How will the One do in Europe?
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You mean the countries where it will be available, right? Because I think, just due to the fact it's not going to be available in a lot of European countries at launch, it'll bomb hard.
I can't account for the mainland, but in the UK, most people watch free-to-air TV and something tells me that set top box manufacturers are unlikely to spend probably a lot of money to support a pass-through device that a lot of people may not be willing to pay £430 for when there are cheaper alternatives.
Well I think British culture has always been more accepting of the 360 than the PS3, from what I've seen (being British and all that) so I don't think it'll do too badly.
Traditionally the xbox performs quite well in the UK (while the 360 outsold the PS3 earlier in the console cycle, the PS3 has caught up with about 77 mil units in the UK each) with the mainland been more Sony focussed especially the many parts of Europe don't have XBLA. However my local game store has pre orders of the PS4 outnumbering the X1, even if X1 pre orders are supposed to be doing well on Amazon (I don't put MS past manipulating those figures in someway)
I would think that it would do just as well as anywhere else. Which could mean it will flop or be a smashing success or somewhere in between.
Half of Europe won't even get access to it, and the ones that do will be getting only half the consoles functionality... doesn't take much math to figure that one out.
Ireland doesn't get half the features the Uk XBL gets and most americans cant't tell the difference between Irish and English people whereas the PS3 seemed to be more europe friendly treating them all as one rather then breaking them down to the prominent countrys so personally I would like to see the PS4 succeed for that reason alone.
British culture does not care for Microsoft vs Sony. People simply go for what is better (evidenced by most went straight from PS2>360).Tom_green_day said:
The 360 had a better start last time, it was cheaper, it was out first, it had better launch exclusives and more big ones promised (all the PS3 had was MGS4).
Better start meant it not only ended up being the console more core gamers bought, it also meant it ended up being the console more of the general pubic bought too. Once the general pubic population had one they were not going to buy the other. And the core gamers were not going to buy the PS3 until it was much cheaper, if at all.
The PS4 looks like it going to have a better start this time around IMO, but we shall see.
I don't think it will do very good.
Kinect being the prime reason. Not just for privacy reasons which may mean a delayed release in several countries as Microsoft will have to adapt it's information-gathering settings to comply with legal standards. But mostly in language.
Most of Europe doesn't speak English as their primary language. Reading is fine, but actually speaking it? That's a lot harder. What they do speak are languages that are simply much more complicated than English, not really to any benefit I'd personally say, just more complicated.
So these people are going to be talking to the Kinect either in broken English or in a language both more complicated and most likely not spoken by Microsoft's Engineers. Broken English will likely be equally awkward for both the Kinect and the User, I doubt that will lead to a good experience. Their native language will, most likely, suffer from poor support and thus be equally awkward in it's use.
Nobody enjoys struggling with devices, especially not when you have to talk with them. I think it's almost certain that the XBone will be a struggle when it comes to Europe's many languages.
Kinect being the prime reason. Not just for privacy reasons which may mean a delayed release in several countries as Microsoft will have to adapt it's information-gathering settings to comply with legal standards. But mostly in language.
Most of Europe doesn't speak English as their primary language. Reading is fine, but actually speaking it? That's a lot harder. What they do speak are languages that are simply much more complicated than English, not really to any benefit I'd personally say, just more complicated.
So these people are going to be talking to the Kinect either in broken English or in a language both more complicated and most likely not spoken by Microsoft's Engineers. Broken English will likely be equally awkward for both the Kinect and the User, I doubt that will lead to a good experience. Their native language will, most likely, suffer from poor support and thus be equally awkward in it's use.
Nobody enjoys struggling with devices, especially not when you have to talk with them. I think it's almost certain that the XBone will be a struggle when it comes to Europe's many languages.
I can confirm that, if your mother tongue is not English, having to speak to a machine in English is awkward as hell, especially if there are people around. And I would say my spoken English is better than 95% of people in any European country (excluding the obvious, English-speaking ones).Hagi said:
And in countries where most of the population don't even know English, it will be even worse.
The only piece of evidence I can offer is the Amazon 2013 UK Best Seller list; In preorders for Amazon at least, the Xbox One is some thirty-ish slots behind the PS4. Of course, because there is no number associated, there is no certain idea how this translates to in the gap of actual console purchases, but hourly sales suggest that despite receiving a boost after Microsoft reversed their original policies, (Before the reversal, the X1 was 65 slots behind) the PlayStation 4 has pulled ahead in hourly sales as well, So whatever gap exists in terms of purchase numbers seems likely to grow wider for now. Truth be told, the difference might not even be that big, and likely wouldn't be an utter flop, (Although after how Dead Rising 3's sales were considered inadequate by EA despite strong sales, curious as to what Microsoft would consider a flop) but what is notable about it is that the Xbox 360 was very dominant in the U.K., which has not at all reflected in the Xbox One's reception thus far.TomWiley said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/2013/videogames#1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/videogames#1
I've lived in Europe for a while and still have a lot of family there, and yeah, the xbox really didnt break through there. I don't think the ONE will break that trend. People seem to be very into PC gaming (for example games like DOTA are absolutely huge there). Also I've seen a lot of people with the reasonably priced Nintendo consoles.
BTW, I am mostly talking about Eastern Europe. Perhaps in the west, where most people can in fact afford consoles like the ONE, it will do better.
BTW, I am mostly talking about Eastern Europe. Perhaps in the west, where most people can in fact afford consoles like the ONE, it will do better.