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walsufnir on 01 May 2013
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pezus said:
walsufnir said:
pezus said:
I don't see how this could be possible, with MS having plenty of years to prepare this time around and because many of their studios even stopped making 360 games relatively early.


Of course this is possible when considering how many consoles had a troubled (or not perfect) launch.

Possible, but unlikely then. MS have billions in their pockets and they had time on their side as well. A generation hasn't lasted as long as this current one in a long time (or ever? Not sure) so the time was more than ample. Sony's consoles have trouble because their first parties often don't jump immediately to next gen and instead make current gen games for a short while after a next gen console has released AND because they are juggling both home consoles and portables. Meanwhile, MS had only nextbox to worry about and they had more years than any of the others. More money, more time, less worries etc.

I didn't think of Sony, although they also had bad launches, but especially of Nintendo. They have released far more systems than any other company, the WiiU is in many parts still using Wii-like tech and are known for especially strong first-party-games and still WiiU was launched horribly. And Nintendo is doing gaming-business only, it's not like MS that has to fight on many frontiers.