Did you get an Xbox One back in the day? You may not like what Phil Spencer now claims about its release

Do you remember the arrival of the Xbox One on the market? It was not without controversy. At the beginning when talking about the need to be always connected (in the end it was not like that), the blocking by regions but also because of the obligation in principle of having to have Kinect in an initial pack (later they backed down and withdrew this need and have even finished with Kinect) or too high a price.

The original Xbox One came before the PlayStation 4 and was big and heavy, with a transformer that also went apart to make matters worse.The price to pay, 499 euros, was quite a handicap when it came to getting a console for many users. A console that we later saw a renewal, smaller and more powerful... before seeing the Xbox One X. Now we know some statements by Phil Spencer in which they acknowledge the mistakes they made with the launch.

We learn from mistakes

Phil Spencer, the head of the Xbox division, has referred to the first Xbox One in his latest statements An opinion that I'm sure it's interesting, and not liked, by those who at the time (I also got one) with the Redmond console.

The Xbox One arrived on the market in 2013, before its competitor, the PlayStation 4, but compared to what might be expected, it did not offer differential factors that made the user opt for the sameThe Xbox One was launched on the market in 2013 for 499 euros with a mandatory Kinect and Phil Spencer is clear about it, “it was a very expensive console and less powerful than the PlayStation 4”.

Also, Spencer claims that another bug may have come from the premature release of some flagship games, which may have come too soon, a factor that could hurt them in the sales of the console.

At the same time bragging about Microsoft's current position in the market thanks to the Xbox One X (it won't be because of sales) , the most powerful console that we can find today. A privileged position that they have achieved, according to Spencer, from learning from past mistakes.

Source | Gamereactor In Xataka | Xbox One has sold less than half as many consoles as PS4, according to EA