Friday, February 22, 2013

IGN All: Microsoft's Lessons from the PlayStation 4 Reveal

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Microsoft's Lessons from the PlayStation 4 Reveal
Feb 23rd 2013, 01:54

Sony should be applauded for a fantastic – and intensely focused – PlayStation 4 unveiling event this past week. Sure, the Quantic Dream and Media Molecule portions of the conference were misses, but by and large Sony kept its inaugural PS4 messaging focused on the core gamer and all of the core gamer-friendly services the PS4 offers – an effective strategy not only given that Sony needs to win those people back, but also because the early adopters who will pay the console's asking price will be the dedicated, hardcore players.

And now that it's over, you can bet that Microsoft was watching intently and taking notes. Odds are it already has its presentation reasonably locked-in, but the company would be negligent – and not to mention foolish – if it wasn't at least a bit reactionary to Sony's event. After all, that's the trade-off for going second: it can afford to be. On the one hand, Microsoft is in a position to tweak their Xbox 3 reveal based on Sony's event. On the other, however, Sony has set a rather high bar. Here's what Microsoft needs to do with their imminent next-gen Xbox reveal in order to trump Sony's event.

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