Considering the xb1's on ebay are going for $650+, I wouldn't hold your breath.
Business Approach Comparison Sony PS4 and Microsoft Xbox
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Considering the xb1's on ebay are going for $650+, I wouldn't hold your breath.
That is 100W? No thanks. They need Wii U type draws before they can do that.
Does that also mean once PS4 launches a few weeks into it it will be time for a free game or two?
...if you go for DD games. Or they will need other ways to package their retail games.
Looks like those ppl that brought xbones hoping to make a quick profit lucked out
http://kotaku.com/the-average-price-of-a-ps4-sold-on-ebay-is-425-so-far-1471231809
Youve gotta wonder how its possible a machine a few days old could be worth less, the logical reason is they tried it & it didnt click for them unless someone else has other ideas. But surely you can return the device and get your money back? Or is that not common in the US
"More" suggests relative terms and not that the other feature is valueless. And also I said nothing about removing kinect.
That was exactly the point i was conveying. I was initially responding to the post above mine which saw a future without kinect in the box. My response was in opposition to that stating that I could live without Blu-ray (as most users of tablets, smart TV and xbox 360 owners do) but Kinect is a different story. Kinect adds value that isnt currently replaceable. Thus more value.
In terms of marketing, this is a new low. A public spamming system.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/we-got-your-back
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/we-got-your-back
When you said blu ray I took it as getting rid of the disk medium completely. Most 360 users use their disk drive and probably most still want to use their disk drive to play their games on. In addition the Blu Ray is still very relevant in the market. People have Blu Ray players connected to their TVs. Not having that feature, for many it can be a deal breaker especially when the XB1 is sold as an All in One device. Kinect and Blu Ray are not substitutes to each other, so no matter how much "more" value each offers over the other there are customers who will be turned off by missing one of them.
You are one of those people that dont mind using an always connected, diskless console. For you it is more value like that and I can understand that. But you cant conclude about the majority of the market by using yourself as the primary sample. I can use myself as a counter argument since I want to have more options. But that would be pointless.
Have you actually tried it? All it does is open up your email program to send an email from your account.
Have you actually tried it? All it does is open up your email program to send an email from your account.
Yeah, it was kinda cool. It's totally designed to help you convince your significant other that you need an Xbox One. Has some pretty funny Mad Libs options. New low? Naahh.
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Uhhh.. Why? The email gets sent from YOUR default email account, not from Microsoft. And if you bothered to check out the choices on this mad-lib style email form, it's meant to be humorous. Just as was the mad-lib style doctor's note that MS put out earlier.
But hey, let's just bash MS and continually say that everything they do is on par with drowning puppies. Because our knee jerk reactions to a company we hate is always the best bet.
Or maybe it's just all that green that gets you so riled up. In which case, I agree.
Not a single gender specific word in that mail. It could be sent from anyone to anyone, living with them or not.
It's not Microsoft being sexist here, Mr "spam-your-wife system".
Yeah, that's why it's called stereotypes. Mr neutral-gender-makes-stereotypes-disappear 
Kotaku:
http://kotaku.com/microsoft-writes-silly-sexist-letter-to-xbox-one-owne-1472882241
Techcrunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/27/mi...s-convince-women-to-let-them-buy-an-xbox-one/
Eurogamer:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-27-microsoft-slammed-for-sexist-xbox-one-ad
CVG:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/440502/microsoft-apologizes-for-sexist-xbox-one-promo/
Time:
http://business.time.com/2013/11/27/microsoft-xbox-one-sexist/
Gizmodo:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/11/m...irlfriend-for-you-so-you-can-buy-an-xbox-one/
I thought it's just bad marketing, but it seems to have exploded a bit too much for what it is, I shouldn't have brought it up. They changed it and they apologized, case closed. Moving on.
Kotaku:
http://kotaku.com/microsoft-writes-silly-sexist-letter-to-xbox-one-owne-1472882241
Techcrunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/27/mi...s-convince-women-to-let-them-buy-an-xbox-one/
Eurogamer:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-27-microsoft-slammed-for-sexist-xbox-one-ad
CVG:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/440502/microsoft-apologizes-for-sexist-xbox-one-promo/
Time:
http://business.time.com/2013/11/27/microsoft-xbox-one-sexist/
Gizmodo:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/11/m...irlfriend-for-you-so-you-can-buy-an-xbox-one/
I thought it's just bad marketing, but it seems to have exploded a bit too much for what it is, I shouldn't have brought it up. They changed it and they apologized, case closed. Moving on.
The original default was very dude to chick sounding, hence the change.
The Xbox 360 was seen as an inferior product to the PS3 in Europe. The only time it had an advantage was when it had a significant price advantage in its favour, and the type of Xbox most commonly sold was the cheapest which indicated it was a price conscious customer that was buying it. If they release the same machine then Sony wins by default in large parts of the world, so the onus was on them to innovate as at an equal price/spec people would pick Sony almost every time and the network effect would snowball from there.
They could probably get rid of Kinect once they establish a large enough user base of Kinect users. Once they have that then it essentially becomes a 'false' choice for the majority of people where it is almost compulsory. It is kind of like the original Xbox 360 'arcade' unit which required a memory card to function. If they lower the total system price to $299 w/o Kinect then it could be an effective bait n switch for them.
I agree with you. It must have been a really slow news day for this to have gotten that much attention. I think by now that MS would know to run everything through at least some sort of sounding board, twice. It seems like it wasn't as thought out as it should have been.
Though what's that old saying "There's no such thing as bad publicity"? I hope they don't subscribe to that premise.
