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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - 360 in 2008, the year in Preview! (Better than 2007?)

kingofwale said:
>And many other great games make this a year that will rival if not surpass last year.

again, in a direct competition with PS3, Exclusives are what makes a potential owner decide to get either a PS3 or Xbox.

and on that list of yours. Where's the "must have" game for 360?

Last year you have Halo 3 (and the trio), this year you have NG2, Alan Wake and Too human?

I think your employed by Sony cause every thread having to do with the 360 you seem to have something negitive to say.  I take it you do not have a 360 based on your comments.  The exclusives lists for 2008 are fairly close if you look at the past history of the top games being released this year.  For example:

MGS Sons of Liberty (PS2)- 93%, Gears of War (XBOX360) - 93%

Gran Turismo (PS2) - 92%, Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) - 92%,

Splinter Cell (Xbox) - 92%, Socom (PS2) 87%

*I no the genres may not be the same but I am trying to make a point*

Moreso, I think you forget the direction in which this industry is going.  Regardless of games, online is the next logical step for the gaming industry.  MS does have the preimer online gaming service and based on there business model, it is at the forefront of anything they are trying to do.  I think Home will be a good step for Sony, but I dont think that it will be on the same level of the 360, at least not yet.

I think 2008 will be a better year for the 360 then 2007.  In fact I think all three consoles will have amazing years.  From 2007-2008 the industry increased revenues by 8 Billion dollars, I dont think it will level off this year with the types of games being released (ie. MGS4, GOW2 etc.)

If you dont like the 360, thats your opinion, but you should really look at facts my friend.  The PS3 is great (Blu-Ray), the 360 is great (online) and the Wii is great (innovation).



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makingmusic476 said:
What's wrong with free online? Ever used Steam or Xfire?

And MMOs are an entirely different situation. MMOs on the 360 charge over and above the cost of XBL to play (i.e. FFXI).

Free online is fine, free MMO isn't.

 The issue with MMO is there are always players looking for ways to exploit or bot their way to the game and it usually happens at the expense of the game balance and fun ( either prices of in game goods go through the roof or a lot of ppls think they have to use the exploit to catch up with the others and those exploits are rarely fun).

Fighting all of that requires a lot of work as well a nice customer team and regular updates. All of that cost money and it's difficult to provide all that service in a free MMO.

In the end MMO are like real, they need some kind of cops to keep people in line and cops don't work for free !!!! 

 



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !