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disolitude on 23 February 2013
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forevercloud3000 said:
disolitude said:

Key arguments -
Timed exclusivity vs real exclusivity
Gamers being abandoned by Microsoft
Tamed fanbase
"Trusting" a company before you buy a console

Holes in theory -
Too many to list

Civilized answer -
People buy what they like and they liked the Xbox and what it had to offer despite some of the problems like RROD.

Last gen PS3 came out late and everything they did was always slightly behind Microsoft. The big games came later, features came later or not at all and all with a console price premium and a bag of empty promises.

How could you trust Sony they will deliver with anything they said at the conference? Even they don't have a clue how the PS4 is going to look like or features its going to have. It may have streaming, or it may not...this sounds like a winning strategy.

Ok...

The only things I listed that aren't pure facts and are slight opinons are Timed Exclusives and Abbandoning of Fanbase, so what Holes?

And the fact they came first, did many things first this gen is great, yet now we are at the end of this gen cycle and they have changed for the worse in many gamer's opinon (maybe not yours and thats fine if not). Knowing what you know NOW about how they opporate, can you see youreself still giving them youre money? at least initially.

And for the PS4 comments, you know those don't hold up as real negatives at all. They gave us hard facts of how the system will work, its specs, etc. Not seeing what it looks like means very little, if anything. They said it will stream, what is unsure sounding about that? Thats not a maybe it is a reality of what the system will do. The only "Maybe" they mentioned at the Meeting that was of note is that "They will try to allow connectivity with as many devices as possible so you can play PS3/PS2/PS1 games everywhere". Everything else....in the bag.

Should I make a comparative list of all the PS3 and Wii's shortcomings as well from this past gen, or better let let you all come up with a comparative list to why the PS3/Wii were far worse options come this generation in. I look forward to seeing that.

I don't know what you're talking about when it comes to this Xbox abandoing gamers.

I owned an xbox since 2006 and PS3 since 2008 and I never felt "abandoned" by either companies. I literally didn't know what to play next between 2006 and 2011.

I've moved away from console gaming the last year but its safe to say that if I had to choose a console for 2012, Xbox would win easily. xbox live kicks ass every year, Halo 4 was awsome, Witcher 2 was fun even if I played it on PC already, Alan Wake american Nightmare DLC was more fun than the full game, Trail Evolution provided at least 20 hours of fun filled gameplay...

So where is this abandonment of "core" gamers you speak of?

As a side note, your OP is like having someone who is an obvious supporter of the blue team, attack the red team for things they have absolutely no insight about. I'm shocked that I'm even willing to post or argue to be honest...