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[anotheriori]

I was really looking forward to X360 as my primary console, now I consider myself pretty average as far as hardware purchases (I did own all 3 consoles this gen and a psp) but I rarely adopt systems at launch with few exceptions like dreamcast. With the recent annoucement assuming the following where do you stand?

$399 X360 Premium package vs $399 PS3 Core System

MS doomed? The fragmentation of the X360 userbase with the harddrive as it is now non-standard, without next gen media support and most likely not as powerful overall.

Sony is still market leader
If its graphics: PS3 wins
If its games: PS3 wins

The fact that X360 doesn't have a killer app (Halo calibur) is really pushing me back onto the fence. Is there a silver lining?

 

[krypt0nian]

Now you just had an original idea!

 

[dark10x]

X360 != PowerVR

PowerVR is like, 10000000000000000x more powerful and can raise the dead.

 

[ManaByte]

And who ever said the PS3 would have a standard harddrive and not fracture the userbase?

Lock this filth.

 

[xexex]

In Before Lock

 

[blackadde]

It's not a comparable situation at all. MS has enough money to just buy Sony if they were so inclined, whereas Sega couldn't afford to even produce Dreamcasts.

 

[LittleTokyo]

I'm in the croud that won't pay 400 at launch for a console, but the 300 version is so shitty it's a joke. :lol

 

[anotheriori]

Sony never made a big deal with the harddrive however unlike MS.

 

[Chiggs]

Wow, I have never heard of such a comparison before! What a breathtakingly original thought!

 

[Izzy]

Don't be ridiculous, it's not the same - SEGA didn't have Peter Moore. Oh wait...

 

[Striek]

MS has enough money to just buy Sony if they were so inclined

No.

 

[monkeymagic]

It's not a comparable situation at all. MS has enough money to just buy Sony if they were so inclined, whereas Sega couldn't afford to even produce Dreamcasts.

It really isn't just about money is it?

Or both MS and Nintendo would have wiped the floor with Sony this gen instead of Sony selling more than double both of those combined.

 

[ManaByte]

Don't be ridiculous, it's not the same - SEGA didn't have Peter Moore. Oh wait...

Stores didn't even have a fucking Sega section anymore when the DC launched. Sega had to completely reestablish its name with consumers and retailers before the DC launched.

Xbox is the #2 system in the US. It's nothing at all like the Sega situation.

Comparing the X360 to the DC is uninformed trolling.

 

[Idioteque]

No, MS is alot richer than Sega was.

 

[Zeo]

No. Simply because PS3 isn't the definite destroyeverythinginitspath console that PS2 was. 360 and Rev are going to be better competition than Xbox and GC, imo.

Oh, and because it's stupid.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

PowerVR

 

[dark10x]

Lindbergh

 

[FiRez]

SONY: HD included on every console!

G A M E O V E R

 

[anotheriori]

But saying that Xbox is #2 doesn't mean much if the there is a huge difference margin, Playstation is still market leader by a huge margin just like when going into the last console war. Xbox is also dead last in Japan w/o xbox sections in their stores.

Simply because PS3 isn't the definite destroyeverythinginitspath console that PS2 was

how not so? Wasn't the PS2 sold on the massive hype and off success of PS1, PS1 backwards compatibility along with DVD playing?

Massive hype (killzone demo) check.
Success off last console (PS2) check.
New media (Blu-ray) check.

 

[Norse]

SONY: HD included on every console!

G A M E O V E R

and for 399.99

BANKRUPT!



Lock this thread plz.

 

[ManaByte]

But saying that Xbox is #2 doesn't mean much if the there is a huge difference margin, Playstation is still market leader by a huge margin just like when going into the last console war.

Yes, it means it's the #2 console.

Troll more, please.

 

[Solid]

wait for ps3.

 

[myzhi]

No, MS is alot richer than Sega was.

That's an understatement.

MS money > Sony + Nintendo + Sega.

 

[bishoptl]

Perfect Way

I took a backseat, a backhander, I took her back to her room
I better get back to the basics for you
You gotta conscience, compassion, you got away with the word
You gotta heartful of complacency too

I don't have a purpose, omission, I'm empty by definition,
I got a lack girl that you'd love to be
You wanna diva, a deduction, you wanna do what they do
You wanna do damage that you can undo

Apart from everyone away from your love
A part of me belongs apart of all of the hurt above

I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
I got a perfect way to make a justification
I got a prfect way to make a certain a maybe
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy

I took a day job, amendment, I took a liking to you,
I took a page out of my rule book for you
You wanna message, a confession, you wanna martyr me too
You wanna margin of error for two

Maybe tomorrow, the next letter, or when the weather gets better
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue
I made an offer, an exception, I made a sense out of you
You took a good look at your book but I knew

In times of tenderness in terms baby so true
Until such times as I can understand all the things that you do

I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
I got a perfect way to make a justification
I got a prfect way to make a certain a maybe
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy

Want to forgive you for all the things that you do
Wanna forget how to remember with you
Maybe tomorow the next letter or when the weather gets better
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue

Apart from everyone away from your love
A part of me belongs apart of all of the hurt above

I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
I got a perfect way to make a justification
I got a prfect way to make a certain a maybe
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy