| S.T.A.G.E. said:
1.Saw Sony was creating the ultimate home console and wanted in 2. copied Sonys ten year plan . 3. 2nd Console design reminiscent of the PS2 (especially in black) 4. Followed Sony's lead with the DVD format and thinks Sony will do it again but implements Blu Ray...Microsoft says "****! lets help out HD DVD". 5. Rushed the quality of their majority of their sold consoles to take a page out of Sonys book and endear themselves to third parties before Sony could introduce their dev kits. 6. Take great pride in collecting 3rd party titles synonymous with Sony and painting it as a victory and not shining light over great titles like the Witcher 2 which dont get enough press to the masses. Take last year for instance, they put Insomniacs new game up as if it was exclusive and had zero gameplay footage. Microsoft has always known Sony is synonymous with quality where games are concerned, and in order to be that way they must align themselves with those companies. The only difference is a lot of the third party titles they are now getting never rose to prominance with them outside of Gears. Should I go on? |
1. OR they saw an opportunity to diversify their business. (nobody knows except MS themselves the reason they entered the market)
2. The market dictates this. Naturally all tech firms will want their product to continue selling as long as they can (or until costs exceeds the benefits).
3. Agree
4. huh...doesnt this counter your point. MS didnt follow Sony here (this gen that is)
5. "Rushing to be the first to the market" is a strategy employed by many organisations waaay before the PS1.
6. How is this following Sony's lead. Last time I check these are third party titles and credits goes to them and them only, irrespective of the hardware that it was previously on.
