What could Microsoft show at E3 to finally get you to buy an Xbox One?
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everthustodeadbeats
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A kinect-less xbox one. But it will never happen.
Forza Horizon 2 and an exclusive Virtua Fighter.
Forza Horizon 2 and an exclusive Virtua Fighter.
All of this would need to happen :
- A way lower price
- An exclusive awesome-looking Platinum game
- Quantum Break is amazing
- Below is fantastic
- A new amazing adventure IP that isn't a shooter
I kind of hope not of that happens as I would like to stick with Wii U and PS4 only in the future.
- A way lower price
- An exclusive awesome-looking Platinum game
- Quantum Break is amazing
- Below is fantastic
- A new amazing adventure IP that isn't a shooter
I kind of hope not of that happens as I would like to stick with Wii U and PS4 only in the future.
Vigilant Gambit
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New Kinect-free, $400 SKU
Compelling exclusives other than Killer Instinct (Titanfall doesn't count IMO because I can play it on my PC and it'd run better on that)
And possibly the ability to use fancy voice control with a headset (like PS4) instead of having the camera plugged in just for that. But the first two things would pretty much be enough.
Compelling exclusives other than Killer Instinct (Titanfall doesn't count IMO because I can play it on my PC and it'd run better on that)
And possibly the ability to use fancy voice control with a headset (like PS4) instead of having the camera plugged in just for that. But the first two things would pretty much be enough.
Protocol7
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I'd like that, but I would need more to get a XOne... Like proving it IS a gaming console for starters and not some TIVO box with an option to play games (no trolls intended really my thoughts). Oh and drop the price.
On another note really think the next gen consoles were released a year too soon.
Sony's PS3 is still not dead, no idea about 360 (I haven't touched mine for a while) but clearly one more year would have been ok.
Except it's a totally ridiculous statement with zero chance of that happening. It borders on trolling as well.
I agree that it's not very useful to list things that clearly would never happen. However, I think that if you are someone who still has some passion for playing games, it shouldn't be too hard to think up a realistic scenario of something Microsoft could do that would make you buy an XB1. Maybe your purchase is earnest becaue they have introduced something new and exciting. Maybe it's grudging because they have purchased a developer or game you were already excited about.
For me, I decided to buy a PS3 when I saw The Last Guardian for the first time. Obviously that turned out to be a bad factor to base the purchase on, but it's an example of a game that looked good enough at a conference to push me to purchase a system.
Recently we have seen leaks of Project Beast, which presumably will be announced at E3. Now, I already own a PS4, but if I didn't, I can imagine that a game like that might be enough to convince me to buy one, since I love the Souls series, but really want to see it reinvent itself.
As I've mentioned earlier in the thread, I bought a 360 after watching the E3 conference where they showed Braid, Bionic Commando, Castle Crashers, and Geometry Wars 2, and they were all coming out that summer (those were not all brand new reveals, but it was the showing at the conference that convinced me that they would be awesome games). Incidentally, this was also the same conference where they announced FFXIII would be coming to the 360 - also a bad motivator in retrospect, but still a big deal at the time.
I had no plans to buy an N64 until I saw a demo of Mario 64 running in a shop. It blew my mind, and a couple weeks later I was standing in line at launch.
Can you really argue that those sorts of things are unrealistic? They actually happened. So I wonder why it is so difficult to imagine a realistic situation in which something similar happens for the XB1.
I was surprised by a lot of stuff at last year's Microsoft E3: Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Crimson Dragon - None of them were system sellers for me (yet), but they certainly showed me that Microsoft is capable of pulling out surprising games in a conference. I mean we already have rumors of an exclusive game from Platinum, right? What if that game looks totally amazing? Doesn't matter to you? If Platinum is not your cup of tea, pick your favorite independent developer. Imagine this generation's Gears of War or Fez or Crackdown or EDF 2017 or Tales of Vesperia or whatever genre you are into. Still doesn't matter? Then what actually does?
flyinpiranha
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Unfortunately nothing. I'm all PS4/PC/portable this generation. With Oculus coming it's getting a bit expensive already to be in the PC camp.
Unfortunately they blew their chance, I was willing to purchase it months ago if the price was right, but it wasn't. Since then I've grown more interested in Oculus and what that branch of gaming will offer.
I will probably never purchase an XB1 (or Wii U for that matter) until they are bargain prices.
Unfortunately they blew their chance, I was willing to purchase it months ago if the price was right, but it wasn't. Since then I've grown more interested in Oculus and what that branch of gaming will offer.
I will probably never purchase an XB1 (or Wii U for that matter) until they are bargain prices.
AstroNut325
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I'm also in the "probably nothing" camp. There simply is no amount of great software that will convince me to support MS in the gaming console domain. I tend to gravitate towards consoles with the most horsepower and that simply is NOT changing for another 6-8 years. I also don't appreciate their stance on multimedia functionality behind XBLG. I also don't like how the system does not allow you to swap the internal hard drive. I simply don't like having extra hard drives sitting in my entertainment center. And... I'm not a fan of their first party output. I'm simply not interested in Gears, Forza, and Fable.
