if only google were to buy some stake at sony, it would make this console war so much more interesting.

not sure if its just me, but ms seem so pushy and aggressive in everything they do, nevermind gaming. it feels as if they have sold their soul to the devil. wonder what length ms will go to take out the playstation brand and if they do, console gaming will become some what of a drag.

strictly gaming, ms has offered the least innovation.

sega introduced online gaming, amazing revolutionary games and 3d games

nintendo gave us some of the best franchises and games as well as the rumble. oh, and the wiimote

sony gave us the eyetoy, mics, ibuzzers, nteractive card battles and some of the best games ive played.

ms gave us custom soundtracks, halo and gears.


sony may not be sega, but they have never stopped to innovate or push themselves whether they were winning the console war or not, unlike ms and nintendo this gen.

@ point x

Seriously...
What Xfiles?
lol

1. I thought the NES went online in Japan only though. And the SNES had some wierd satalite TV system going. Also PC had BBS gaming boards and internet first. Sega model penetrated consoles market earlier than Live. Though I will certainly give credit that Sega made some good new game styles.

2. yes I guess Nintendo did bring us new forms of gaming and new forms for gaming input. However the pointer is a common sense objects to have as an interface. I would like to say it's a PC rip off.

3. Webcam(not new, PC first), mics(not new, PC first), ibuzzer(what is this thing?, maybe I guess), interactive card battles(Magic the Gathering Online is a PC game) it's webcam interaction(PC object) is the only unique and cool thing about it.

4. There are soooooo many PC user that play music with their PC while playing any computer game. Halo(generic FPS), Gears(Shooter and have plenty of them).

hmmm yep your right. MS is the least innovative company out their. Then again they aren't really trying. They are trying to counter disrupt Sony.

@Carl2291
Please stop letting Seece goad you on. He seems one of the most awkwardly skewed opinions in regards to the market that I haver ever heard, seen or read that I've come across. I agree with you as i'm sure enough people do. My post above just shows right there that some of PS3 innovations are nothing, but PC designs already. Of Course MS is moving to counter Sony.

      I just think its probably what will happen next time out.  A weak Nintendo console (or one that is only more powerful than the current 360 than the Wii is the original xbox).  A Microsoft console capable of running Crysis 2 fairly well (as well as the 360 can run Bioshock and Fallout 3) at a price more affordable than most pcs.  And full support from Western developers.  I see Japanese gaming becoming a niche genre in the West anyway.

I actually took it the way carl meant it as as well. Poor seece. I'm new here, but man you've got some venom. I think it impairs your clarity of thought.

Thanks to you also.

Soooo, MS is trying to choke the life out of any competition in its core business environment: Operating systems and proprietary software, in order to hold a monopoly position, if not in an absolute sense then at least to the extent that it can absolutely dictate the market.

Sony is acting, for it's own selfish reasons, as a foil to MS's monopolistic quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*. Sony can exit the console (and HH) gaming business and remain a viable company.

Nintendo is playing in its own sandbox right now, but the main thing that is stopping MS from trying to directly kill off Ninty is that Sony is standing in the way, and is seen as the bigger threat in MS's quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*. Ninty has no other business other than gaming, if MS killed it off as a console producer one wonders if it could last as solely a hand held producer, given the likes of iPod touch and phones with increasingly sophisticated gaming systems.

Therefore:-
If I buy a 360 I am aiding MS in its quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*.

If I buy PS3 I am helping to counter MS's quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*, and I am in the very least delaying any MS attack on Nintendo, if not preventing it from ever happening.

If I buy a Wii I am basically sitting out this current corporate struggle and by virtue of inaction I am aiding MS in its quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*.

I think I have made the right console purchasing decision.

Caveat: This assumes the motivations ascribed to MS in the OP regarding its entry into the console market are true.

*cough*Avatars*cough*

More stuff we already know?