Stupid Article: Why Microsoft won next-gen by losing this gen.

[DanneSandin]

Lafiel said:

DanneSandin said:
This is clearly a fan boy article. Just read this again: "This is the first generation Sony has entered without winning in sales figures. With that said, Nintendo has “won” this generation (SALES WISE) and Microsoft and Sony fall 30-35 million units behind."

The writer clearly has something against the Wii. Wii won HW wise, AND money wise. I think it's apparent that the writer isn't considering Wii as the "true" winner. But anywho. He isn't either giving a reason as to why he think x3ox will win next gen. Or did I miss something?

This is a godawful piece of shit.

hm.. for gamers the most obvious deciding factor is the game line-up though and although that ofcourse is entirely subjective last generation there was a pretty big consensus that PS2 "objectively" had the best one, the same can't be said about the Wii

the writer maybe was cautious for that reason with outright declaring the Wii the "winner", as a majority of the reader base might think differently from a game line-up perspective - in turn he seems to have offended you and other Wii users

Yes, PS2 had the best line up game wise, and arguably the Wii didn't. But there are more statements that makes me think this is biased:

Although it is not quite over, it’s safe to say that the next generation of consoles isn’t too far away from right now. - Wii U is releasing within a MONTH, but isn't considered next-gen? He's assuming next-gen "isn't too far away"? It's here pretty son.

if we were to decide a winner of each of those by sales figures [...] it’s clear Sony won both. [...] With that said, Nintendo has “won” this generation (SALES WISE) - One of his main points in the article is that MS did GREAT by increasing their instal base from 25m to 70m - which is true and great. But he's discrediting Nintendo, saying they won SALES WISE not considering they made the most money of the three console makers AND they increased their instal base from 22m to nearly 100m. He's heralding MS as a great example of doing things right this gen while totally ignoring Wii almost the whole article.

Microsoft knew this (as did Sony and Nintendo presumably) but Microsoft was the smartest out of these three. -Opinion, nothing else.

Sony is going to have to really fix up any and everything currently wrong with the PS3 -What is wrong with the PS3 right now? As far as I know it's the best selling home console currently... It seems like SONY fixed what was wrong with the PS3.

Their exclusives and first party roster will only go so far in supporting their platforms. -This point is true for MS as well. Not even Nintendo can rely on its first party games (GC sold 22m - enough to make them hang around, but not much more)

Only time will tell on how each of the next-gen consoles perform, but until then, my money is on Microsoft. -And his reasoning is... what? He haven't given any reason what so ever as to why MS will win next gen. None. He's been talking about xbox360 - which is a current gen machine. Yes, by looking at the past you can prophecies about the future, but he isn't looking at the future - is he?