50% of 360 Owners New to Xbox

F**k you Micro$oft, I've had absolutely enough of comments like this.

You're running scared because the Wii is taking gaming in new directions and PS3 is going to be in demand when it launches no matter whan happens.

The market is splitting into two camps and you're left in the middle desperately trying to get back ground.

I'm a gamer, not a f**king brand fanatic (although the two often appear the same) and if I want a console I'll buy it for the products. If you make good products then I'll buy them.

But not anymore. I have absolutely had enough of these playground attacks at Sony and I won't be buying the Xbox 360 I was considering.

Oh by the way, is there any truth in the rumour you named it 360 so it was a bigger number than the PS3? Yes, yes there is, you pathetic paranoid monopolists.

He's right i guess. I never purchased an xbox, i got a secondhand one much later in its life. 360 I got brand new a year after launch.

The uptake of Live wasn't as great on xbox, but I think new ideas like the achivement points, live digicam and such are getting more 360 owners online that otherwise wouldn't be.

ow no, i can see Bill giving up now...

I don't think so, this is only a UK-based site which he's unlikely to read.

And if he does, he's probably not going to shut down the entire Xbox operation and will probably just respect my right to air my views in a public forum..

..as much as I hate to piss on your party.

yer u've really changed my mind!.... god where was i going wrong thinking xbox live was the best online gaming service avalible!?.... well thanks so much for, as u say, pissing on my party..

You haven’t pissed on anyone’s party other than your own, with such dumb ass statements as
"PS3 is going to be in demand when it launches no matter whan happens"
and
"The market is splitting into two camps and you're left in the middle desperately trying to get back ground."

wha?? Demand for the PS3 has become non existent and with over 10 million 360's in the world I hardly thing they need to get back ground

You are thinking short term. My prediction is that in a few years time, Blu-Ray will become the high capacity DVD standard and PS3 will again be the leading console. Just like the PS2 did after some faltering early stages.

There is no way either of us can prove it right now, so how about you remember your comments for when they're more relevant?

Xbox Live is currently the best online gaming service available.

I am currently too busy going to real life parties to play online, and I occassionally play games with real friends in between.

In a few years neither of the above may be true. But if Microsoft is so confident of it's position, why is it continually trying to whip up fanboys to join the Sony-hating bandwagon?

"There is no way either of us can prove it right now, so how about you remember your comments for when they're more relevant?"

gladly. ow and, funny you should mention Sony fanboy's..

"In a few years neither of the above may be true"
wot that xbox live will still be the best online service or u'll have friends to party with??.. haha.
Come on Sony have had a year (& more) to rip off Live
& they still F**ked it up. problem is Sony still see online gaming as an after thought, 4 me online console gaming is where the Next gen is happening, not better graphic or physiques, but building an online community & expanding your gaming horizons.
And as for mudslinging & bad mouthing, i think all the damage that has been done to the Playstation brand has been done by Sony…. Sorry to piss on your party.

And mine is that Blu-Ray is headed in the same direction as Betamax until Sony allows the porn studios in on it.

I can’t see Blu-Ray "winning" in a 1 on 1 "battle" with HD-DVD

Given the fact that there will be dual players by the end of the though I can see both formats here for the considerable future (even if Sony ends up being the only distributor of Blu-Ray Movies).

Er, yes, both. Did you miss something? I thought I wrote it pretty clearly.

Online gaming is, and always will be except for geeks who think their lives are best spent in made-up worlds, a sideshow.

HD-DVD will do quite well, but Playstation 3 is the trojan horse for Blu-Ray and a very clever tactic it is too.

You can either buy, all other factors being equal:

1) A HD-DVD player which only plays movies
2) An Xbox 360 with three boxes to plug in (the console, the power brick and the HD-DVD add-on)
3) A Playstation 3, which is an entire media centre

Now the PC doesn't count because it hasn't yet made the move to under the TV. So which are you going to choose, as the average consumer?

Don't go throwing cost around, because you'll be thinking about the price of the PS3 at release date, and we all know that manufacturers don't start shipping real numbers until the price comes down.

personally i'd buy a console to play games and a dedicated player to watch movies.