| Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
oh I see. Still I think Nintendo took risks and was doing fine financially to challenge Sony. I'm not that big into online stuff which is mainly what we have to thank MS for as far as consoles go. I also kinda loathe them for making two weapon limits and regen health a standard in FPS games due to their most popular franchise always going that route. Oh well at least online folks can enjoy their advancement in that area of the industry and there are other genres for me to enjoy than FPS |
Also bringing PC gaming to consoles. Xbox Managed to create a whole niche of mature, western games like Knights of the Old Republic, Elderscrolls Morrowind, Half Life, Fable, Battlefield, Jade Empire. Essentially they predated the 7th gen and the slowly changing current that we saw arrive with AAA games. This is why I think they were able to ooutgrow the gamecube and find better support with third parties by the end of the generation. Intentional or not, they had their fingers on the pulse of what gaming was evolving into.
Halo+Xbox Live were of course a massive reasons too :)
