CGI-Quality said:
McDonaldsGuy said:
Do you mean recently or they were never necessary?
Microsoft did bring a lot to the table:
- Xbox Live is the standard for online gaming. Could you imagine if we left it up to Sony or Nintendo to do online gaming?
- They created game achievements
- First console to have a hard drive (the PS2 had an expandable bay but they never did anything with it!)
Microsoft was one of the real innovators in the console space. Sony was the opposite - they are the so-called "leader" but they always followed other's footsteps.
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A lot of assumption and personal feelings mixed in here. So I'm going to tackle the ones I feel can be truly argued and omit what is mere opinion.
- Xbox LIVE isn't a standard. It is an option, just like PSN and Steam (the latter is actually a more robust program).
- Achievements are wonderful, but trophies took it a step further. Really, it's a choice here, not about better/worse.
- The HDD is a big deal. Yes.
- "Real innovators". I always chuckle at this sort of thing. Each manufacturer brought something that a competitor hadn't. Whether it was Nintendo with the thumb-stick, Sony with Dual Analog, or Microsoft with the HDD, everyone brought something that has been standardized. To deny that is to admit a lack of understanding of how this industry has formed and grown.
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To say introducing online to console isn't a big deal is a misguided statement. PSN wouldnt be as good as it is now if it weren't for Xbox live.
Same goes for achievements. Xbox brought them first, regardless of which achievement system is better.
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