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S.T.A.G.E. on 08 March 2009
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Reasonable said:
Lol. MS didn't defeat Sony. Nintendo and Sony defeated Sony. MS have extended the gaming niche they started with Xbox, and have done so well. But if they had defeated Sony they would be sitting with the consoles sold Wii has (as in my book defeating is replacing the other company - which means becoming this gens PS2).

If Nintendo defeated Sony, you should at least admit that Microsoft is beating Sony. Does it hurt you that bad? What do you owe Sony so much that you can't be reasonable.

Sony decided to put BR in PS3, not MS, Sony decided to make a big jump in specs (perhaps with an eye on MS) not MS. All of these put far bigger dents in the PS3 than MS strategy.

Their strategy was flawed, but MS still widened the gap when Sony tried to close it last year. You have to admit that it's impressive or else you are willingly blind. Going from a closing 5 M console gap to a 8 M console gap is worthy of applause.

Sony made big mistakes in judging the readiness for the market for a new format, misjudged the price point adoption and mis-judged the impact of high games costs on many developers.

Microsoft made big mistakes which affected its credibility by rushing the console. They both losts billions (Sony lost more), but still....

MS really went for Sony, true, and mainly using a big wallet, but I really doubt the damage inflicted was more than a fraction of what Sony inflicted on itself.

Oh trust me....Microsoft is hurting Sony...so bad Sony actually wanted to team up with them against Nintendo. Microsoft declined and said they wanted to destroy Sony, so Sony acted like they didn't exist. :)

 

Nintendo meanwhile played a blinder with Wii on specs, cost and innovation and swept easily into first place, becoming (for the moment anyway) this generations PS2, leaving MS fighting narrow margins to claw marketshare and keep PS3 from getting past them while failing in any way to dent Wii's progress.

The Wii is not comparable to the PS2. It will outsell the PS2. The Wii is a revolution on what a videogame console is. It will take a while for even myself to get used to it (But at least I can admit this).

And really, the 'denial of service' approach is as likely to lose them potential customers in Japan as it is to gain them, as the numbers clearly show a majority of local gamers aren't allowing MS to 'push' them to get a 360 to get their jRGPS.

It's called a warranty. Any customer who is smart and purchases and console at a retail store should buy a 3 year warranty service so they can have their console replaced. I don't bother with the shitty service of MS nor Sony. I go through middlemen. Trust me....you'll almost never be dissatisfied if you do it that way. This is my 99.9 percent guarantee. My old 360 had the RROD today. I replaced it within two hours at best buy with a Jasper edition of the 60 GB 360.

The only reason the Japanese find no reason to buy a 360 is because it's not Japanese and they already have two national systems to support. The reason JRPG's are selling slow in Japan is all Sony's fault. MS is squeezing as much as they can this gen out of Sony, so that next gen they can focus on that built base. Quality is not the reason the Japanese wont buy 360's at a larger rate. It's because it's an American console and they find no reason to buy a console from America when they can get it at home in Japan. Microsoft left them with little choice if they want JRPG's.