In defense of Microsoft: A response to DMeisterJ

[starcraft]

Torillian said:
But that's just the point Starcraft. In truth you have no idea who those 100,000 people are. Heck even the people that bought the Wii may or may not have bought a PS2 before that. The Wii is always being called a disruptive force that brings people into gaming, so how do you know that those aren't all just new gamers?

So in essence, yes you can assume that Sony lost big this week, but I will remain steadfast in the great week PS3 hardware is having and the unexpectedly good attach rate of GTAIV SW. Is Sony doing as well as it was during the PS2 iteration? HELL NO. But it's doing well, and I'm happy with that. Be happy with the SW sales of the 360 and the boost it saw in hardware, Starcraft, don't instead spend your time rubbing your hands together and doing a maniacal laugh at the differences between Sony's position in this and the last generation. That's just bashing another side instead of being happy with your own.

Now thats a bit unfair.

This is a response to a thread in which a largish group of people decried the downfall of the Xbox 360.  At no point in my response did I say anything bad about the PS3's future prospects, only that the Xbox 360 would be successful as it will continue to steal some of the PS2 userbase.

I am confident consoles can be successful without selling the numbers the PS2 did, otherwise I would have no faith in any console other than the Wii.