The end of Xbox is approaching

[SWORDF1SH]

RolStoppable said:

SWORDF1SH said:

You aren't really defending your opinions that great. Your first response to justify your opinion;

"It's not tripe. First I explained why Xbox came into existence and then I explained why it should come to an end."

Like that statement justifies your opinion. It doesn't. Your opinions and presumptions are also written as fact, another thing I disagree with.

Then you try and justify your opinion by saying that because kowenicki hasn't pulled you up on it, it must be correct. I'm sorry but it doesn't work like that. Kowenicki actually made some good points on this thread and if he wants to stand your corner for you and explain why I should acknowledge your opinions as plausible, I'll be happy to listen. I'm not against the possibility that your opinions could be right, I'm against opinions that don't make sense or have very little reasoning.

Then you come up with another wild claim, "The original Xbox was a colossal failure (lost around $4 billion over the course of four years), so something much bigger than gaming had to be at stake to justify another Xbox."

Again please explain further, you're looking at things from only one perspective. By your reasoning Sony should of packed up shop and left the console business in 2010 after huge losses. Sometimes you have to look at the long game. How much of that $4B loss is due to Xbox live and being a front runner in online connected consoles? That's just an example of betting big to reap the rewards in the future. MS aren't afraid to take big gambles.

This post of yours is really rubbish, because you wrote it right after responding to mjk45 who pretty much said the same things I did.

SWORDF1SH said:

Thank you. That's a little bit more of an explanation. How true do you think that statement is and how much weight do you that reason truly holds to why they built the Xbox?

mjk45 didn't give you a link either, but you feel inclined to believe him but not me. And if you don't like my tone, then you only have yourself to blame because you called my original post tripe, even though you clearly lacked knowledge on the topic. It's one thing to ask questions, but it's another to call someone else wrong despite not knowing anything or not enough about the subject yourself.

Sony's PS3 was allowed to take such big losses because the company wanted to establish Blu-ray as the successor to DVD. So just like in Microsoft's case, something bigger than gaming was at stake. On the other hand, Sony dropped the Vita pretty much instantly because it had nothing besides gaming going for it. Multimedia functionality was a lost cause because smartphones and tablets already did the same job better. On top of that, the Vita didn't even make big losses; it wasn't profitable and there wasn't anything else at stake, so Sony quickly decided to cut their losses on the device.

Actually no Rol, you were very vague in your OP. Mjk actually explained it more which you failed to do. Do you really have to rely on other people to do that for you?

I still think your whole thread is complete bull. I'm sorry it just feels like you had a thought and instead of thinking it through you put it in a thread. If you want to explain your OP you had multiple chances to do it but failed. So naturally I'm going to call out your dud defence posts. You had your chances but instead somebody else had to do it for you. 

Mjk just seemed more knowledgeable than you and we went on to discuss it further which we could of done instead of saying stuff like 'but kowenicki didn't disagree so FACT CONFIRMED'. It's like you were trying to summon kowenicki to dig you out.

You probably do know more and didn't show it but that's your failings. And maybe I don't know much about this subject but you're the one claiming that they do. If you can't explain your reasons and fold when questioned, expect to be pulled apart. If something doesn't make sense to me I will question it. Accept it and move on.

As for the PS3 Blu Ray comment,  that makes sense. We are getting somewhere.