| roadkillers said: I like both Nintendo and Sony but I cant stand Microsoft. Am I the only one who thinks that way? Hell even if they went out of the gaming buisness I wouldnt even give a damn. I actually want Nintendo and Sony to team up and get rid of microsoft. If you like Microsoft thats your own opinion but it seems like they brought nothing new to the table. Nintendo brought back gaming, Sony brought in CD format for gaming, and what did Microsoft bring? Online? No Sega did that. Do you feel the same way about a company? Doesnt have to be Microsoft it can be any company. |
Sony wasn't the first company to bring CDs into console gaming. It wasn't even Sega. The earliest one I remember is the TurboCD game console from 1990, but I'm not sure if even that one was the first one. CD gaming was something that was going to be adopted eventuallly.
Much like how Sony brought CD gaming into the mainstream, Microsoft was the first company to truly perfect console online play, and are still years ahead of Sony and Nintendo in their online service. The Xbox Live service was and continues to be one of the cornerstone innovations in console gaming. Xbox 360 is the first console to truly intergrate the internet into it's very interface and functionality, and continues to do it far better then the competition. And heck, unlike the CD based console, Nintendo and Sony still have yet to adopt an MS Xbox Live like online service for their consoles, and they have failed to keep up with how versitile the service has become. I'd call that a contribution.
