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slowmo on 23 May 2012
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VGKing said:
Jazz2K said:
People talk about the 360 but it's also Windows 7 isn't it? Could they ban Windows7? Anyone thinking this would be smart doesn't realise how stupid this is... banning the most used console and OS in America lol to be replaced by what? Any judge should know how impactful this would be, not just Microsoft but every game developers in the world that supports 360 and every business that has anything to do with 360. Windows7 can't be banned just like that, it's the most used OS with 90%+ of the cpus OS... lol this is ridiculous...


PS3 is a great alternative to the XBox 360. They share many of the same games so a sales ban on 360 wouldn't really affect software sales much(if at all).

There are also alternatives to Windows 7 such as Linux and iOS(or whatever that Apple Macbook uses).

The PS3 isn't an alternative at all when most of your friends game on the 360, that's the power of the 360 brand in the US, Live is a huge seller.   People wouldn't automatically start buying PS3's and software sales would likely plummit. 

Good luck getting the average consumer to switch to iOS or Linux, sorry but they just aren't alternatives for anyone but those people who are very computer literate.   I'll conceed that iOS is fairly user friendly but that's relying on ALL your hardware being compatible which would be a minefield for people unfamiliar with iOS. 

 

OT - This would likely beneifit nobody and actually potentially cause a crash in the videogame industry (at least in the US).  Think of all the software stuck out there that firms would struggle to shift if this did happen, I seriously doubt anyone in the industry would want this to occur.  It just will not happen.