| camaro52391 said: I feel like ms had a real advantage being the first and cheapest this generation. If the rumors are true I think ms could really be screwing themselves. Rumors like: no used games, kinect 2, and required live contracts. Xbox really became the shooter box of north america, and if cod dies like tony hawk and guitar hero, ms might be in trouble. But then again they may have built up a loyal fan base that refuses to give up gears and halo. |
I really love that people try to downplay the Xbox 360 as a shooter box and a casual console without any core games left at the same time. It tells you that MS did a lot of things right.
Anyway: The main advantage Xbox 3 has over the competition is Xbox Live. 40 million users, with about 20 million paying for it won't stop using it when their whole gaming network is on that console. I think MS locked NA with all these apps that are really big in NA (ESPN, UFC, Nickelodeon, Skype (soon), HBO Go, Fox, Netflix, Zune, IGN). Nintendo does not seem to aim for it and Sony has to play a lot of catch-up in this segment.
Halo, Gears, Forza and Fable will be as popular as ever and with the new studios they just bought and opened, the timed exclusive Bungie game, the exclusive Crytek game and the integration of Xbox Live in Windows 8, which runs on something that shapes up to be the best tablet on the market, I see Xbox 3 in a MUCH stonger position than they were in 2005. And I see Sony in a much weaker position than they were before the PS3 and Vita.
Imagine not having GamePass on your console...
