zero129 said:
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A lot of people here may not care, but the 360 has seriously changed the way many people play their console games with Xbox Live. I would even say the 360 made online gaming relevant and mainstream on consoles. XBL is the gold standard for how an online gaming service is to be run on consoles.
So no, its not just a success commercially and in profitability, but its also a machine that has majorly changed the gaming landscape if you look at the current gaming trends.
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PS3 has online as well though. So if somehow Microsoft decided to not make a succesor to the original XBox, PS3 would have been the online gaming platform of choice worldwide.
I think that the 360 success in America is both a blessing and a curse. Things can easily change each gen so if MS doesn't get 360 up and running in Japan and the other European countries, they could be in trouble is the PS4 or Wii U ends up taking America.
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If you look back at the online capabilities of consoles. MS provided almost everything first.
First online service to provide a flawless system. (XBOX)
First to provide online games. (XBOX)
First to provide on demand TV. (360)
First to provide on-demand Movies. (360)
First to provide live TV shows. (360)
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Alien front online for the dreamcast says , what? to the bolded .
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NetLink for Saturn says, what? to the bolded :P
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Can we just say the Xbox was the first success in console online gaming? xD
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If you read my initial post where this discussion got started you will see I was trying to be careful by saying Xbox made the above "relevant and mainstream".
I always try to avoid claiming X was the first to do Y because someone will always come up with some obscure example that somehow fits the criteria. Its pointless trying to find out who did what first, but rather the fact that Xbox really took the concept and made it REAL. So I agree with you on what you said, seriously online wouldn't be here as it is without Xbox, a lot of stuff that we see from competitors such as PSN is because they were trying to compete with the high standards set by XBL.
