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marricks | 3 months ago

Didn't Xbox pivot to be an entertainment system a couple generations ago and flop compared to PlayStation?

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fullstop|3 months ago

It probably didn't help that they removed all of those features over time.

BlueTemplar|3 months ago

You mean compared to the PS3, one of the strong points of which was also having a Blu-Ray drive ?

ErroneousBosh|3 months ago

I know a lot of folk (myself included) who pretty much only bought the PS3 because of the Blu-Ray drive.

I wasn't an early adopter and only bought a PS3 in 2010. In the intervening 15 years I have bought four Blu-Rays, and been given two more.

I own (and watch) more VHS tapes than Blu-Rays.

I sure did play a lot of GTA4, GTA5, Infamous, and Little Big Planet though.

philwelch|3 months ago

This was the Xbone/PS4 generation.

The Blu-Ray drive is basically no added cost since the games were already distributed on optical disks, it’s like how the PS2 was one of the most popular DVD players. The problem with the Xbone was that, at least judging on their marketing at the time, Microsoft was far more focused on broadening the scope of the device beyond games while Sony stayed focused on gaming. That’s why I bought a PS4 despite previously using an Xbox 360.