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starcraft said:
SlorgNet said:
There's almost nothing Microsoft can do to salvage this generation. They can't compete on quality, they have no advantage in games (Sony's big exclusives are coming on strong), they can't compete on media (no built-in next-gen media), they can't compete on storage (you can pop a new hard drive into Sony's machine, no problem), they can't compete on fun and family-friendly (the Wii takes the cake). Their price advantage is chimerical - Sony is making so much money in EU markets, it could afford a $50 price cut without breaking a sweat.

I seriously have to question why Microsoft is in this industry. It may be time for Samsung or some up-and-coming Taiwanese company to get into the console biz, and provide some honest competition for Sony.
 

Sony doesn't have a single AAA exclusive, MS has 5. 

MS has one of the leading high-definition download services, Sony has a price-increasing format that is yet to prove it can survive against DVD and downloads long enough to become mass market.

Joe Six Pack isn't aware he can switch harddrives, Microsoft has the largest hardrive built into the console.

Microsoft beats any other console on fun, but I concede is has far fewer g rated games than the Wii.

Sony is making plenty of money off inflated EU hardware prices (hardly a thing on software), but MS is making plenty of money off every PC in existence.  They could afford a $150 price drop without breaking a sweat, they just don't want to.

By honest competition do you mean beating the PS3 by more than the 6 and a half million the Xbox 360 is, or more than the 11 million the Wii is? 


Wow, we had a fair debate, and then a total fanboy response walked in the room.