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[Squilliam]

Jordahn said:

Squilliam said:

Jordahn said:

 

 

SONY doesn't have a monopoly in the PC OS market like Microsoft does. See... competition is good... uh, wait a minute... something doesn't seem right here...

Microsoft doesn't have 2 100 million+ selling consoles backing it up or a successful previous generation console still bringing in profit.

Each company uses the advantages they have to the best of their abilities.

 

 

EXACTLY!!! Thank you very much since Microsoft uses their OS monopoly/dominace to their advantage from PC to 360 development while both those platforms (PC & 360) can be exploited simutaneously.

Actually its partially due to attitude. For Microsoft, the success or failure of third parties on their platform is a big concern for them. They talk about third party attachment ratios etc all the time.

The Xbox 360 isn't a PC architecture but they have made it as transparant as possible. This is really a testament to their tools especially and architectural choices they made.

Sony had the same options Microsoft did in developing their console, they went a different route and paid for it when another company showed up with better tools and an easier software development environment. Since they have competed with Microsoft once before this shouldn't have been a surprise to them. OpenGL is or was still a very good graphics platform to base your specifications on.