I think Patcher, catch me as I may fall over, is right this time. The PS4 is leaps and bounds ahead of the Xbox and although we're only 2 years in I can't see the Xbox catching up; Sony's machine is just too popular. But this lead isn't because the Xbox is a rubbish console. This lead is a follow on from the disastrous launch that Mattrick was responsible for. Thanks to that arrogant fool most people have the wrong idea of what the Xbox is all about. Sure it plays your TV through it and all that malarkey, but what was lost in translation is the way in which your TV, or whatever else you plug in it, is incorporated. Switching between games, TV, Blu-Ray, whatever is seamless and instant. Games are automatically paused and continue from where you left it - even if you turn off the console. Snapping the Superbowl or whatever whilst playing a game means you can do both things at once. It doesn't mean that Microsoft didn't make a games console. It just means that they've taken your living room and made it one with it. And it works very well. The kinect was always going to be a tricky sell and I think the whole thing should've been left on the drawing board. I like the voice activation so leave that in but as a separate device it sucks badly. I'm not trying to sell the Xbone here I'm just sticking up for the little guy that's easily bullied. I don't have a PS4 but it's on my list of things to buy once it's cheaper and there's a huge backlog of cheap games to play. But Patcher is right this time. No way can the Xbox catch the PS4 in numbers. I still think at this point in time it does have the stronger games lineup but that doesn't seem to be helping it claw back sales.
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Re: Pachter: There's Nothing Xbox One Can Do to Catch PS4
I think Patcher, catch me as I may fall over, is right this time. The PS4 is leaps and bounds ahead of the Xbox and although we're only 2 years in I can't see the Xbox catching up; Sony's machine is just too popular. But this lead isn't because the Xbox is a rubbish console. This lead is a follow on from the disastrous launch that Mattrick was responsible for. Thanks to that arrogant fool most people have the wrong idea of what the Xbox is all about. Sure it plays your TV through it and all that malarkey, but what was lost in translation is the way in which your TV, or whatever else you plug in it, is incorporated. Switching between games, TV, Blu-Ray, whatever is seamless and instant. Games are automatically paused and continue from where you left it - even if you turn off the console. Snapping the Superbowl or whatever whilst playing a game means you can do both things at once. It doesn't mean that Microsoft didn't make a games console. It just means that they've taken your living room and made it one with it. And it works very well. The kinect was always going to be a tricky sell and I think the whole thing should've been left on the drawing board. I like the voice activation so leave that in but as a separate device it sucks badly. I'm not trying to sell the Xbone here I'm just sticking up for the little guy that's easily bullied. I don't have a PS4 but it's on my list of things to buy once it's cheaper and there's a huge backlog of cheap games to play. But Patcher is right this time. No way can the Xbox catch the PS4 in numbers. I still think at this point in time it does have the stronger games lineup but that doesn't seem to be helping it claw back sales.