My unpopular prediction: The Xbox 360 Will outsell the PS3 - Q3/Q4

[Retrasado]

FishyJoe said:
My feeling is we'll know if MS is serious about this generation or not at E3. If MS fails to introduce a new hardware design at E3, then that will be the signal they have given up this generation.

They only way they are ever going to get rid of the RRoD baggage is to introduce a new design. There are people who associate the current box with RRoD, even if the internals are changed. In addition, the current model is starting to look clunky and dated. They really need a smaller, quieter, sleeker model desperately.

If they don't introduce a new model, then they are content to be this generation's Gamecube. Which isn't necessarily a horrible thing. But they will need to learn from their mistakes if/when they come out with a third generation console.

 Well said.

 

OT: Look, adding something the competition has had since launch will NOT increase your sales. This is precisely the reason M$ and you Xbox fanboys aren't worried about Trophies and In-game XMB getting people to buy PS3s. (Of course getting the same thing on PS3 that you have to pay $50/year for on 360 COULD hurt sales, but that's another story.) M$ had the perfect opportunity to seriously knock Sony down and maybe even out of the competition. (I mean seriously, what was Sony thinking when they tried to sell a $600 console that had NO games) But M$, as it seems to do so often, managed to snatch defeat from the very jaws of victory. RRoD, no standard HDD, no standard wireless, half-assed support for a (soon-to-be-necessary-for HD gaming) next-gen storage medium, still insisting on charging for basic online multi-player gaming. Seriously, what year do they think we are in here? Do they think this is the '90's where you had to pay $30/month for 31 hours/month of 24 kbps dial-up? With all the problems and flaws that Sony's marketing plan had in full bloom and the 360 having one of, if not THE best line-up a console has EVER seen in one year going for them, the PS3 STILL sold like 300k less for the year. This year is do-or-die for the Xbox 360. If they can't turn it around now, they never will. The PSWii will fill the gaming niches and shove the 360 out.