@Fanatical111
1/ Sorry for not having read ur first post totally before posting my first one.
2/ Sorry to misread ur title. I thought u were saying "future is online gaming".
3/ I think u are an hardcore PC/online gamer. And I believe the console crowd is really different from thre PC crowd. At least, I think big PC games are big online multiplayer games (sc/war3/wow/dII (BLIZZARD ^^) + Valve) but big Console games are :
GTA = no online until this one
FF (or another SE title if u prefer) = no online except FFXI
GT = no online
Tekken/SC = no online
I suppose you would say that Halo1/2/3 possess online, as CoD4, as Virtua Fighter4. But u have to understand these games were specific to the Xbox/Xbox360 crowd (Halo) or the current crowd PS360 (CoD4). BUT if u want to understand CONSOLE gaming market u have to take the PS2 crowd (the winner of the last gen) and will realize that 99% of PS2 games were OFFline and that console player prefer play offline with their friends than online with "msn ghost".
Also note that the current leading console is the ... Wii that has a poor online and that is CLEARLY not the priority of Ninty !!
I will end saying that Home could be interesting for Sony but only in the long run. What matter now is the PS2 crowd and MS price cut near GTA4 launch is a BIG POINT for them.
Note : GTA4, with online = big sales
GTA4, no online = big sales TOO
For NOW, Online is an extra feature for most of the gamers.
I agree that next gen (Xbox720/PS4/Yii), online will be a more important feature (more internet connection, better speed, better technology, more dl, less material support for games etc ...)
4/ I think the only advantage of MS over Sony is the 1 year launch" and their BIG wallet. I dont see why Sony would be able to match MS online offer.
And, NO, MS are not as skilled as u claim. Remember the Vistashit that nobody want is from them.I
IF people buy MS product, it is just because they dont truly have the choice ...
Time to Work !
