Coreldan
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What X1 has over PS4, is the whole Microsoft portfolio. SkyDrive, Skype, Windows, Xbox Music and Videos, Kinect, SmartGlass, and many other features that completely expand the reach of the Xbox One beyond just a gaming console.
When you add on top of that the TV and Sports integration what do you get? An entire entertainment ecosystem. Sony simply does not have that at all with the PS4. They have a really good game system, that's it. And that's all many gamers need. But that audience is small compared to the audience the X1 can attract.
Well put, this is the reason why for the first time in a decade I'm considering getting a console. I just went to Sony's site to look at their PS4-page and their integration with other systems got as far as playing PS4 games on PSP through streaming. Sure, they havn't even released as much info as MS has done so far, but considering that we have 2 PCs (Win 8 on desktop and Win 7 on a laptop), Surface RT, WP8 and WP7 in the household, it would be madness for me to get the PS4. I'm sure it's gonna be a succesful device and really good for gaming, but what I want goes beyond putting in a disc and playing games. If it was gaming only, I'd rather use my PC.
The deal isnt totally sealed for me yet, mostly comes down to the price (and my financial situation as primarily a student at this time), but if X1 was yet another console that did nothing but play the games you feed to it, I wouldn't have even looked that way and the same goes for all other consoles. So indeed, the X1 attracted audience with this move it wouldn't have attracted otherwise. I guess one could argue that they lost audience by not showing games in the first conference ("herp derp they dont focus on gaming", wtf is there to focus when it remains the same as the last decade, just new HW and new games), but lets face it: most people who will buy the X1 or PS4 didn't even watch either devices release conferences