Xbox One: 10 Biggest Mistakes Microsoft Have Made So Far
3. Turning Around Those Original Plans
The original plan for the Xbox One would have been an absolute disaster. No matter how much work they've put into removing this from their current iteration, it can never really be forgotten as one of their biggest failures.
Looking back on the announcement of the Xbox One is like looking into a parallel dimension. Always online? No used games? A Kinect that spies on you? How could Microsoft have possibly thought that any of those policies were good ideas?
It seemed like everything the Xbox One did was wrong on some level, which made it very easy for the PS4 to become the top dog, with Sony even getting a few jabs in at their own expense.
To make matters worse, Microsoft didn't stick to their guns on anything they previously promised. Whilst delivering on them would have been awful in its own right, simply reversing the changes meant that it looked like Microsoft couldn't keep true to their word, whilst also still suffering from the damage of the policies themselves.