This question was popped in a pre-E3 thread months ago but it was more about just "what games you would want" than anything else.
I propose a new thread because it's become apparent that some of the stuff MS has tried to spur sales hasn't really worked.
It sold well based on launch hype last year and managed some post christmas success in north america but titanfall didn't move hardware as quickly as I think MS and EA thought it would. When both the forza 5 bundle and Titanfall bundle failed to cause a huge sales push , I get the feeling MS placed some bets on the delayed kinect sports 3. It ,too, failed to sell well. So the final nail in the kinect coffin was placed , it got removed from the package and you could finally buy an xbox one for 100$ less (same price as a PS4) without the kinect which is what everyone claimed they wanted.
Yet, the sales didn't go up and the PS4 still beat it in June quite handily.
So what's going on here ? I know , in my case, I'm getting too old to rush out and buy all these new game consoles just to have them and because of all the bad press last year I decided MS didn't want my business. So once PS4s finally popped up on canadian store shelves (conveniently right after an exchange rate adjustment on price) I bought one with infamous. That expended a good portion of my gaming budget for the year so I'm just not feeling the need to rush in to an xbox one right away. As I'd mentioned in the arcade stick thread- I own a SF4 arcade stick for the 360 and it doesn't work with the xbox one. The xbone game I want to play the most is Killer Instinct. I've grown to rather enjoy playing fighting games with an arcade stick as opposed to a controller (although the xbone does have a much better dpad at least) but can't really justify playing 400$ for a console + 40$ for a game + 200$ + for a new stick (if I can even find one for msrp, they're virtually sold out). That all said ;however, MS did announce the halo master chief collection with halo 1-4 all ported up to xbox one coming this november. I think in my case if they wanted me to buy a console this year , they'd bundle that halo collection with the system for the same 400$ price point and I'd consider it. Fix the driver support and let me use my 360 stick and I'd be tempted to buy one tomorrow but better judgement on my finances would keep me waiting a bit longer. Ultimatly the cheaper it gets the more attractive it becomes for me, it has a handful of exclusive games I wouldn't mind playing but nothing I feel the need to rush out for.
How about the rest of GAF ? Did their mess of a an unveiling sour you on ever buying an xbox one ? Did you buy a PS4 already and don't feel like spending more money when you lack the time to play even the PS4 ? What are the reasons why you don't have have one yet and what would it take to get you to buy one ?
I propose a new thread because it's become apparent that some of the stuff MS has tried to spur sales hasn't really worked.
It sold well based on launch hype last year and managed some post christmas success in north america but titanfall didn't move hardware as quickly as I think MS and EA thought it would. When both the forza 5 bundle and Titanfall bundle failed to cause a huge sales push , I get the feeling MS placed some bets on the delayed kinect sports 3. It ,too, failed to sell well. So the final nail in the kinect coffin was placed , it got removed from the package and you could finally buy an xbox one for 100$ less (same price as a PS4) without the kinect which is what everyone claimed they wanted.
Yet, the sales didn't go up and the PS4 still beat it in June quite handily.
So what's going on here ? I know , in my case, I'm getting too old to rush out and buy all these new game consoles just to have them and because of all the bad press last year I decided MS didn't want my business. So once PS4s finally popped up on canadian store shelves (conveniently right after an exchange rate adjustment on price) I bought one with infamous. That expended a good portion of my gaming budget for the year so I'm just not feeling the need to rush in to an xbox one right away. As I'd mentioned in the arcade stick thread- I own a SF4 arcade stick for the 360 and it doesn't work with the xbox one. The xbone game I want to play the most is Killer Instinct. I've grown to rather enjoy playing fighting games with an arcade stick as opposed to a controller (although the xbone does have a much better dpad at least) but can't really justify playing 400$ for a console + 40$ for a game + 200$ + for a new stick (if I can even find one for msrp, they're virtually sold out). That all said ;however, MS did announce the halo master chief collection with halo 1-4 all ported up to xbox one coming this november. I think in my case if they wanted me to buy a console this year , they'd bundle that halo collection with the system for the same 400$ price point and I'd consider it. Fix the driver support and let me use my 360 stick and I'd be tempted to buy one tomorrow but better judgement on my finances would keep me waiting a bit longer. Ultimatly the cheaper it gets the more attractive it becomes for me, it has a handful of exclusive games I wouldn't mind playing but nothing I feel the need to rush out for.
How about the rest of GAF ? Did their mess of a an unveiling sour you on ever buying an xbox one ? Did you buy a PS4 already and don't feel like spending more money when you lack the time to play even the PS4 ? What are the reasons why you don't have have one yet and what would it take to get you to buy one ?
