too
some guys I know who work at a developer in various capacity were big on 360 and seem to be changing to ps4 for their personal machines
some guys I know who work at a developer in various capacity were big on 360 and seem to be changing to ps4 for their personal machines
That1BlackGuy
Member
No one cared.
Was at the pub with a friend last night, who owns a 360 and has always said it's a better machine than PS3. He's not someone who plays really often but he buys quite a few games and we've played online quite a bit in the past, when I had my 360. His words were: "They've ruined the Xbox".
Also watched the reveal live with my wife and she laughed at many of the features.
Also watched the reveal live with my wife and she laughed at many of the features.
maniac-kun
Member
One is defending it. The rest dosnt like what we have seen so far.
He means the SunhiLegend gif, i assume.
bunbun777
Member
Talking to a friend that had both a 360 and ps3 this gen, his answer based on the info given was he wanted a ps4 and would not be touching the xbone. He also wants a WiiU but will be waiting a bit more for it (lower price and mario kart). We both grew up with NES in the 80's for what that is worth.
Portugeezer
Member
I told my bro it was online only and your physical copy is locked to your account, he thought that was stupid. We both said we're getting PS4s.
Someone really likes dogs!
metalslimer
Member
Ah well my general idea for the other topic was seeing whether the E3 news (especially in relation with the PS4) had disseminated to the general public.
I had lunch on Friday with some coworkers (light or not really big gamers) and told them I preordered a PS4. The very first comment I got was "Does it have a camera that's on all the time like the new xbox? Does it need to be online all the time?"
Fucking crazy, lol. I had no idea they'd even know about that.
That reaction was just from reading mainstream press reaction. MS did a very bad job getting in front of their policies and now there's a segment of the mainstream audience that has this kind of poisonous reaction to the XBone.
Fucking crazy, lol. I had no idea they'd even know about that.
That reaction was just from reading mainstream press reaction. MS did a very bad job getting in front of their policies and now there's a segment of the mainstream audience that has this kind of poisonous reaction to the XBone.
Tylahedras
Banned
Work:
Overheard five of my co-workers talking about Xbone recently, they seemed kind of upset about the online requirement, but at least one of them was going to get it anyway.
Family Dinner:
Dad had no idea what it was, mom had seen ads for it on TV and didn't care one way or another, though she knew it existed. I told her about all it's "innovative" features and she spazzed out and fumed about her bad experiences with MS products for about 15 minutes and said she hoped it failed badly. LOL.
But yeah, there will definitely be people who see the ads and aren't in the know who will buy this thing. For what it's worth my mom thought Kinect sounded really cool, but the always online and used games things made her freak. It was great.
Friends:
Very few of my friends are gamers, they all seem to know it exists, but they don't care. I explain to them what it does and they all give me basically the same icky face.
Hearsay:
Ummmm one of my friends works at Amazon and said that her co-worker wouldn't buy one because of online requirement, not the rational reason though, it was more like, "MY CHILDREN WILL NOT BE MOLESTED BY STRANGERS DAMMIT." Clearly all smart people working over there
Overheard five of my co-workers talking about Xbone recently, they seemed kind of upset about the online requirement, but at least one of them was going to get it anyway.
Family Dinner:
Dad had no idea what it was, mom had seen ads for it on TV and didn't care one way or another, though she knew it existed. I told her about all it's "innovative" features and she spazzed out and fumed about her bad experiences with MS products for about 15 minutes and said she hoped it failed badly. LOL.
But yeah, there will definitely be people who see the ads and aren't in the know who will buy this thing. For what it's worth my mom thought Kinect sounded really cool, but the always online and used games things made her freak. It was great.
Friends:
Very few of my friends are gamers, they all seem to know it exists, but they don't care. I explain to them what it does and they all give me basically the same icky face.
Hearsay:
Ummmm one of my friends works at Amazon and said that her co-worker wouldn't buy one because of online requirement, not the rational reason though, it was more like, "MY CHILDREN WILL NOT BE MOLESTED BY STRANGERS DAMMIT." Clearly all smart people working over there
Karsticles
Member
BIL #1, huge "Xbot" if I ever met one: bought a gaming PC and said he wouldn't be caught dead with the XBone.
BIL #2, owns 360 and over 50 games: said "fuck that" and is looking forward to the PS4 (U.S. Army).
BIL #2, owns 360 and over 50 games: said "fuck that" and is looking forward to the PS4 (U.S. Army).
BRocknRolla
Member
A good friend of mine who would often outright state his MS allegiance recently told me he feels like MS, "Totally dropped the ball," and that he, "... Never thought [he'd] say this, but Sony has got his money for next gen."
It's only one guy, but I was really surprised.
It's only one guy, but I was really surprised.
its the worst kind of reaction. MS are relying on the mass market being ignorant of all this and just buying it anyway.
But if word of mouth spreads like it is, the mass market will just hear the negativity and go along with that without caring about the details.
gutter_trash
Banned
most of my non-informed friends are unaware of the features, changes, major news shakers surrounding the new consoles.
all they want is their NHL, Madden and FIFA
my GF hates the idea of Kinect being on all the time and she told me that she does not want a spy device in our home, LOL
all they want is their NHL, Madden and FIFA
my GF hates the idea of Kinect being on all the time and she told me that she does not want a spy device in our home, LOL
PS4 and Xbox One have come up in our staff roundtable discussions (we set aside part of weekly staff to just talk about what's on our minds, a free flowing conversation). The other gamer on our team went 360 this gen, as I did. He's going PS4 this this gen. My boss' family is doing the same, as am I.
My wife's friend, a 360 gamer this gen, is going PS4 for the next.
Literally every 360 owner I know (or know of) in my life is going PS4 this time around. Granted, that's like, six people. But I was surprised that they all already knew about the relative merits of the systems, and had made up their minds already.
MS is in a deep hole. Even if they start to reverse course on some of their decisions, a lot of people are already making up their minds.
My wife's friend, a 360 gamer this gen, is going PS4 for the next.
Literally every 360 owner I know (or know of) in my life is going PS4 this time around. Granted, that's like, six people. But I was surprised that they all already knew about the relative merits of the systems, and had made up their minds already.
MS is in a deep hole. Even if they start to reverse course on some of their decisions, a lot of people are already making up their minds.
I have a variety of gamers and non-gamers as friends and co-workers and I've never been more surprised at how informed they all are regarding this issue. The non-gamers are aware and they are upset thanks to Microsoft's complete inability to disseminate their PR message to the mainstream media, and the gamers? Even the most die-hard 360 fanboys are second guessing their next gen purchases.
After reveal, I had 3 posting about not wanting anything to do with it on Facebook. One guy who has always bought Xbox and PS is going PS only.
Told a few friends about it who are what I can only call semi-gamers (not casual, not hardcore, but still play games). They had negative reactions when I told them about the 24 hour check-in, but one also has lived a long time without always having Internet.
A co-worker's reaction (plays games, doesn't follow game news) when I told him about it: "WHAT?! That's dumb. What happens if your Internet goes out? You can't play a game then? That's dumb."
Told a few friends about it who are what I can only call semi-gamers (not casual, not hardcore, but still play games). They had negative reactions when I told them about the 24 hour check-in, but one also has lived a long time without always having Internet.
A co-worker's reaction (plays games, doesn't follow game news) when I told him about it: "WHAT?! That's dumb. What happens if your Internet goes out? You can't play a game then? That's dumb."