People did understand what Microsoft's policies like DRM were going to do, which is why there was so much backlash. It's true that a lot of the new games require online play, but it is optional to play those games. If I am playing in an area with crappy connection, I can still choose to play single player games without having to worry about it. Microsoft would have made it so you'd have to check in every day. If you didn't, too bad, no games for you. And don't worry about selling your used games, Microsoft previously made it so difficult that you wouldn't bother! Problem solved! Because they sold out to the whiners, now we have the option to sell or lend our used games, darn it. It just isn't right! And who needed the option to turn off the Kinect when the government might have been using it to spy on us? More spying, more safety, more happiness! People don't know what they are missing out on, with these freedoms and pointless rights. And never mind that the visual quality for the Xbox was significantly lower for almost every new game until recently. Who wants graphics when they have a brand new next-gen game console?

Nah, Sony didn't need to do anything with Marketing. Microsoft manage to sell the PS4 for them with one of the worst console unveilings of all time. I'm a fan of the XBOX One but seriously, I don't think Microsoft could have done a worse job in the lead up to the launch.

I guess when I see only now finally the xbox one is getting the same resolution as the ps4... I see one console as having the advantage, plus the exclusives for ps4 outweighs the exclusives for xbone, more racing games, and plus, it was 100$ cheaper. Marketing is really a small excuse, larger price tag, less of a powerful system until just recently where they can turn off the camera, no touch screen or (speaker?) in the remote, some exciting exclusives for sports and racing fans. Well baseball fans... It just comes down to when u got it, when I bought it the ps4 was drowning xbone in sales, still is, marketing can't change after nearly a year? Something smells like bogus. If it was just marketing and not the fact for most of the time the xbox one was on sale it had a 100$ additional price tag, it should have corrected itself now. I went from xbox 360 to ps4 because all xbox really had was forza and halo... Never been a fan of halo, lacks rpg essences and forza I replaced with gran turismo... Basically it's preference, u wanted to spend 100$ extra and miss some ps4 exclusives, ur choice, I made mine and am missing out on halo and forza, no need to be fanboi's here