MS leaving the console race would be good for gamers.

[only777]

cannonballZ said:

only777 said:

cannonballZ said:
Boy oh boy, you believe ps2 could launch missiles.... I can't believe I just wasted my time googling that.

Maybe you are a bit too young to remember that.  The US goverment thought about blocking sale of the PS2 because it was going to be classed as a super computer at the time

Reference: http://www.zdnet.com/uk-intelligence-dismisses-ps2-missile-fears-3002083302/

cannonballZ said:

Also, PS2 was not the most powerful console that gen. They definitely got more competitive once MS entered the race.

I never said it was the most powerful console of it's generation.  Link my post where I stated this please.

I am 32 going on 33. I remember the ps2 just fine, but that was all speculation and turned into an urban myth.

http://www.zdnet.com/uk-intelligence-dismisses-ps2-missile-fears-3002083302/

and you completely missed my point.

PS2 was not the most powerful of the generation but they have made the most powerful system since. Why? Competition of course. If it was just sony and ninty, I think sony would have took a different path.

Clearly the missle thing was a joke, but you missed the point.

Sony made the most powerful system it could at the time, so powerful infact these silly stories came out.   Sure more powerful system came out AFTER the PS2, but that's a given.  Sony created a very power system (just look into PS2 coded shaders for an example) even though they doinated the industry and had no idea what anyone else was plotting.