Strangely enough... I do love Kinect though!
Strangely enough... I do love Kinect though!
This biggest things they can do to make me want it, are the things I'm sure they won't do: downplay focus on cloud, online, digital distribution, and Kinect (ok, that last one they might kinda do).
Still, I'm planning hoping they'll announce enough cool games, that I'll have no choice. I want to see more of that game from Remedy (Quantum Break?), would like to see Crackdown, Gears, Fable maybe. New IP could be great, or maybe I wouldn't care (depends a lot on what it is, of course). I think a highly game focused E3 (that they have kinda alluded to) would make me go buy one. I want to want one, they just have to push me over the edge.
Still, I'm planning hoping they'll announce enough cool games, that I'll have no choice. I want to see more of that game from Remedy (Quantum Break?), would like to see Crackdown, Gears, Fable maybe. New IP could be great, or maybe I wouldn't care (depends a lot on what it is, of course). I think a highly game focused E3 (that they have kinda alluded to) would make me go buy one. I want to want one, they just have to push me over the edge.
Stealthcobra
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absolutely nothing would make me get an xbox. all their exclusives are normally on pc. whats the point in having an xbox?
JimmyRustler
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Nothing I can think of right now. First of all they have to announce a Kinect-less Bone to make me even consider it. After that.... I dunno. I pretty much don't care about their exclusive IPs any more and there is no Multi-Plattform game I care about that I realisticly think they could make exclusive. Like TES for instance. So it must be something new. Though non 1080p is a big downer for me. I simply don't want to play games any more that have a resolution below 1080p.
I can't think of anything that would make me want one. I don't care about any of its unique features, I certainly don't care about Kinect, and I can't imagine buying it just on the strength of one or two unannounced games. That's just not my style. I'm pretty sure the Xbone will be the first Microsoft console that I never buy.
Well yeah but in the short term it's still not clear whether the attitude at MS which drove them to the original version of the Xbone is still there, and they're waiting for the right time to spring it again after buttering people up with games (a lot of people, I think, believe this), whether they'll give up on the console again halfway through the generation as with the Xbox and 360, or whether they've actually genuinely realised that the wheel has seriously come off their plans and the Xbox brand has a tarnish that it will take more than a couple of moneyhatted exclusives to buff out.
So I still think it's completely reasonable that nothing within the realms of possibility at this E3 would convince people to buy an Xbone. Maybe in five or six years if they manage to keep their commitment, as I've said. Otherwise buying one after this E3 just because they showed a few more games is just an invitation for MS to burn you again.
For the exclusives that won't also be released for PC. Also because I'm sure not everyone cares to drag their computers to their living rooms to play games. And, more importantly, not everyone owns PC's capable of playing the latest games comfortably.
Just because you don't see a point in it doesn't means others see it your way.
So, you're basically saying unfounded paranoia is driving some people away from Xbox One? Doesn't that sound a tad bit silly?
manny10032
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$350.00 would get me to buy one.
BobbyColtrane
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1. Kinect-less SKU
2. A quality NFL title like an updated NFL 2K
3. Backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games
2. A quality NFL title like an updated NFL 2K
3. Backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games
George Claw M.D.
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For starters, one possibility was in my very post that you quoted but left out.
- Every Xbone sold between E3 until the end of the year comes with a $1000 Amazon gift card.
Admiral Woofington
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they would have to announce:
1. How a multiplat game I absolutely adore is now an exclusive series to the xbox. And I mean exclusive as in not timed.
2. They'd have to announce an rpg of some sort that is just so godly I'd get an xbox just to play it.
1. How a multiplat game I absolutely adore is now an exclusive series to the xbox. And I mean exclusive as in not timed.
2. They'd have to announce an rpg of some sort that is just so godly I'd get an xbox just to play it.
I'm not really sure how you can possibly say it's unfounded when I gave you the reasons for it right there in the post.
RENEGADEcorrupt
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Breakdown 2. With Kinect controls.
Having the position that, moving forward, Microsoft is purposely going to attempt to butter gamers up, spread goodwill, and produce games to attract customers just so they can later turn the tables and screw everyone qualifies as unfounded paranoia in my opinion. Especially after the mess they went through last year. Unless their ultimate master plan is to destroy their brand, that's not going to happen.
Slightly altered to fit my own thoughts.
Napalm_Frank
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Resident Evil 2 Remake? KOTOR3? Kingdom Hearts? FFVII remake?
I guess those are pretty much it.
I guess those are pretty much it.
I don't necessarily think that those impulses will manifest as the same thing. I agree that waiting for enough people do buy the Xbone and then flipping the 'always on DRM switch' from off to on is an unrealistic and cartoonish fantasy. But I definitely think that there are other things that they could do (such as increasing the amount of 'fee to play' features or novel advertising-driven revenue streams for MS aren't out of the question in the future.
Anything's possible, I suppose. Personally, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and trust they've learned their lesson. Especially after promoting a true gamer at heart as the new head of Xbox. I like to think there are sunny days ahead, we just have to be patient for Spencer to work his magic.
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