Microsoft Should Quit The Gaming Biz

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KylieDog said:

walsufnir said:

KylieDog said:

Mr Puggsly said:

KylieDog said:

Otakumegane said:
No, I think we need a way for Western gaming presence to bloom. Japan only consoles is dull and boring.

Part of the reason why shooters and WRPGs became so successful this gen was because of the success of the 360.

The popularity of shooters is due to online MP, and WRPGs aren't anymore popular than before.

There was online MP last gen as well, but MS made online gaming more mainstream with the 360.

Before the 360, WRPGs were primarily a popular PC genre. But now they've become a very popular console genre. All those sales combined tells me the genre has become more popular.

There is nothing 360 has done for online MP PS3 also has not done.

As for WRPGs, anything worth mentioning is on PS3 also, so again, nothing to praise 360 alone for.

So the whole online gaming experience we have now would be exact the same without 360?

You're changing argument.

Point is that MS pioneered online, and Sony followed suit.....slowly. Year after year PSN had to crawl to where Live is today and still doesnt have the same ease and firend connectivity features.

PS3 only did what it did because they saw the success in MS's approach.