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It's good they have listened to what gamers have been saying but you are right it's a kick in the teeth for the ones who have already got a XBOX and who most likely have no interest in Kinnect. Also making changes this soon and trying to play catch up just shows they have no idea what they are doing. Doesn't exactly give you confidence in them. Still they could come good if they bring some really great exclusives to the system.

microsoft did a mini nintendo.

They were arrogant enough to assume they could bundle a kinect forcefully, as well as employ over the top anti consumer policies without losing market share. They relied on the brand name and hype alone to sell the units.

Obviously we know they abandoned many of the anti consumer policies pre launch due to massive bad press, but the sales numbers have forced them to now abandon the forced kinect, also the weak spec of the xbox one is also likely partically due to this over confidence as well, the ps4 is also weaker than it should be but since its the strongest out there they got away with it (for now).

Keeping bad policies in place just to please early adopters is a bad move to make, if they kept that policy then they would e.g. carried on selling the RROD 360 model all the way until EOL on 360 just to not annoy the early adopters of that generation. The world of technology doesnt stand still, if you buy an electrical product early, you have to 'expect' something better to happen at some point that reduces the value of your purchase.

I said during the launch, buying early doesnt make a lot of financial sense, prices will drop, policies will change, the units will get updated etc. But obviously some people cant wait hence those who brought the consoles. 6-7 months after launch and I still dont find myself craving to get one of these newer gen consoles.

Edited by Chrysalis (Sun 18-May-14 00:02:08)

The world of technology doesnt stand still, if you buy an lectrical product early, you have to 'expect' something better to happen at some point that reduces the value of your purchase

The same applies at whatever point in the cycle you buy a product. If you buy it cheap at the last minute you are playing with old technology when the early adopters move onto the newer models.

You keep beating the same old drum, but I'm not quite sure why. If you want it but don't want to pay the asking price, don't buy early. If you want it but simply can't afford it, don't buy it and wait for a price drop. But if it werent for early adopters you wouldn't have either option would you?

What you say i tend to have to agree with and i remember your comments pre next generation console release,however if your in to your tech devices and you love Gaming then there will always be millions that will jump in and buy Launch models because that is human nature.

I don't have a single problem regarding my launch playstation 4 and don't for one minute regret buying it,my gripe with all these consoles is the extended wait for decent software.

Infamous was pure brilliance but that came 5 months later,and on a personal level i don't see one single must have game on the Xbox One,Titanfall is decent but its not the killer title i thought it would be and it was the only reason i ended up with a Xbox One.

Come Monday I'm sure i will be a little more happier when i load up Wolfenstein,and then a week Tuesday I'm hoping that Watchdogs is really going to get my passion for gaming rekindled and it ends up living up to all the press hype.

Be interesting to see the review in the next few days for both these games,my thoughts on Wolfenstein later on tomorrow night .

Good boy

Im guessing yours has been sent and despatched like mine and you will get it a day early on Monday.

Nope.

Will have to order it this afternoon.

Well for someone that's been raving about it the last 12 months and he didn't pre order it,and then we have Timey here that thought it looked a little Naff at the time has it on his order schedule.

You still getting Watchdogs ,you must have that on order

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Nope.

Will have to order it this afternoon.

I give you a Mini review tomorrow afternoon,I'm going to give it a quick blast for sure .

Nope lol!

Defo ordering that this afternoon though. The trouble is mate, I keep waivering over Wolfenstein. I know I'll love it, but I'll only get a couple of hours maximum this week to play it and then Watchdogs will be out. I reckon I might skip it you know and just go for Watchdogs first.