My reasons are below... what are your reasons? And am I missing any other reasons to buy an Xbox 360?
Exclusives
- Halo franchise
- Gears of War franchise
- Rare games... Kameo, Banjo, Perfect Dark, Viva Pinata, possible Killer Instincts and Golden Eye
- Fable
- Criminal Origins
- Forza franchise
- Virtual Fighter 5 ... (cough) ONLINE! (cough)
- Star Ocean* Stolen Exclusive
- ShadowRun
... I can go on and on... bottom line is we have more exclusives... meaning more games to choose from and more choices increases chances of finding a game you love... even if the critics and masses don't like it. For me that game was ShadowRun, Prey and some Rare games.. and I'm just barely exploring all the exclusives we have.
Xbox Live
- The ability to make your own games (be a game developer) and sell them on Xbox live
- Connection download speed on DLC/Demos... and MP connection
- Way more demos... good bye gamefly
- Cross game chat
- Dashboard looks prettier
- More people own it.. so it reassured me of chances for online communities in MP games
- Patches come sooner in comparison to it's online rival
Cheaper games
- Prices for retail games go down faster in the stores against it's rival...
- Arcade games are offered at 5-20 dollars
- Indie games are offered at 1-5 dollars
It's American
- I'm American and I want to support my country's economy (salutes flag)
- Sony/PS is Japanese and they seem to be prejudice against pretty much all other ethnicities (IMHO)... even Chinese and other Asians and I really looks down on that so... heard too many stories
Microsoft has shown me that they know how to sell and market their products...
- Early launch ... first to punch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZIeLJ3vAs
- Focuses on GAMES and online capabilities (MP, Cross game chat, Arcade/Indies)
- Easy console to develop games on... which has made it most developer's choice to make games on... which makes multi-platform games superior in graphics for Xbox 360
- New guy to the console industry and already making Sony and it's PS fight desperately it seems (price cut after price cut, sku after sku, ungrading instead of upgrading [losing Backwards Compatibility and other bells and whistles])... which was formally the king in last gen
- Project Natal
- Has made Xbox live attractive enough to pay for thus they make money off subscribers... while it's competitors give it away.
- They sell games both on PC and Xbox 360... sharing console exclusives sometimes... thus increasing profit by taking advantage of PS3 users that say "I'm not missing anything... I'm buying it on PC" and PC gamers. Also specifically for those PS3 fanboys that reading this right now and brag that they can buy PC version of Xbox 360 console exclusives... this also only proofs that PS3 does NOT satisfy you with it's exclusives... then again we can just look at the sales on PS3 exclusives and know this...... thanks for the extra cash, Microsoft will use it furthure upgrade our Xbox live experience, development for our games, next Xbox and who knows what else. If your a PS3 fanboy please, don't even repsond, this forum is OURS. Leave us alone... you just coming here just shows how deep your into your delisusional fanboy illness.
