I haven\u2019t read the source or watched a briefing so I don\u2019t know the facts on this one. People are saying that your Xbox needs to call home every 24 hours to activate (like Windows KMS but more often). If there\u2019s no connection after 24 hours then the Xbox stops working, allegedly.<\/p>\n
Uh \u2026 that aint good. Not everyone lives in a connected world. Requiring a net connection (or even a decent\/reliable one) drastically reduces the potential market.<\/p>\n
Second Hand Games<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Once again, I don\u2019t know the facts, but people are claiming the new licensing of Xbox One games will kill the 2nd hand market. This does concern me \u2013 most of my games are 2nd hand that I\u2019ve bought legitimately in a store. I think a lot of gamers play until they are bored, and then trade in for something new. And what they hell are you to do when Granny buys you Kinectimals for Christmas? You\u2019ll definitely want to get rid of that before your friends see it on a shelf.<\/p>\n Price<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Price matters. In Ireland, the price difference between the platforms is EUR100, in favour of the Sony machine. That\u2019s roughly $130, nearly the price of an 8\u201d tablet from the likes of HP, Lenovo, or Samsung. From the sounds of the rumours, it\u2019s also roughly the price of an Xbox One game. Surely Microsoft has learned from the tablet \u201cwars\u201d that being expensive doesn\u2019t give you the \u201cApple desirable affect\u201d, it just makes you expensive. I have no doubt that the EUR499 price is the traditional bleeding edge bleed-em-while-you can marketing price, and that it\u2019ll come down quite a bit in February 2014. But will the critical lead be lost by then \u2026 friends want to be on the same platform and they\u2019ll follow the early leader.<\/p>\n Loyalty<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There is no loyalty when it comes to acquiring a new generation of consoles. The games on the Xbox 360 are incompatible with the Xbox One. So there is no reason to stick to a brand \u2013 moving to this new generation of consoles for Xbox customers is a leap to an incompatible platform, no matter what. Your new copy of Grand Theft Auto 5 (not announced for Xbox One) will work fine on Xbox 360 but not on Xbox One. There\u2019s nothing to stop you from buying a Sony PS4 (cheaper, no net dependency, and supporting unlimited trade market) where you will have the exact same compatibility with your Xbox 360 (that is, none). <\/p>\n Microsoft\u2019s Reputation In The Consumer Space<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There has been a huge negative reaction to the controversial features of Xbox One. Have we seen this before from Microsoft? Yes: Windows 8. Sinofski, Julie-Larson Green, et al, all refused to listen to the feedback that started on the week of Build, September 2011, and that deafness to critique (\u201cWe\u2019re right, and you\u2019re wrong\u201d) continued right up to and after GA in October 2012. Now that sales are well and truly down in the consumer space, and Windows tablets have made no more than a dent (nothing more) in sales (the sub EUR200 Android tablet rules), they\u2019re bringing us the changes we wanted in Windows 8.1.<\/p>\n Am I the only one to notice the same thing is happening with Xbox One? The \u201calways on\u201d scandal, higher price than the competition, killing the trade market, a focus on stuff (entertainment) that the core market doesn\u2019t care for (and 6.7 billion of us probably won\u2019t get access to). Is Microsoft telling us that \u201cthey\u2019re right and we\u2019re wrong\u201d all over again? Is this really going to be the era of Ex-Box? Surely Microsoft employs someone with a backbone in marketing and can see that they\u2019ve already lost to Sony on the next gen console wars. You only have to look at any forum or news (not even IT news) site.<\/p>\n What Am I Doing?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n I have been an Xbox 360 user for years. Before that I had a PS2 and first gen Xbox. I\u2019m not a hardcore gamer, but I enjoy creating chaos in the streets of Liberty City as much as anyone can. I used to use my Xbox for entertainment, until I realised it was a pain in the hole and switched to the much simpler (and quieter) Roku for watching movies from my PC or Netflix. I have pre-ordered an Xbox One, but I\u2019m not committed. Like I said, I prefer to let others pay the premium for new games so I can get them for less later. And there\u2019s no GTAV to reel me in. I can always cancel the pre-order \u2013 I\u2019m 75\/25 in favour of doing that because there is no game there that I want. Or if I find supply is low in December, I could always sell the device at a profit so someone\u2019s little Johnny can be one-up on the Jones\u2019s next door Or maybe I can sell an Xbox One \u201cPackage\u201d on Ebay Go online after Monday\u2019s revelations and have a look around at the news on the Xbox. Headlines in all the general media say that the PS4 has beaten the Xbox One, months before the Xbox One is out. 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