The Race to get it to Market Results in Waits for the Consumers

CNET UK announced the news this week that both the upcoming Xbox One and Playstation 4, for lack of better terms, Home Entertainment Systems. will be requiring a Firmware Update OUT OF THE BOX on their respective launch dates.

The Update for the Playstation 4 is being reported as a 300 MB download that will cover the system launching without protocols DVD and Blu-Ray Playback as well as Wi-Fi Streaming of Playstation 4 games to the Playstation Vita hand held system. The article for the Playstation 4 reports that the Suspend/Resume mode will also not make the launch window's software, with no given date as to when users can expect that.

On the Xbox One side, it is being reported that the System will not be able to play Blu-Ray Disks on launch day, The latest in a long string of negative press for Microsoft's 3rd Generation of the Xbox system, which has seen its share of Microsoft having to back track on policies,  Users facing things like being told the system must  always be turned on and wont run without the Kinect Camera (Both Reversed by Microsoft) and "Resolution Gate" in which the Xbox One's games will ship in 720p format

How does this NEWS really effect the world of Web Design you may ask, the answer is simply this. Much like these setbacks users will be facing on day one of the release of their respective system of choice are leaving disgruntled Customers, so too can having your Website both "Live" and "In Development".

Be it a Video Game System, like the Playstation 4 and Xbox One, a physical Store Front (think a Walmart or Best Buy) or a Web Site, if your customer has to work their way around things being "Under Construction" or are told "We'll have that ready for you tomorrow even though we originally promised to have it today" they are going to walk away and find business else where.