The hate is strong, yesss, i can feel it pulsing through the article and the comments, give in to the salt and strike out at MS.

Personally, there isn't much more to interest me on xbox than gears 4. There just isn't a big amount of games coming on it where I think I must have that. It's the biggest lacking point atm imo (according to my tastes). Gonna trade mine in along with my 970s to get the new 1080 and hope gears releases on pc. Its a gamble but I think odds are it'll pay off!

"If people won’t buy the Xbox One then I’m struggling to understand why more expensive variants will suddenly change opinions – they won’t."

"Microsoft need to invest in quality first-party games"

Those are my opinions on it exactly. Not against a more powerful xbox but it's not really going to change the landscape of the market.
First party games has always been lacking point for the Xbox where Microsoft saw fit to buy exclusivity from 3rd parties more the encourage growth of their internal studios.

Edit: auto correct turned fit to future.

I'd like to see a stronger xbox. Wouldn't be offended in the slightest if it turned out to be alot 'better' than my xb1. Let's see what they have in store for e3. Microsoft always bring something to the table at these events.

So you clowns want to prevent me from buying what I want?

MS should just buy Sony

Xbox has the better exclusives, along with a growing back catalogue of games with backwards compatibility. Also, Microsoft has more upcoming high quality exclusives than Sony does. You know when you start to see articles like this, that Microsoft is going in the right direction. Fanboys just can't stand the fact that their PS4 has been overhyped for all this time. They're also pissed because they're still awaiting this 'greatness' that has been promised to them.

I want the scorpio...
I own a 4k tv and want the neo and scorpio
If you want to stay with the 2013 konsoles is ok. But i am not the only one how want a konsole with more power

Rather you love or hate Microsoft, Sony, or even Nintendo... At least think about some of your comments before posting them...

Half y'all comments are of ignorance or intentional stupidity...

More focus? The console have sold more than XBOX 360 at the same time but the PS4 sales are overshadowing it, that's all. They need to come out with a new slim and a more powerful hardware to compete with the PS4 Neo, and If the XBOX Scorpio has a 5-6 Tflops GPU at the same price as the Neo then a lot of people will jump back to XBOX.

Any one who disagrees with what I've said then guess what, you're a fanboy that can't comprehend logic and reasoning, sorry.

It's been the companies focus since disastrous Merrick screwed things up and for some reason everything they try keeps them behind the 8ball so to speak. Here's hoping this new system , feature and unified ecosystem gets them where they need to be .JM2C

The article is very interesting and have a very valid point. Before reading it, I was already under the impression that Microsoft believes that in order to succeed, they just need a more powerful console and that shows me that they still don't know how to focus and correct the bigger problems.

The PS2, for example, was the weakest console on its generation and it turned out to be the best selling console in history providing a golden era of gaming. It was not power who made the PS2 archive that.

I think this is the key paragraph of the article and summarize the situation very well...

"The problem in all this is that somehow Microsoft and the wider gaming community have come to the conclusion that more power = better console. Somehow Microsoft has decided that rather than focussing on fixing the mess that is the Xbox One right now, it wants to throw more ingredients into the mix; hoping that eventually something good will emerge from the chaos. If people won’t buy the Xbox One then I’m struggling to understand why more expensive variants will suddenly change opinions – they won’t."

The reason Microsoft lags behind is because people around world just generally don't like Microsoft and also Sony buys all these exclusives or how they try and spin it help with the development. Microsoft will never be a worldwide hit even with a more powerful console and more value for your buck. I enjoy my Xbox and will continue to enjoy it, it's not about power its about perception and people perceive that Msoft is some evil american company that can't be trusted while Sony's for the gamer.

Sony STILL dominates the GLOBE. Is console sales between these 2 ever a factor anymore? Also Xbox fans sure are banking on a lot hoping this sells, for Sonys sake I hope theirs does too. I think this is the stupidest crap ever. A upgraded console not even halfway into a gen? I'm not supporting this crap!

PS4 isn't selling because of JRPGs or its exclusives. Yea Uncharted 4 had a huge release but what else did? Bloodborne didn't have some gigantic sales numbers. It barely cleared 1 million and it's arguably the best PS4 exclusive.

PS4 is selling because it became the default console of the generation for 3rd parties, due to better performance and all the PR stumbles of Xbox.

Will people give it a rest already? Exclusives aren't the sole reason consoles sale, power isn't the sole reason, nor price. I know people that haven't played a single exclusive. I know people that literally play just 3 franchises (cod madden nba) they grew up on ps and it's all they know. I know some that went xbox simply for its controller and online. Multiplats outsell exclusives 99% of the time. Halo 5 was the only exclusive in the top 10 of 2015. Very very few exclusives are actually console sellers.(you could count them on 1 hand) multiplats sell consoles. Why do you think Sony and MS pay millions for early dlc? As stupid as it is it helps sell consoles/game copies.

Power is important but if there's barely a difference no honest person will gaf. Didn't stop 360 or ps2. Hell even if it huge it may not matter just act the wii. At the end of the day it's a combination of all that gets a console over even a new gimmick such as motion gaming.
Get the price right (ps3/XO mistake)
Get the games right (wii u mistake)
Get the power right (Nintendos mistake)
Get the reveal/feats right (XO/Ps3 mistake)
You can sacrifice one of the categories and still be a hit as long as you improve on the other categories.

Some Fans will be fans and buy regardless

Xbox has done everything right since phil took over at this point they need a new start. One problem xbox has and isn't fixing is support in other countries. Ms does care or try, now japan it has no hope no matter what they do and already a small market. imo a waste of time releasing there but Europe they don't support it as much as NA and UK and have restrictions. If they were to reduce ps impact ther by 50% xbox would be in much better shape. There and the other countries xbox isnt available is where the major difference is. China is a big market both should be campaigning hard there.

XO shot itself in the foot and hurt itself in UK/NA. While it wouldn't have dominated as much as 360 did it would still be leading. World image is why not exclusives. Ps4 exclusives have been slow up till this year and outside of uc4 sales numbers haven't been big.

damage is already done on the xbox one and its getting worse now they are giving all xbox games to pc, a more powerfull console isnt gonna do anything

Microsoft doesnt give a $h*t about gaming or gamers.. They just want windows in peoples homes.. If they couldnt get it right this time, why would i bother? Is there any reason to buy it besides power? Honestly, i dont see the point. To one up sony for better multiplats? Thats not going to make me buy it.. Only great exclusive games like they used to have will.. I loved it when Nintendo, Sony, & MS all had great unique and exclusive games.. Im not buying another console just for multiplats..

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau