Next Xbox Debuts In 26 Days

[Jaeger_CDN]

So, May 21st, either the Powder Keg explodes, or it amounts to very little.
Given Microsoft's recent pushes to emulate Apple (plus the Always-Online DRM package in the Durango dev kit) makes me think that keg is going to blow.

That powder keg has been burning for a while already with the lousy roll out of Windows 8 + the poor adoption rates [http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/windows_8s_market_share_coming_expense_windows_vistaxp2013] and their tablets that no one really wants. Ballmer has crammed his fingers in his ears and is screaming "lalalala can't hear you" whenever someone has a complaint about win 8.

But you're right, Microsoft has peeked over the fence at Apple and is trying to copy them (MS stores vs the Apple stores, iTunes app store vs MS walled garden app store, the unified OS GUI between tablet/desktop/phone/xbox). Problem is they aren't doing any of them well.

Microsoft like Apple has deep pockets(but not endless) but they desperately need to turn things around for the long run because they are stagnating at the moment.

 

[Atmos Duality]

So, May 21st, either the Powder Keg explodes, or it amounts to very little.
Given Microsoft's recent pushes to emulate Apple (plus the Always-Online DRM package in the Durango dev kit) makes me think that keg is going to blow.

That powder keg has been burning for a while already with the lousy roll out of Windows 8 + the poor adoption rates [http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/windows_8s_market_share_coming_expense_windows_vistaxp2013] and their tablets that no one really wants. Ballmer has crammed his fingers in his ears and is screaming "lalalala can't hear you" whenever someone has a complaint about win 8.

But you're right, Microsoft has peeked over the fence at Apple and is trying to copy them (MS stores vs the Apple stores, iTunes app store vs MS walled garden app store, the unified OS GUI between tablet/desktop/phone/xbox). Problem is they aren't doing any of them well.

Microsoft like Apple has deep pockets(but not endless) but they desperately need to turn things around for the long run because they are stagnating at the moment.

Ironically, I think we'd see an ever bigger explosion if the Durango launches with Always-Online DRM or some sort of discriminatory system (I heard a rumor about a cheaper Subscription-based Durango vs more expensive "classic console", though that rumor has no clout behind it, unlike Always Online).

Imagine if people rejected it outright. Sony would take command of the console market pretty much uncontested.
It's not like Nintendo can threaten them; they have a head start and they're struggling right now just to get developers on board.

Of course, that assumes that the AAA publishers, whose games prop up the console market don't collapse first; most of them aren't doing so good right now.

 

[Fenra]

More than anything else what would make me happy, or at least not facepalm as much, would be hearing that its a games console for... y'know games?!

I have a DVD/Blu-ray player, I have an mp3 player, I have a PC for my email and online needs, I dont need another box in my living room trying to be everything I never asked it to be

Hey a man can dream...

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

First question: Always Online?