S.T.A.G.E. said:
Name certain things different and correct outside of Xbox Live that Microsoft did write and we'll see if they dont attribute something to Sony. |
Alright, here are some:
There is the general philosophy behind their consoles. Before the Vita, Sony built all its consoles with the aim for them to be technological marvels. Microsoft's philosophy is to make it as easy as possible for developers to get good results. This is a difference that is very much highlighted by the PS3 and the 360. The Vita is built from the same philosophy as Microsoft's in fact, so if anything, Sony are the ones following Microsoft in that regard.
If I say Kinect, you will of course say that Sony had the Eye Toy, but Microsoft and Sony have used very different approaches. Kinect is fully integrated into 360, where the 360 interface is built to be controllable via Kinect just as easily as with a normal controller, not to mention all the voice command functionality of Kinect that is also built into the system. Nothing like that was ever done with Eye Toy and even the Move has just been tacked on to the XMB.
Microsoft were also the first to use a harddrive in their console, an approach Sony "copied" with the PS3.
Microsoft also bundled all 360s with a microphone so every 360 owner had the needed equipment for doing voice chat.
But please do tell me why Xbox Live doesn't count. Microsoft is by far the leader of the three when it comes to online service, where they were the first to bring these to consoles:
- Achievements
- Parties
- Cross game voice chat
- Digital movie delivery
- Downloadable games
- Beacons
