Microsoft is unhappy with the state of the Xbox (should Spencer be substituted?)

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Azzanation said:

twintail said:

Nah. This take had been incredibly bad for a long time, and still is. Because it makes it sound like Sony has been given a free pass, when in reality they've put in a lot of work to get to where they are. 

Sony literally entered the market and took everything that made Nintendo market leader at the time and moved them to PS

Always interesting seeing people leave out that minor detail.

Would have to disagree here. Sony's success against Sega and Nintendo came from 3 things:

1) Arcades and Namco: arcades were massively relevant and Namco and Sony formed the perfect partnership to offer that arcade experience at home with Tekken, Ridge Racer, Time Crisis and Soul Calibur.

2) Price: it was cheaper than the Saturn

3) CD: although people have this story of Sony money hatting for FF7, it's been reiterated over and over the CD is what sold Square on making the game on the PS1. 

4) peripherals: dance mats, light guns, memory card to take your save with you

5) a metric shit ton of games and often much cheaper than the competition. This still goes today as Nintendo barely drops the prices of their games or systems.

Edit: I said 3 things and listed 5 🤦🏽‍♂️