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Have Microsoft solidified themselves as a gaming giant equal to Sony?

Damn right J man 144 25.81%
 
They are getting there 170 30.47%
 
They arent even close 117 20.97%
 
Hell to the No 92 16.49%
 
Silver>Gold 35 6.27%
 
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Nope. I would like to see Microsoft invest their funds into newer IP such as SONY has which its creativity caters primarily to certain gaming groups (putting the gamers first) instead of trying to garner the masses. And let's see a Microsoft console to debut later in a console generation, priced as the most expensive console, the bulk of their multi-platform titles to be initially inferior to the competition, initially less exclusives, and initially less titles to choose from only to later come back by outselling its closest competition on a constant basis. But as always, Nintendo is left out of such topics. Go figure. What Nintendo has now done well is cater to their fanbase (the gamer), cater to the masses, and are profitable from the get go. SONY didn't quite manage this for the current generation because of the initial price tag. But they seem to be catering to the gamer and not the masses far better than Microsoft.



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jesus kung fu magic said:

Just as the title suggests , do you believe that MS is just a big a brand in gaming as sony?

My answer is obviously yes , The Xbox brand has risen while the PS brand has fallen and now we have them meeting somewhere in the middle.....The 360 is STILL in second place and it is nearing its 5th year on the market , something it couldnt dream of doing if it didnt have a rising brand.

Not even close, don't delude your self.

360 is only in second place by the virtue of its early release.  Sony is still selling the PS2 and doing well with the PSP.  Last week Sony took 33.6% of ww hardware sales, MS took 13.9%.

In NA and UK MS might be equall, but every where else in the world Sony beats them. 

 

I wont even get into software, Sony destroyes them. 



Carl2291 said:

The top 2 selling GT games have sold more than the top 3 selling Halo games. (Or did last time i had the GT vs Halo debate)

Car makers ASK to be in Gran Turismo, and have Polyphony Digital actually design some stuff for them.

Gran Turismo has been on TV a lot. There has even been the "Gran Turismo Awards".

GT is a way bigger brand name than Halo.

The top selling Mario Kart has sold more relatively speaking than GT3 than GT3 has to relative to Halo 3 (If not will be soon).



Adjudicator said:
If MS launches their next console at $600 and it sells half as much as the PS3 I would say yes.
This alone answered the question for me. I was and still am flabergasted by how much the PS3 sold given the early screw ups. I seriously wonder if even Ninty could have pulled that off

The launch consoles cost $700 if you factor in Live for 6 years.



For sure in NA, but world wide.... hell no. 360 is over rated, in my book it is the worse console ever made.



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Yeah they are pretty equal now between the PS3 and 360.



loy310 said:
For sure in NA, but world wide.... hell no. 360 is over rated, in my book it is the worse console ever made.

Well yeah! of course consoles that people hate for the sake of hatting will be overrated in their book.



yo_john117 said:

The trolling is quite strong in this thread.  But yeah they are pretty equal now between the PS3 and 360.

LoL the hypocrisy of that is priceless.

 



Hus said:
yo_john117 said:

The trolling is quite strong in this thread.  But yeah they are pretty equal now between the PS3 and 360.

LoL the hypocrisy of that is priceless.

 

Look at my sig to see why your post is a failure.



yo_john117 said:
Hus said:
yo_john117 said:

The trolling is quite strong in this thread.  But yeah they are pretty equal now between the PS3 and 360.

LoL the hypocrisy of that is priceless.

 

Look at my sig to see why your post is a failure.

Why edit, got a pair?