Xbox One Retrospective
The Xbox One came out 501 days ago[1].
The Xbox One has certainly changed my life. It’s the reason I got a job for
one. That was a big change but lets get done talking about William.
The
Xbox One had all of the hype in world going for it. It predecessor Dominated
North America aside from the Wii but when your talking of the whole 7th
Console Generation[2].
The Xbox 360 was king. The Xbox 360 on a consistent basis doubled the sales of
the PlayStation 3. It seemed Microsoft had this bag but in the Video game
industry, there is something called the Third Console curse[3]
where a company that does well with there second entry into market gets to high
and mighty for their own britches. This happened with the N64 going with
cartridges instead of the more institutive and effeit CDs and Nintendo giving
up on third parties[4]
to the wolves. This also happened with the PlayStation 3 it officially was
priced at 600 dollars[5]
what was absurd at the time. When you consider that the Xbox 360 that was
considered its equalivent or even better hardware wise was only priced at 300[6].
The
“Reveal” of the Xbox One, was a huge a bummer for me. It was terrible amount of
time spent on TV, Sports and NFL partnership, it was absolutely ridiculous. I am a huge Xbox fan but this made me distraught
as a fan and a gamer. This was the future of Xbox? There was even a rumor going
around after the reveal that Microsoft was going to sell Xbox Brand. You could
say I was worried. The reason I care so much about Xbox was because my first console
was a Xbox 360 and it my Xbox was my escapism from my parents’ divorce and all
the other problems that happened. Then just to see, the future of platform
talking how I can change the channel with my voice. I saw more games on a
commercial, then I did on the Xbox Reveal and it was an hour long. Then here
are my sources about how terrible the Xbox One[7] Reveal[8]
was[9].
Aftermath,
this was the worst P.R damage control known to man. Here was one of the conversations
between the press and a Xbox One Rep. Press said “I was wondering, a lot soldier
overseas want to play Xbox but they don’t have a reliable internet connection
what do you say to are veterans” Xbox One Rep said “we have a product for people
over seas it called Xbox 360”. This offensive because it implys that the
currently serving troops are good enough to play on Xbox One and it also proves
that Xbox is represented by a bunch of twerps. A lot of people blame Don
Mattrick for leading Xbox into a full
blow nose dive. Xbox fired over 40 people for the Xbox One reveal and public
relations disaster but there is one a true savior.
Phil
Spencer, is someone I have immense respect for. He took over Xbox when it
seemed like it was a lost cause. It had already looked like a failure and it hasn’t
even hit the market. Phil Spencer took over between the reveal and E3. Now what
is E3 you ask will it’s the super bowl for Video Games. This where all of the
New Games get gameplay shown and are annoced. Phil Spencer proceed to go on
stage and show a hour and half of video games straight. I was in bliss and I later
went out later that day a got a job at the grocery store. So I could get a Xbox
One. Phil Specer cares about games and he understands games, Not like Don
Mattrick.
So
how is Xbox One doing two years later, well its sold over 10 million consoles
and its already outsold the Wii U. its allowed for games to be made that would
not have been without the Xbox One existence and it provides thousands of American
jobs and millions of people enjoyment. So next time, you slander a nerd for crying
about how his favorite game company closed, just remember how you felt when
Friends ended.
The
point of this editorial was to see how the Xbox One reveal affected, its launch
in such but I can safely say that Xbox’s future is brighter than ever. I am excited
to how the Xbox One Matures as a platform and I have already sunk hundreds of
hours in Xbox One and I can’t wait to spend thousands of more.
[1] As of April 7th,
2015
[4] Third parties: games that
are not made by Nintendo but still go on a Nintendo consoles. Such as Madden,
Grand Theft Auto, and Call Of Duty
[6]It was the “Basic” Model
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