How Microsoft Perplexed A Gaming Generation
When Microsoft revealed the 21st
of May as their showcase for the future of the entertainment medium I
was excited by the prospect. Having been disappointed by Sony's
offerings of sequels and pseudo Frankenstein controllers, I was hoping
MS would offer something more...much more. Well we all saw the console
which is more than what Sony did, however upon feasting it's rather
bland 1980's vhs player styled design should they have showed it at all?
A small part of me thought it was deliberate in an attempt to make the
console look similar to those of old, those from my generation. Maybe
they wanted to grab the attention of the Space Invaders elite?
If
that was the intention then they failed as the new Xbox One (it's now
official name) looked more akin to a set top box than a console with the
same features enjoyed by that said medium. As I sit here a cool breeze
gusting through the balcony doors and a refreshing Orange juice greets
my lips I wonder if this is the future of gaming? The Xbox One reveal
seemed nothing more than MS wanting to get into a territory already
frequented by other companies who quite frankly have much more
experience with the subject matter. Has MS decided to put the other
entertainment mediums first and games second? Such a prospect is so bizarre and non coherent I dread to think it.
Then
there is the rather more alarming concern of used game fee's and one
user per console mentality. Do MS honestly expect a married couple to
both buy the same version of the same game so both can enjoy it on the
same console? In another world it would be comedy gold the kind of
content that Laurel and Hardy would use to captivate audiences
worldwide. The worrying feeling however is that this situation is no
joke and it's a nightmare that we will never awake from. No matter how
one looks at it the reveal raised more questions than eyebrows and
alerted the gaming world to some very serious questions.
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