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trunkswd on 29 December 2024
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G2ThaUNiT said:

Immediate one that comes to mind is the Xbox One. Console was “dead” before it even launched. Keep the Kinect 2.0 as an optional accessory but get rid of the Kinect requirement to bring the price down to $399 at launch, the entire showcase presentation of the console be focused exclusively on games rather than it being entirely about being a multimedia device, drop the online DRM that limited game sharing/resale, give it a proper console associated name rather than “One”

I also wouldn’t allow for Sony to get CoD marketing that gen, keep a closer on eye on 343 and don’t let the disaster that was Halo MCC happen along with Halo 5 pretty much ruining your biggest IP. And after Insomniac finished Sunset Overdrive, accept the Marvel Spider-Man deal and partner with Insomniac again to make it exclusively.

Would it have saved the Xbox One from being demolished? Probably not as there would still be a major first party issue throughout most of the gen outside of that first year, but that would’ve gotten at least an extra 10-15 million units in console marketshare, if not more just by having a completely positive pre-launch announcement.

I would add launching it a year earlier with Halo 4 as a cross gen launch title. So it would have a year headstart over the PS4 like the Xbox 360 did with the PS3. 



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