I have to agree with placidcasual, if the release date was wrong, it was too early, not too late. One *BIG* advantage with consoles over PC gaming, is getting off the upgrade treadmill.
I've said before that I don't really see any reason to buy Xbox360 over Xbox - there's nothing new other than more polygons on screen. And there's no technical reason why the Live service wouldn't have continued to be improved for the original Xbox.
I think even now looking at the spec difference between the machines, the PS3 can be seen as half a generation ahead of the 360. In the first couple of years of the 360, the PS2 was massively outselling it anyway - it took nearly 2 years for the first week that the 360 outsold the PS2, and even now there's hardly anything in it.
It the PS3 had launched another year later, potentially the consoles would not even be considered as same generation. Then people wouldn't be comparing the install base so much, and instead watching the take-up speed of the consoles versus one another. And if you do that, VGChartz own graphs show a clear lead for the PS3.
Existing User Log In
New User Registration
Register for a free account to gain full access to the VGChartz Network and join our thriving community.
