The playstation brand is strong no doubt. But people arent so bent over brands anymore-as they used to be. In the past Music players were SONY, TV's were SONY. Now those are apple's and samsungs'.
The 360 is losing out for obvious reasons. Lack of value for money. HDTV's are commonplace now- so bluray naturally gets a lift there. Wi-fi is available in practically any mid level cell phone, every laptop/netbook-even desktops.Yet MS refuses to add a feature that wouldnt cost them more than $10-20 to implement.
They shaft us on proprietary HDD's and other ridiculously overpriced memory cards. To me it just seems like MS is turning into the arrogant SONY that was of 2006.
RROD is just the tip of the iceberg. The only way MS can compete with SONY IS:
Lower the elite to $229-249.99, arcade to $129-149.99 OR add the features that SONY provides. Include wifi, improve the damn D-pad and throw in a few months of free LIVE GOLD- and reduce the prices on the damn accesories- that will be a good start.
Another possibility is a slimbox360. They could remodel the 360 so it doesnt look like a toy in comparison to the ps3 and possibly kill that damn powerbrick. The console is 4 yrs old now- and hell it looks it.
Next Year its GT5,FF13 AND GoW3.... its gonna be a massacre and 360 will definitely get butchered if all MS do is offer consumers Faceook and last.fm
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
owner of : atari 2600, commodore 64, NES,gameboy,atari lynx, genesis, saturn,neogeo,DC,PS2,GC,X360, Wii
5 THINGS I'd like to see before i knock out:
a. a AAA 3D sonic title
b. a nintendo developed game that has a "M rating"
c. redesgined PS controller
d. SEGA back in the console business
e. M$ out of the OS business
