Microsoft has done a lot of innovations

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McDonaldsGuy said:

Oh yeah no doubt about it. Mario, GT and FF are definitely innovative, but let's face it, for the last 10 years which genre has been king? First person shooter. Like it, or hate it, can't deny the facts. And Halo is more than just "one game" when you think about it. It saved the Xbox from complete failure and paved the way for shooters to become the dominate genre.

PS2's hard drive was optional, the original Xbox had a standard hard drive however.

Bioware and Bethesda deserve tons of credit but so does Microsoft. Their system really made it easier to port/create WRPGs, which is why games like Jade Empire, Star Wars: Kotor, Morrowind, and Mass Effect were on Xbox/Xbox 360 and not the PS2/PS3. Now WRPGs are bigger on consoles than JRPGs and the Xbox is a HUGE reason for this. In fact Sony still doesn't have a killer first party first person shooter franchise or WRPG franchise despite many attempts. It's not as easy as it looks.

Here is a good article on this subject: http://cimeas.kinja.com/did-the-xbox-save-the-western-rpg-508285567

When did Sony try their hand at a wRPG? I can only think of Demon's Souls/Bloodborne which are Eastern developed but more in line with a niche within the wRPG genre.

And I'm not sure MS has a "killer" wRPG series either. Definitely not in-line with third party offerings.