Critical Xmas for the Xbox360 ???

[HappySqurriel]

thors1982 said:

HappySqurriel said:

mrstickball said:

Everyone thinks MS will blunder it, but I really don't think they will. They've been saying since before last Christmas that the battle wasn't in 2006, but during Christmas 2007. Look at it: The X360 has by far, the best lineup of games in history. Ever. I know everyone will hate me for saying it, but the X360 lineup is about as good as the Wii and PS3's combined.

That is one of the easiest to attack statements ever made on this site ...

The XBox 360 simply doesn't have a genre defining platformer, adventure game, JRPG, Fighter, or kart racer. The XBox 360 has not spawned countless new genres, and hasn't redefined existing genres.

If the XBox 360 really had the best lineup of games in history its sales would be the best sales for any console in history.

The XBox 360 has an excellent selection of racing games and shooters which seem to appeal to a selection of hard-core gamers who would see it as the "best line-up in history" but for the majority of gamers it probably misses some/many of their favourite genres or series.

Your a complete moron... you think thats the easiest to attack statements on this site when we have threads called "Wii games with superior graphics than Xbox 360, or Playstation 3 games"

What genre is not covered by 360 this holiday season?

JRPG - Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata
RPG - Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect
Action - StrongleHold, Assassins Creed, GTA4
Fighter - Virtue Fighter 5, WWE
Strategy - C&C3, Brother in Arms: Hell's Highway

I did not cover shooters or racing because its obvious.... a AAA title from every genre in 4 months.. .is impressive as hell much less two or more. And... just to drive it home... what AAA RPG is being released for Wii or PS3 before christmas? much less splitting up JRPG and RPG's...

I will give you "kart racer" if thats even a Genre seeing as how there is only 1 game... I don't consider it a genre but whatever.

Also mrstickball is not the only one who says its the best lineup in history many reviewers are saying that... and I am not sure I agree with that It is 100% better than wii and ps3's lineup

I didn't say that the XBox didn't have any of those game genres, but I do stand by my argument that the XBox 360 doesn't have any genre defining titles in the genres I mentioned.

Anyways, I grow tired of this argument ...

Continue to believe that Microsoft has been given a raw deal if you will and that most people are mindless sheep unable to choose the console that will truely make them happy (which in your opinion must be the XBox 360). I will continue to believe that Microsoft has heavily targeted a small portion of the market and has failed to address the desires of the market as a whole; much like the original XBox the XBox 360 will get good games released for it's weaker genres but many of these games will be new IPs which are overhyped and don't meet the kind of success (in terms of sales and critical acclaim) that XBox fans expect.

Honestly, I've owned a 360 for a bit over a month and have been heavily researching upcomming games; I am always amazed at how a single screeshot with absoluetly no information about the game can spawn so much hype in the XBox community. I could understand the hype for some of these games if they were produced by a good developer or were part of a critically acclaimed series many of these games are hyped as "AAA" based on a single screenshot even though their developer has never produced a good game.