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vivster on 18 April 2014

The guy with the strongest legs and best stamina wins marathons, right? I wonder who that is this gen.

If by "We know what we have to do" he means taking steroids, there might still be a chance.



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BMaker11 on 18 April 2014
TruckOSaurus said:
Aerys said:
TruckOSaurus said:
Finally some good PR out of Microsoft. That's the attitude I like, acknowledging the success of others and vowing to do all they can to stay competitive. In the end, it's better for gamers if both companies have to put up their A game to stay ahead.



That's you on the pic ?

Sadly, no. I'm beautiful but not THAT beautiful.

You shush with that nonsense





vivster on 18 April 2014
pezus said:
vivster said:
The guy with the strongest legs and best stamina wins marathons, right? I wonder who that is this gen.

If by "We know what we have to do" he means taking steroids, there might still be a chance.

Steroids don't win marathons . Maybe he should consider erythropoietin

I'll leave that decision to him. After all "he knows what they have to do"



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crissindahouse on 18 April 2014

The thing is, Sony also knows what to do and especially in Europe Microsoft simply doesn't really understand how to advertise which they have already shown with 360 and they will also not simply change the mind of I would say 10-30 years old who think that Playstation is simply the console to own (if PS1, 2 or now 4).

And they can have as many big games as they want, it's not as if Sony won't have a lot of exclusives as well. The simple fact that many developers will work on Playstation exclusive games even without getting money for it from Sony (especially in Japan) will make it impossible for Microsoft to have a real advantage if it comes to games. I think their first party will be maybe as important as Sony's first party is with the big investments the last months or years but it won't be like 4x better which it would have to be to change peoples minds that Playstation is at least not a worse purchase.

I always have the feeling as if they really have no clue about what Playstation means in many parts of this world. It's a synonym for gaming like CocaCola is for Cola at least in Germany and the chance that Microsoft has a chance to beat Sony in most countries is like the chance that people here start to drink more Pepsi as CocaCola. As long as CocaCola won't do some crazy bad stuff Pepsi simply won't beat them here.

Microsoft had an advantage in price and release time with 360 and they still lost. Now they lost both advantages (which is already like a big advantage for Sony).and have to fight against a bad reputation and think to win? Well...



Max King of the Wild on 18 April 2014
Hankoney said:
Of course it's a marathon. Microsoft learned that the hard way by finishing last in the previous race.
And it's tough to run a marathon against a lean and mean competitor getting supportevery step if the way, with yourself carrying the excess baggage of Kinect, price and graphics, getting tripped up by DRM, and then withholding refreshments 20 miles into the race.
That's a sure fire way to limp to the finish line and faint in front of the ribbon.


love the analogy. lol



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Hankoney on 18 April 2014
crissindahouse said:

The thing is, Sony also knows what to do and especially in Europe Microsoft simply doesn't really understand how to advertise which they have already shown with 360 and they will also not simply change the mind of I would say 10-30 years old who think that Playstation is simply the console to own (if PS1, 2 or now 4).

And they can have as many big games as they want, it's not as if Sony won't have a lot if exclusives as well. The simple fact that many developers will work on Playstation exclusive games even without getting money for it from Sony (especially in Japan) will make it impossible for Microsoft to have an real advantage if it comes to games. I think their first party will be maybe as important as Sony's first party is with the big investments the last months or years but it won't be like 4x better which it would have to be to change peoples minds that Playstation is at least not a worse purchase.

I always have the feeling as if they really have no clue about what Playstation means in many parts of this world. It's a synonym for gaming like CocaCola is for Cola at least in Germany and the chance that Microsoft has a chance to beat Sony in most countries is like the chance that people here start to drink more Pepsi as CocaCola. As long as CocaCola won't do some crazy bad stuff Pepsi simply won't beat them here.

Microsoft had an advantage in price and release time with 360 and they still lost. Now they lost both advantages (which is already like a big advantage for Sony).and have to fight against a bad reputation and think to win? Well...


That is very true. This is how you describe XBox to an average Croatian (I owned a 360 for 5 years, and had this same conversation dozens of times):

Average Croatian: What is that under your TV?

Me: It's XBox 360.

AC (confused look): ??? What's that????

Me: It's same as Playstation, only made by Microsoft.

AC: Oh, OK. I understand now.

 

So, after a dozen of those exchanges, I just started answering: "It's Playstation, only made by Microsoft!"

 

So, that about sums up XBox's market share in many of smaller European countries.



kitler53 on 18 April 2014
VXIII said:
celador said:
VXIII said:
I can't wait for the truth to come out.


I think that was Albert Penello

 

 

I think it was both really. Major said something like  that he is looking forward to the next months as the truth comes out.

It doesn't matter anyway, he is right that it is a marathon not a sprint.

 

 

pennello said: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=80168873&postcount=708

then nelson said: http://pixelenemy.com/major-nelson-looking-forward-as-the-truth-comes-out-regarding-ps4-being-30-superior-vs-xbox-one/



fps_d0minat0r on 18 April 2014
vivster said:
The guy with the strongest legs and best stamina wins marathons, right? I wonder who that is this gen.

If by "We know what we have to do" he means taking steroids, there might still be a chance.


A pro athelete on a healthy diet will still always beat a fat kid on steroids.



ArmGunar on 18 April 2014

Lol, the problem is that PS4 does a marathon with the speed of a sprinter :)



vivster on 18 April 2014
fps_d0minat0r said:
vivster said:
The guy with the strongest legs and best stamina wins marathons, right? I wonder who that is this gen.

If by "We know what we have to do" he means taking steroids, there might still be a chance.


A pro athelete on a healthy diet will still always beat a fat kid on steroids.

But what if the fat kid has very rich parents who not only buy it a car but also pay the judges to look the other way?

A new record time I would assume.



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