I think they forgot their core. The Xbox 'core', as is the PS 'core', is gamers. Heck, their GAMING CONSOLES at the end of the day.

The Xbox reveal was focused primarily on the multimedia 'front of the room' aspect. The Xbox facilitates T.V, and movies and all of that. That basically is going to market towards families really and the sort of casual gamer you see.

Now, who routinely follows game conferences like this? Not families or casual gamers: actual gamers follow these events. What they essentially did was produce a conference geared mainly towards families while being scrutinised by gamers.

No wonder the reveal didn't go down well.