8 Disastrous Failures That Killed The Xbox One

7. Microsoft's Overconfidence

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Sony had every right to gloat in 2013. The PlayStation 2, then (and still) the best-selling console of all time, had secured its place at the tippy top of the popularity pyramid.

In that climate, the PlayStation 3 was primed to be a guaranteed success, but Sony made the fatal mistake of taking the win for granted. The Xbox 360 arrived out of left field and knocked Sony for six, quickly establishing itself as the de facto multi-platform device due to its easy to handle architecture that didn't give developers nightmares at the prospect of making games for the platform.

Sony took its beating in the following years like a champ, content to retreat and lick its wounds after having the gall to charge $499 for the PS3's entry model, eager to come back fighting in 2013 with an apology in the form of the PlayStation 4.

Inevitably, history repeated itself once more in 2013, only this time it was Microsoft that had taken its past success and customers for granted. It too will need to pull off a similar turnaround if it wishes to win back the dissenters.

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