| SlorgNet said: I've said this before, and I'll say it again -- the problem is, Microsoft made a bunch of bone-headed management decisions which made the 360 uncompetitive with the PS3 over the long haul. Things like (1) no replaceable hard disk, (2) major quality issues, (3) no next-gen DVD storage, (4) surprisingly average DVD playback and media functionality, and (5) lack of investment in a first-party studio network. All of this was obvious to anyone who followed the game industry waaaaayyy back in summer of 2006. The quality issues are, hopefully, being resolved, but the other problems will just get worse and worse. It's a damn shame, because the 360 is a fine platform, and the industry needs healthy competition. This is the fault of Ballmer and the top managers, not Microsoft's game division, who've done the best they've could under trying circumstances. |
1. 360 Hard disk is more joe consumer friendly to replace than PS3. Sure the PS3 HD can be replaced, but if it was so easy to put any HDD in then the best thing Sony could have done was not have all these SKU's. Just offer a SKU without HDD, but make purchasing 1 mandatory. Then people could choose any off the shelf HDD.
2. MS did not plan for quality issues. They have rectified this and still offer a 3 year warranty for the issue.
3. If MS had gone with HD-DVD or Blu-Ray the console would have been delayed a year and imagine the shortages that would have occurred if both Sony and MS were trying to launch last year with both of them competing for the components. When people make this argument they forgot the launch issues with PS3 and Blu-Ray.
4. In the day and age of people spending $30 on a DVD player this means nothing. Geez the Wii doesnt offer any DVD playback and it is doing fine.
5. We will see how much this really effects the 360.
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