Conciliator
Banned
Have a bunch of games I want to play.
How can Microsoft win back your heart for XB1?
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I have to go with this.
So my only options are PS4 and XB1? Is this thread just not for people currently interested in neither? Serious question.
Sir Garbageman
Member
$399 Kinect-less sku + some interesting and unique exclusives.
sixteen-bit
Member
Kill the Kinect bundle, slash the price, fund Phantom Dust 2 and I'm interested.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
the biggest thing is enough time to prove they *may* have learned their lesson, but i doubt it
In addition, lower price, no kinnect requirement, rework XBL to something more reasonable, and a decent set of exclusives will help. But they tried to strong arm the industry that benefited them and publishers and tried to screw consumers. So they're in probation for a long time
In addition, lower price, no kinnect requirement, rework XBL to something more reasonable, and a decent set of exclusives will help. But they tried to strong arm the industry that benefited them and publishers and tried to screw consumers. So they're in probation for a long time
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I'm gone. I'll end up getting a Xbox One late in the gen when it hits 300 bucks but mutliplatform games will still be on my PS4. This assumes Microsoft changes things around and starts announcing stuff that I want to play. So far they haven't and, yes, I've seen Titanfall and I'll grab it for the PS4 once its timed exclusivity runs out.
The question still requires some qualifiers.
Do you mean "bring [me] back into the fold" as in give up my PS4 pre-order and buy an XBO instead? In that case, there is nothing Microsoft can do, since the PS4 is a better designed machine in the ways that matter to me.
Do you mean "bring [me] back into the fold" as in become an Xbox customer again at launch? The answer, again, is nothing, since I won't have the money for two systems at launch. 360 was my go-to console last gen but there's nothing Microsoft can do to regain that position this upcoming gen due to the nature of the XB1, its Kinect shittery and its added price as well as me believing they need to learn a lesson from what they were attempting to do, much like Sony needed to learn a lesson after 2006.
Do you mean "bring [me] back into the fold" as in buy an Xbox One at some point before the end of the gen? Then the answer to that is they've already changed my mind - I wasn't going to get an Xbox One prior to the 180s, now I am going to get an XB1. At this moment I'm considering getting one when it's around the $299.99 price, unless they revert to some of those obscene policies before it hits that price point. So Microsoft's 180s DID have a real impact in this scenario.
HigherLevel
Member
I'm planning on buying one but I'm not as hyped as I was for the 360. If they can make Halo 5 similar to the older games I'm all in though. Some big AAA exclusives from their new first-party studios would be nice too, especially some genres that aren't shooters. RPGs and action games preferably.
Honestly I'm not sure there is anything they could do. They've left a sour taste in my mouth, and even though they aren't going through with their awful practices, they have revealed that the intent is there.
I can play most every game between my PS4 and PC, and games like Halo aren't going to bring me back. I'm just done with them as a whole.
I can play most every game between my PS4 and PC, and games like Halo aren't going to bring me back. I'm just done with them as a whole.
They'd need to - minimum - drop Kinect and remove all non-line gaming online stuff from behind Live paywall and bring price down to around £350 stop paying for timed exclusives and provide more true exclusives developed bottom up for the console.
Given there's no way they're going to do all the above I've accepted they aren't winning me back.
I'll stick with PC and maybe PS4 for now and wait to see the next two announcements from Valve - TBH I'm already a lot more interested in streaming games from my PC directly to my TV than considering an XB1 now.
Given there's no way they're going to do all the above I've accepted they aren't winning me back.
I'll stick with PC and maybe PS4 for now and wait to see the next two announcements from Valve - TBH I'm already a lot more interested in streaming games from my PC directly to my TV than considering an XB1 now.
Junior Mint
Member
Firesale-like price drop. Like the guy above said, the app paywall is insane. I stopped playing games on my PS3 about a year ago and if Netflix/YouTube were paywalled, it'd literally be a useless box sitting in my cabinet. I'm not spending $500 on something like that.
gaming_noob
Member
They'd have to beat Sony at what they're doing. I only go for the best...
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Videogames.
RedNumberFive
Banned
You can count on it!
LowEndTorque
Member
To win back my heart (but not my trust) they will have to give me a free Xbone and shower me with gifts and free games every year.
And even if that happened I'd still probably do most of my gaming on PS4
keltickennedy
Member
For me....Get rid of the camera and sell it for $100 less. SOLD.
Dirk Benedict
Member
By closing up shop.
