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Adinnieken on 29 March 2013
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theprof00 said:
Adinnieken said:
MaxwellAllen said:
I just want them to hurry up and unveil the box. The speculation is turning more negative every day. It's actually kind of funny observing the negative attitude begin to build. There seems to be a mild paranoia setting in. If microsoft continues to talk about casuals and expanding the market --this should be taken as the leak we've all been waiting for lol.

Sony is pretty much all about software, so I can't take a shot at them for that.

Yes, Microsoft the company that has been building software for decades and has all sorts of development tools, isn't about software.  Yes, the company whose first product was a 4K BASIC ROM, isn't about software.  Yes, the company who created MS-DOS for the IBM PC, the OS that ran on millions of computers, isn't about software.  Yes, the company who created MS Word and MS Excel before they even had their own OS to run it on, isn't about software.  Yes, the company that has given away development tools with it's OS since day one, isn't about software.  Yes, the only console maker to allow indie game development on its closed-system home gaming console, isn't about software.

So what other bullshit ideas do you have?

If he's referring to game content, then I'm not sure your rebuttal stands.

(also what is this about indie game development only on xbox?)

Playstation seems to have gravitated more towards game content over this gen, and MS has gravitated more towards services.

 

I disagree.  The "game" content may not necessarily be the content you want, but Microsoft has been developing content all along.

That being said, Sony began this generation lauding the media capabilities of the PS3 over the Xbox 360.  Microsoft began this generation with a strong footing on games and game content.  Despite the story some people would like to put forward, Microsoft hasn't let up on that.  The difference is that Sony has made up for lost ground in the games and games content.  Where as Microsoft has made up the difference, and then some, in the media capabilities of Xbox LIVE. 

The "Services" that Microsoft has developed during this generation are movie(film) rental/purchase (Video Marketplace > Zune Marketplace > Xbox Movies), TV Show purchasing (same services), music purchasing (originally as videos only via Video Marketplace > Zune Marketplace > Xbox Music), game download (Xbox Live Indie Games & Games on Demand), and communication (integration with Windows Messenger, Party Chat, & Video Kinect).  Those are the services that Microsoft offers.  The last one was added in 2010. 

Have they made software applications available for other services, yes.  They have made software applications available for other third-party services to develop and expand their media capabilities. Sony has done similar, but scaled back when their funds dried up. 

Both companies have made up where they were deficient at the beginning of this generation.  Sure, it looks like Microsoft may be behind Sony in terms of games and game content but that's because they started out way ahead of Sony at the beginning of this generation.  Hell, Microsoft ended the previous generation leagues ahead of Sony.  So kudos to Sony for catching up with the Original Xbox capabilities.  Microsoft has made up and surpassed Sony's media capabilities through the media services available on Xbox LIVE.

Sony is a media company, as well as a software company, as well as a hardware company, yet Sony has done nothing on the scale of what Microsoft did with Halo 4.  Microsoft created a live-action Halo series prior to the release of Halo 4, released the game Halo 4, created a massive amount of content for Halo 4, as well as an animated episode for each of the DLC packages.  Huh.  Go figure.