Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:21 pm Post subject: Xbox always gets burnt hard but...
Hey HQer's,
I was just thinking about my Xbox experiences over the years and I have come to the conclusion that Xbox no matter what version you talk about since becoming a system has always copped it pretty harshly yet ends up way on top.
For example the first Xbox was considered a hideous huge boxy thing with a controller that only a person with giant hands could get around and it was said there were too many buttons and it was all too confusing, big and cumbersome.
Yet with all this said did surprisingly well in the marketplace.
The Xbox 360 again was majorly criticized for all sorts of issues including the dreaded "Red Ring Of Death" however they did not get much flack about the styling this time as they seemed to get it spot on in a lot of peoples minds.
Yet again sold incredibly.
Now to the Xbox One this console has been copping it from well before the release with nasty rumours, the looks of it, internet, information ideas, kinect and other apparent issues.
So with all this negativity again flying around will this console again fly Xbox again into the sky and beyond only time will tell but if history repeats itself Xbox seems to be again ready to smell success.
The big question is how do they do it...?
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:50 pm Post subject:
They did change the controller on xbox 1, I wont be surprised if they gonna change the DRM on Xbox One if the sales get low _________________________________________________________
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:07 pm Post subject:
They learn from familiar yes but my grudge against them is their design, look at the 360 slim it was a beautiful console, compact and looked sleek.
I get that this is considered their first X1 phat console but still it's the next gen gaming and it looks as if they used cheap plastic material, same with ps4.
Sales will increase if they take away drm and make security features more optional. _________________________________________________________ The internet, a place where people expect you to know what they know.
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:27 pm Post subject:
kennethk wrote:
They learn from familiar yes but my grudge against them is their design, look at the 360 slim it was a beautiful console, compact and looked sleek..
Yeah but it took how long for this to happen I believe it was around the half way point or more of the consoles life I'm sure they will have a slim console sometime in the future but realistically the console isn't that big.
Here is a picture of the Xbox One with a pen next to it.
While the PS4 looks about the same size but looks a lot deeper (front to back)
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:29 pm Post subject:
The ps4 does look chunkier yes, but have you seen the new 360 design? it looks like a beauty. _________________________________________________________ The internet, a place where people expect you to know what they know.
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XBOX1 didnt do very good in sales l0l. They got destroyed by the PS2. And when XBOX sales picked up it mysteriously coincides with the release NKPatcher. Everybody I know who bought one wasnt for the games etc it was so they could jack it. The area the PS2 has always sucked at.
XBOX-24 million consoles sold
PS2-155 million consoles sold.
So yeah XBOX1 did terrible.
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:19 pm Post subject:
nah nah you can't compare those numbers the ps2 was in market way before the xbox. I remember the first war was dreamcast vs ps2
as for the new 360 it looks like the xbox one, how can you like one and hate the other _________________________________________________________
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:25 pm Post subject:
I like the front rounded design better it's like someone saying they like the galaxy s4 design over the s3. _________________________________________________________ The internet, a place where people expect you to know what they know.
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:46 am Post subject:
SPPV wrote:
XBOX1 didnt do very good in sales l0l. They got destroyed by the PS2. And when XBOX sales picked up it mysteriously coincides with the release NKPatcher. Everybody I know who bought one wasnt for the games etc it was so they could jack it. The area the PS2 has always sucked at.
XBOX-24 million consoles sold
PS2-155 million consoles sold.
So yeah XBOX1 did terrible.
X_Splinter wrote:
nah nah you can't compare those numbers the ps2 was in market way before the xbox. I remember the first war was dreamcast vs ps2
Also Xbox original consoles got stopped being made how many years ago now and the PS2 is still being made to this day even had a game release at e3 of Fifa 14. So don't think the numbers really can be worked with on the PS2.
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