Microsoft Xbox One’s TV Focus Has Core Gamers Seeking More: Tech
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Microsoft Corp. crammed the new Xbox One with something for everybody. One constituency says it got short shrift: the die-hard players who tend to spend most on high-end action-packed titles.
That’s stepping up pressure on Microsoft, now preparing for E3, the gaming industry’s annual conference in Los Angeles, to introduce a lineup better suited for the gamers who help fuel the $67 billion video-game market. Facing new competition from Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. for consumers’ time in the living room, Microsoft will also have to deliver titles that can contend with new software and consoles from longtime rivals Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co.