SHARKvince
Neo Member
- Make me (good) food three times a day and deliver it to wherever I am
- Get me a new house that I can keep all for myself (throw in some cute kitties too)
- Cover all my bills forever
Hmmm yeah, maybe that would do it. Maybe.
- Get me a new house that I can keep all for myself (throw in some cute kitties too)
- Cover all my bills forever
Hmmm yeah, maybe that would do it. Maybe.
The idea of being bought like that by a company makes me feel a bit dirty...
You can have Wii U in there. PC everyone owns already I'd hazard a guess.
Personally speaking, I'm PC hooked up to the TV gamer for now...I'll let the brutal battle play out over first 12 months to see who ups their game the most. Power / GFX deficiencies I'm no bothered about, they will both look fantastic. If GTA5 can look that good on Xbox, can you imagine Xbone/PS4 down the line...cheaper digital download only model with no Kinect would sell me instantly though...
It will come down to the games for me. If Sunset Overdrive, that Black Tusk game, etc turn out great then I will want one. The price is pretty prohibitive for me though, and it is tough to justify a purchase when 90% of the games will also be on the ps4 I have preordered. I reeaally hope they do end up releasing a kinectless sku. Oh, and if they end up with a superior online seri cd again which tbh I think is quite probable then that could also quicken my purchase
I don't think everyone has a PC in the way we seem to mean it. I would just say that PC+Android is probably sufficient for my needs, but Microsoft is more likely than Sony to attract my attention at this exact moment. For now, Xbox One is doing more things my PC can't comfortably do than PS4 is, but it isn't doing enough new things for me to be interested, and all of this could flip on its head in a few years so who knows. Wii U and Vita are completely boring to me, 3DS is a potential option.
Sloane_Ranger
Member
Nothing - The interface, the ads, the lack of gaming focus, price & what we know of specs decided for me: going back to Sony.
The icing for me is how IMO they took a platform I signed up for and then changed the experience in many negative ways (eg Ads, Miis, Metro interface, etc). They showed me that even if I liked what they are offering right now - there is no promise that I wouldn't just want to drop it after their next 'fall-update'.
The icing for me is how IMO they took a platform I signed up for and then changed the experience in many negative ways (eg Ads, Miis, Metro interface, etc). They showed me that even if I liked what they are offering right now - there is no promise that I wouldn't just want to drop it after their next 'fall-update'.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Heh. No. Don't own a PC, never want to own a PC.
I mean, I have a laptop, but that barely qualifies as a PC.
EventHorizon
Member
They would have to demo a Kinect 2.0 game that blew my socks off, and convinced me that the XB1 was worth the extra $100. It is the fact that they haven't done so that leads me to believe that they can't and that the Kinect will once again be a mostly useless addon when it comes to gaming.
3rdamention
Member
They can make it easy for me to win their "All in One" Entertainment Console in the Doritos Mountain Dew Promotion they are having this fall.
schwabdizzle
Banned
Needs to be $399 or less and quit putting apps behind paywalls.
BlazeBreak
Member
That and that. It's not just the Xbone, but rather the Xbone turned out to be further and more extreme examples of the direction of the Xbox brand and its attitude toward its core customers that made it so successful.
The Xbox and Xbox 360 have been my primary video game devices the past two generations. Barely more than a month after building a PC, I'm already hastily becoming a PC-first gamer who intends to buy a PS4 for console exclusives.
And on that note, it's also worth mentioning that Microsoft's first-party games falling off a cliff makes my transition even easier. Halo: CoD Edition is a fun game and all, but absolutely nowhere near the must-have of all the Bungie games. And Forza's a wonderful franchise, but I'd never buy a console just for that - especially since the main entries are annoyingly stale (There's been four Forza games in the same time span as only one Gran Turismo game, yet it still lacks night racing, rain, different environments, etc).
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I wa snever interested in their games, so thy would have to churn out some games I would care about, reduce the price to 399, somehow reverse the hardware so its more powerful, have a PS+ like service, get Japanese third party games like Takes, Yakuza, Disgaea and convince all my friends to get an XB1 too.
Dreamgazer
Member
The same strategy that Sony will have to use to win your heart over.
j/k.
I would need a competitive price point and usually free applications removed from the paywall.
I want guarantees that it would still be reasonable entertainment machine even if I ever choose to give up on gaming or pay for live.
j/k.
I would need a competitive price point and usually free applications removed from the paywall.
I want guarantees that it would still be reasonable entertainment machine even if I ever choose to give up on gaming or pay for live.