360 can be the rpg console of 2008

[Dodece]

Unfortunately the 360 has been a victim of its own success, and public perception has become skewed which has lead to numerous erroneous assumptions about the consoles library. While many on these forums dwell on the first person shooter lineup the 360 hasn't suffered from a lack of role playing games. Contrary to popular opinion is has actually had the better selection. Not only has it had the greater volume, but the most highly acclaimed titles last year.

The 360 was the RPG console of choice last year even though some adamantly deny it thats a fact. Oblivion shivering aisles, Eternal Sonata, Blue Dragon, Mass Effect, and Two World. Compound that with titles released in 2006, and the delayed titles still to hit North America, and you see that Microsoft hasn't done a poor job of this at all. To say that they have you basically have to tear Nintendo and Sony a new one for their pitiful performance on the scene. The difference is that real.

That said whether people acknowledge it or not of the current generation of consoles Microsoft firmly held the crown last year, and it looks like they will solidly hold it for at the very last five or even six more months. So the only question is can we overlook the doldrums of the other two consoles in the first half of the year. Thats a hard question the others have to come on real strong in the second half, and they need for Microsoft to not release a couple more undisclosed exclusives in the genre this year. Microsoft drops a couple of those bomb shells, and they should have this year secured too.

Any way I don't think its a question of can Microsoft do it as much as it is a question of what Nintendo and Sony can do to stop them. Microsoft has momentum, and they are consistently delivering titles in the genre. We got Kingdom Under Fire earlier this month. We have Lost Odyssey next month, and Dark Messiah. For March they have Spectral Force coming out, and at some point Conan will make the scene. They certainly aren't stagnating. Hell they are pouring it on.