Saturday, May 14, 2005

Xbox 360 compatibility not yet decided

Xbox 360 compatibility not yet decided

I have to completely agree with the author here... how is it possible that a product which is about to see the light of day does not have a fundamental design decision made? This really feels like a decision that actually DID get made and people are not willing to take the (brutal) press over it.

posted by Iron Yuppie 5/14/2005 08:06:00 PM

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I'm wondering if they have both answers ready to go. If there isn't a big uproar don't provide the compatibility and save some amount of money on the console production. If there is, provide it and eat the costs.
# posted by Blogger Chookster : May 15, 2005 6:38 AM
 
I'd love to see some analysis on the decision criteria that factor into the purchase decision for a console. Someone's done the conjoint analysis and knows the answer somewhere. I wonder how important backwards compatibility is for console buyers?

I would guess "not very important," but I've got no proof one way or the other. With 16% market share for the Xbox and 70% for PS2, it doesn't seem like a compelling reason to build back-compat into the 360. Early adopters aren't buying the machine for back-compat, I'll bet. AND, they're likely to have their old Xbox to boot. I'd guess that there are about 2 people out there who are going to say "Forget Xbox 360, I'll buy PS3 instead."
# posted by Blogger Rob S : May 15, 2005 4:53 PM
 

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