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windbane on 05 March 2008
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makingmusic476 said:
starcraft said:
makingmusic476 said:
 

Well, the HDD bit was definitely pushing it. An insanely expensive proprietary HDD does not trump a standard HDD in every console for developers to rely on, that can also be interchanged easily at will with any other 2.5 in. HDD.


I didn't say it did, I just said that your average gamer doesn't know that you can tranfer another HDD in. You might have, and I will when I buy one (all you can get here in Australia is the 40gb), but most people wont be aware of that.

But comeon, was the rest of what I said anywhere near the trollish fanatiscism of Slorg and Auron?


Auron's comments I agree were very trollish.  His statement was more of a personal attack than anything, imo.

As for SlorgNet, some of your comments were equally as outlandish as his.

I just reread your post (I merely skimmed it earlier), and I noticed you said that MS could drop the price by $150 without breaking a sweat. That is possible, if they didn't care about ever making a profit on the 360 again.  The chances of it happening are slim to none. $50-100 maybe, but not $150 full stop.

However, I agree with some of Slorg's points, though not necessarily his conclusions.  Particularly his point about MS being unable to compete on games.  This is something that I have been saying since the beginning, and combined with brand loyalty this was my reasoning behind the ps3 eventually passing up the 360, and it was something I was saying even during the ps3's low points last Summer.

With most third party games going multiplat, it's up to 1st and 2nd parties to give each console the edge, and this is an area in which Sony excels.  The fact that, of the two, the ps3 is the only one with any major third party exclusives left (MGS4, FFXIII, Tekken 6) has it's affects as well.  The ps3 will eventually have a good edge over the 360 in games, imo.


In fairness, the 360 had Ninja Gaiden 2, heh. Future possible third-party exclusives include Mass Effect, Bioshock, and Bungie titles, but 2 of those are independant now so we'll see.