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SWORDF1SH on 18 February 2016
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RolStoppable said:
theprof00 said:
It's like you wrote my thread a year after I did :D

My thread is probably better and definitely more interesting. I am not even sure if I want to read your thread (and yes, I have the link and already looked at it).

kowenicki said:
Great, but how does that makes MS different to Sony or Ninty in the end game?

Games will be a service on multiple platforms and devices unless you want to die or be very niche.

(There are people in the music industry (essentially greedy and selfish idiots) who think you can go the gaming route and release exclusive music on only one platform. They are fucking idiots. It is so contra to what consumers expect and want now)

Making gaming entirely service-based only works for companies who use the same controller every time. So because of that aspect alone it's unlikely that Nintendo will go that route. Theoretically, you could release a new type of controller to work with a service, but that wouldn't garner as much consumer and developer interest as a box that comes with said controller.

Besides, this thread isn't about the end of Microsoft consoles, but rather Xbox-branded ones.

SWORDF1SH said:

Out of curiosity, is the reasons you gave why they invented Xbox your opinion, popular knowledge or an official fact?

If it's your opinion I'll stand by my statement of this being a 'tripe thread'. 

Calling it "popular knowledge" would probably be too generous because a lot of gamers don't know about it. Microsoft themselves refered to Xbox as a strategic defensive business move.

You're going to have to link me to get the context of that statement. Personally I don't buy that they made Xbox to protect windows. You're trying to put round pegs in square holes. For me MS saw how the gaming market was expanding and they wanted a peace of the pie.