Xbox 720 'will support Blu-ray, might not play used games' - report

[Rainbird]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Rainbird said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Microsoft failed with the Xbox because they came in with their own gameplan. They doubled their sales with the 360 because they used Sonys gameplan (which never changes). This caused Sonys marketshare to split. :)

I don't care about what Microsoft changed between the Xbox and the 360 right now (though I believe you're wrong in that regard as well). My issue is with a sentence like "Microsoft always ends up following Sony's lead" which is blatantly wrong and quite possibly trolling.

Microsoft said themselves that Blu Ray is dying . They obviously do not understand how much of an influence Sony has on the gaming industry. Sony's influence stablizes the price of Blu Ray systems outside of the console industry, thus making it easier for the average person to buy a Blu Ray player without paying $1000. They took the hit, just remember that. Microsofts influence on gaming is only online based, sony's is technological and first party multimedia and also deals with studio quality games and movies (remember they do own a movie house). Admit it...Microsoft was wrong and guess what? If Microsoft wants to....they can bend over....just like Apple did.

I agree completely with the fact that Microsoft was wrong when they said bluray was dying. That's why I said "I doubt Microsoft would launch a new game console/media center that can't play blurays." in the first post I made in response to you.

My issue is with your statement "Microsoft always ends up following Sony's lead", which is still blatantly wrong and trollish.