Current Events > I think the XBox Series X launch day might be a disaster.

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People denouncing it on the internet; poor launch line-up, with no Halo; people not wanting to go out and buy the console anyway, due to the coronavirus; Microsoft trying to put a good face on it all, and making a bad situation worse; no lines outside stores, just people strolling in; folk who do actually buy the XBox being disappointed; the mainstream media completely ignoring the event, with no high profile coverage whatsoever, just silence; technical problems; Nintendo and Sony gloating on Twitter; many people in the general public, even gamers, not even being aware of the launch; overall, only a few tens of thousands of units sold on launch day.

So - what do you think, CE? Is this an accurate prediction? Based on various factors, I would say this is reasonably accurate. Don't misunderstand. I'm not some mindless XBox basher.

I own an XBox 360, and it's one of my favourite consoles. The 360 has an excellent library of games, and I've had a LOT of fun over the years. But, when the XBone came out, I just...wasn't that enthusiastic. Of course, sometimes it takes a while for a console to really get going, but even after years, the XBone still strikes me as a pretty poor console.

Something went wrong with Microsoft's philosophy at some point. IMHO, I think it was a combination of becoming unheathily obssessed with graphics, not lining up enough third party support, and, for a while, pushing Kinect REALLY hard. You know, that last thing...I used to work in a video game store, and people would come in pretty much every day, and ask if we had the console without Kinect. And I don't blame them.

What do you think of my predictions for launch day, then?


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MeIon Bread posted...

So - what do you think, CE? Is this an accurate prediction? Based on various factors, I would say this is reasonably accurate.

Almost nothing you ever post is reasonable or accurate.
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Which parts of my opening paragraph were wrong, then? Specifically?


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I haven't seen nearly as much negativity towards it as with Xbox One leading up to its launch

MeIon Bread posted...

the mainstream media completely ignoring the event, with no high profile coverage whatsoever, just silence; technical problems; Nintendo and Sony gloating on Twitter; many people in the general public, even gamers, not even being aware of the launch; overall, only a few tens of thousands of units sold on launch day.

This whole thing is just what

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No R1 button, no buy

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coh posted...

I haven't seen nearly as much negativity towards it as with Xbox One leading up to its launch

Really? I do remember the negativity, but having said that, it had disappated a lot from a while before...when Microsoft said they weren't requiring it to be always online, and also that you could lend games to friends, that certainly helped.

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R1masher posted...

No R1 button, no buy

They removed the R1 button?

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