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Forums - Gaming - In your view, has the 360´s 1 year headstart done more good than harm?

JGarret on 09 July 2008

It´s said that due to the system´s 1 year headstart, with MS rushing the console, the RROD came to haunt them.

But on the other hand, it´s also allowed the system to keep a 6 million (5 million and something, if you want to get technical) lead over the PS3 and many devs already had gotten used to the system´s archtecture around the time the PS3 was released.

All in all, you think it´s done more good than harm or the other way around?

Balancing things, I´d say despite the mess that was/is the RROD, that it has done more good than harm, yes.

 

 



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reask on 09 July 2008

good



 

 

 

 

johnsobas on 09 July 2008

Even if you assume that RROD could have been avoided if they had waited then it was still worth it.



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Strategyking92 on 09 July 2008

I think it did more good than harm... but man, did they almost screw up their headstart afterwards.



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antfromtashkent on 09 July 2008

I deffinantly think it benifited... I got it because i was starved for better graphic games (mainly because of seeing games like Oblivion) Im sure a LOT of ppl did the same thing



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Skeeuk on 09 July 2008

it was good to get into nex gen gaming, but they have messed thier headstart over ps3.



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Fernando on 09 July 2008

Harm... because even if it has the same graphic level (or a little bit more) than the PS3, in the eyes of consumers, is an outdated product compared to the PS3 and Wii.



bonkers555 on 09 July 2008

I also believe it did more good then harm especially in North America.



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Strategyking92 on 09 July 2008
Fernando said:
Harm... because even if it has the same graphic level (or a little bit more) than the PS3, in the eyes of consumers, is an outdated product compared to the PS3 and Wii.

 

I'm afraid to ask... who are these "customers" you are talking about? Nobody thinks it is outdated, except you.



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megaman79 on 09 July 2008

Harm, Nobody actually knew it was 'next gen' at the time, whatever that means. Nintendo is right that if you don't have HD tvs whats the point. Secondly they didn't iron out, or even give a flying batshit, about the bugs that have unanimously labelled, according to me, Xbox360 the laughing stock of quality videogame manufacturing.



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