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sega4life on 30 December 2009

 

 

Engadget says Xbox 360 helped define the decade

by Justin McElroy 

It's pretty adorable listening to our electronics-obsessed sister site Engadget talk about video games, a sensation not unlike listening to a music professor trying to connect with students over the latest Jay-Z album. ("Say kids, isn't this track vibin'?!") But we think they nailed it with their inclusion of the Xbox 360 in their "Ten gadgets that defined the decade" list. The piece reminds that the system's success seemed all but impossible at its launch, with a weaker feature set than the PS3 and a for-pay online service.

Honoroable mentions were given to the PS2 and the Wii, both will presumably fare better on Engadget's "Ten gadgets that didn't melt if you looked at them wrong" list.




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Nightwish224 on 30 December 2009

Yeah! :)



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.jayderyu on 30 December 2009

I have to sort of agree. It defined the standards of the upstream market. MS layed the ground work with the XBox, but it was the 360 that shined in regards to being the standard "core gamers" console. PS3 included an HD, OS, and PSN all because they wanted to keep up and try and surpass. It was certainly a defining machine.



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Squilliam on 30 December 2009

I would have thought the Wii would have been on that list at the expense of the Xbox 360. But if not the Wii then I guess the Xbox 360 is the next-best alternative. It is an American site and an American phenomenom more than anywhere else in the world, so theres a lot of basis for the statement.



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Deviation59 on 30 December 2009

I love my 360 but they picked it over the PS2? That just seems... stupid.



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Khuutra on 30 December 2009
Squilliam said:
I would have thought the Wii would have been on that list at the expense of the Xbox 360. But if not the Wii then I guess the Xbox 360 is the next-best alternative. It is an American site and an American phenomenom more than anywhere else in the world, so theres a lot of basis for the statement.

I would think that the second pick - or the first, in point of fact - would be the DS, since it was the forerunner for the Wii.



SaviorX on 30 December 2009

Yea, of course!

Unreliability,expensive development, stagnant creativity,distancing online, and developer entitlement.



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twesterm on 30 December 2009
Deviation59 said:
I love my 360 but they picked it over the PS2? That just seems... stupid.

Nobody is denying that the PS2 was one of the best consoles ever, but that's not what the article is talking about.

The Xbox 360 forged new ground in online, multiplayer, marketplace, and achievements.



 

Carl on 30 December 2009

I would put PS2, DS and Wii ahead of it... But hey, not my choices.



                            

Squilliam on 30 December 2009
Khuutra said:
Squilliam said:
I would have thought the Wii would have been on that list at the expense of the Xbox 360. But if not the Wii then I guess the Xbox 360 is the next-best alternative. It is an American site and an American phenomenom more than anywhere else in the world, so theres a lot of basis for the statement.

I would think that the second pick - or the first, in point of fact - would be the DS, since it was the forerunner for the Wii.

Oh yeah and the DS too... But I suspect the audience wants to see manly high tech products rather than girly products or the producers think that anyway.

Btw the list in full: http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/ten-gadgets-that-defined-the-decade/

  • Canon Digicamera
  • Powerbook
  • Windows XP/OS X
  • Ipod
  • Tivo
  • Motorolla Razr V3
  • PalmOne Treo
  • Xbox 360
  • Iphone
  • Asus EEE


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