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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Isn’t this one of the biggest things that tanked Xbox’s series x announcement? Like, they changed their minds but still lost good will and customers?

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 11 points 2 hours ago

You might be thinking of the Xbox One. That reveal had a number of major unforced errors, but the killing of the used game market was the one everyone remembers because Sony REALLY nailed them to the cross with it.

Other hilarious fumbles include:

  • The name.
  • Forced inclusion of the Kinect, a mandatory $100 always-on camera and microphone in your living room, in the same year that the Snowden leaks happened.
  • Underpowered DDR3 memory compared to the PS4's GDDR5.
  • Unwavering, pathological obsession with using the Xbox as a TV set-top box, going so far as to showing The Price is Right on stage. For context for younger people, The Price is Right was your great grandmother's favorite show.

Actually, rewatching that video, this is basically where the Ball and Gun Gamer was born. Xbox really was forward thinking on this one specific thing...