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madskillz on 02 December 2008
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DMeisterJ said:
madskillz said:
It's amazing how MS played their hand against Sony. They were never aiming at Nintendo - they had Sony in their sights the entire time. Everyone knows Ninny has won this gen, but as far as HD gaming, MS is truly leading the way. When the PS3 puts up those kinds of numbers, celebration should be in order as well.

No.

They had Nintendo in their sights. They just don't anymore now that resistance is futile, and they're not going to beat them. They did not come into the console war saying "oh, second place is what we want, again". >_>

They don't anymore cuz it ain't gonna happen, so they have to make PS3 look as bad as it can, but MS definitely had Nintendo in their sights.

That being said, that does not take away from how good that the XBOX 360 has done this week. As a matter of fact, every console and handheld did very good this week. Each one is up YOY from the previous Black Friday Week.

Take that recession!

I dunno. Did MS hint at letting Bungie (when they were still in the MS barn) do a Halo for the DS? I know no one could have predicted this wild Ninny ascension, but I was under the impression that Nintendo is king of nonHD gaming - and MS and PS3 were battling for living room supremacy. Yeah, MS wanted to win it all, but tell me ... who can stop the rolstoppable Wii? Who wouldn't want a DS or Wii (beside you)? Never before have nongamers had a reason to game. When you have Grannies buying Wiis to play, they defy the past logic on gaming.

Now, HD gaming is a totally different ballgame. And last gen, Sony wiped the floor with MS. This time, Sony is hardpressed to do it and have to do it with the huge shadow from Ninny. Times change and these numbers for the DS, Wii and 360 are just wow.