So MS created the FPS genre and online games?  wow, I never knew that one..

lol people really think Sony wouldnt have made PSN if it wasnt for xbox?

Under the same logic PS+ wouldnt be required to play online if it wasnt for XBL.

Oh dear.

There's SO much wrong in this I don't even know where to begin, haha.

Agreed. Last I checked, there was a console called the Dreamcast which allowed users to surf the web and play games online. OG xbox was not the first to include the ability to play online but it did do it better than Sega did which is understandable considering OG Xbox came out years after. Off-site analogue sticks being better is purely subjective, I prefer the symetrical style of the Dual Shock. Microsoft did do alot for bringing online gaming to prominence, but they were not the genesis of it. Including a hard drive was theirs though, Sony should have really had a built in hard drive from day one on the PS2. The over priced 8mb memory card was an absolute joke...

IMO, it could have been bigger. Back in the day they were talking about opening it up to alow Mods! That would have been awesome.  I think the story mode would not have suffered so much as it seemed that was dropped for MP... I hated Halo 2 it was a slap in the face as far as single player goes! Never cared for Halo's MP.. maps just felt to small I was used to BF1942 at the time I liked bigger maps... Halo could have been so much more.

Destiny would've been out long ago and on PC funded by Apple most likely. Microsoft held them back really badly. People are going to really have to wait to realize the promise that they say exists in that game.

There would've been online and shooters. Online just would've evolved slower and much like with the Dreamcast they would've helped out from the outside.

If Microsoft didn't release a console and it was only Sony and Nintendo, then the PS3 would have won over the Wii. The PS3 and 360 lost against the Wii because they were competing consoles with most of the same games and Sony lost a lot of its fans because the PS3 was too expensive while the 360 had a one year lead and a lot more exclusives early in the gen. Because so many more people owned a 360, it took such a long time for Sony to make a comeback because the more casual gamer types purchase the console that their friends own.

If Microsoft didn't release a console or dropped out after the original Xbox and it was just Sony vs Nintendo, the Wii would have still sold because of all the motion control hype, but all of those big third parties that were developing next gen games would have been only on PS3 and PC. PS3 would have sold more.

Online would be no where near where it's at today. Live was a massive innovation on how we play our games.

GameCube with rare games would havê sold more.
But still less than n64.
Ps2 would be a little higher than it sold.

But ps3 and Wii could be completely different from what they are.
Would ps3 be so powerfull? Would invest in online?
Wii would be so weak?