Xbox is not afraid of PlayStation Classic

Nothing has jumped the news of what for many nostalgics is a joy. PlayStation has launched on sale a mini model that has been so fashionable Nintendo. To recap a little and advance that I do not seem crazy this initiative of the Japanese because it can work for a certain player profile, this machine proposes a very small edition with replicas of the original controls of the first PlayStation and 20 pre-loaded games from the day of your purchase.

The ball is on the roof of Microsoft think some, but the fact is that seeing the way they are carrying out the Americans seem unlikely that they are raising an option of this type. Starting with the costs that are generated by bringing all the available catalog of your first machine.

Xbox Mini Does it make sense?

If you ask me as a player, my answer would be that it is a safe purchase if the price and the games accompany. However, as it advanced a few lines above, it seems unlikely that this will be possible. Starting with the manufacturing costs. The psychological barrier of 99 euros I think it is almost mandatory for anyone who wants to launch a product of these characteristics, and do not forget that the machine had a modified Pentium III and a customized Nvidia solution that makes that even today, not any PC can be able to emulate their games. So we are faced with an economic barrier that would practically knock down the very idea of ​​Microsoft thinking about bringing this initiative to life.

But it is not the only obstacle to face, we remember that taking a model like that, even if it would have its audience, would be a conflict of interest for Microsoft itself. They would be competing against themselves in the field of classic games. This would also add a negative message to the subconscious of the buyers to renounce the idea of ​​" unify all the present and past catalog in one place, Xbox One ."

Is retrocompatibility something that nobody uses?

With this gesture, from Sony, they draw a panorama that reveals to the eyes of the consumer its voracity to eat the market, and eye, this is totally lawful. Their own actions are a declaration of intentions because it is not trivial to use Final Fantasy VII as a guest star of the trailer for the presentation of the console, just now that it will reach Xbox and Nintendo Switch. What's the point of playing the game on a "mini" console if you can get the HD edition on the PS4 itself? Basically none.

Retro-compatibility is something very requested, but it really is not used much.

The removal of a machine that relives the games of the past, is a desire to take advantage of the backward compatibility. But obviously from a different perspective than Microsoft. Basically because while some advocate that you reuse your catalog, others bet to re-charge you up to 3 times the same game, without more appeal than to change your traditional command for a smaller one.