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They should do what Sony did and start seriously thinking about their next product ASAP, while the hard lessons are freshly memorable.
As some people have mentioned: being in second place isn't a failure. The Xbox One can still be a successful console that makes money and sell less than the PS4. Of course the guys at MS would want it to have the highest market share as that's just how business is.
Let me put it this way: do we look at the PS3 as a failure? Because Xbox 360 was ahead of it, but the PS3 still did well enough and was a great, worthwhile console. I imagine the Xbox One will be like that this gen; it will sell less but it will still be a worthwhile console to own.
The same way they do every gen?
But it was a real price cut in the UK.
At what point in time? The 360 released a year before the PS3 and had all that time to build a lead. These consoles launched within a week of each other and the worldwide sales disparity is 55% in favor of PS4
They should do what Sony did and start seriously thinking about their next product ASAP, while the hard lessons are freshly memorable.
Well when Spencer jumped in and started immediately shouting "games, games, games" people accused him of just copying Sony.
You can't win.
This is factually incorrect. And history is not on your side.Short of going back in time, there isn't much that Spencer can do to reverse the xbox one's direction without writing off a huge chunk of R&D and some poor decisions on spending (NFL).
This is factually incorrect. And history is not on your side.
This is factually incorrect. And history is not on your side.
Short of going back in time, there isn't much that Spencer can do to reverse the xbox one's direction without writing off a huge chunk of R&D and some poor decisions on spending (NFL).
Any time I'd imagine. What is it at now? Pretty big right?
Why do the console makers have so much ram reserves for the system OS in the ps4 and xbox one? If they already know what they are going to do, why wouldn't they just know how much ram they need and give the rest to devs?Care to explain?
Why do the console makers have so much ram reserves for the system OS in the ps4 and xbox one? If they already know what they are going to do, why wouldn't they just know how much ram they need and give the rest to devs?
Sony and microsoft completely changed directions throughout last gen.
Companies react to what other companies do. And that can sometimes mean dealing with losses for better profit in the future. And neither of these companies know what their systems will look like 5 years from now. They constantly change to meet the demands of the customer.
Oh for sure. Dropping kinect is going to be a last resort. They will drop the price to $400 first. But their commitment to the xbox one as a multimedia device as opposed to a gaming system will change.I was speaking more to the idea of cutting kinect out of the box. It would be one thing to change the amount of kinect's produced, another thing entirely to write off the years of research and development of a product that was removed after a short period.
I think that Microsoft made the safe bet with DDR3/ESRAM, and I won't fault them for that.
Well when Spencer jumped in and started immediately shouting "games, games, games" people accused him of just copying Sony.
You can't win.
I think you're trying to make the point that Sony managed to come back with the PS3 as its ahead? I do believe there was at one time a 6M - 8M that the PS3 has managed to overcome but PS3 had several territories that it sold better in even if it was being outsold WW, namely Japan and mainland Europe. Where is the XB1 selling better?
Personally unless things get much worse for the XB1, I think it will carve out a reasonable 2nd place at 50 - 60 million WW by the end of the generation and be profitable for MS but I can't envision them ever selling more WW than Sony will with the PS4.