Microsoft: ‘We’ll Take Sony in Next-Generation!’

All I'm saying is that Microsoft ain't jack til they convince the japanese, and at the moment it ain't happening.

My question for you lot is that if you think MS will convince the japanese in the future, elaborate on how you think they will go about it. MS are clearly out of ideas so far, and look like they need your help.

My other point is I reckon most japanese would rather boost their economy messed up by buying and selling japanese product, instead of filling american pockets like those of MS.

If you think I'm wrong try to convince me otherwise, with something believable to change my mind.

MR Trion everyone has a an opinion , so do I.
I'm sticking by my opinion regardness on whom disagrees. I have better things to do with my life rather then debate over the internet about three rich companies(Nintendo,Sony & Microsoft.!" God bless!"

tyrion wrote:

>MR_gamefan wrote:
>
>>In this generation in which microsoft is
>>getting it's feet wet. Xbox live is a
>>selling point example EA . If you like
>>e go to gamerfeed.com there is a
>article
>>that states xbox live passes 1 million mark
>>for subcribers.
>
>1 million subscribers, worldwide, since 15 Nov
>2002? That's 20 months, give or take. That's
>not a selling point by any means.
>
>Do you really think EA would have stayed away
>from Live! for so long if it was a hugely
>profitable exercise?
>
>Face it, Microsoft are throwing money at the XBox
>trying to win friends. They try much harder than
>Nintendo or Sony need to. And they are still
>miles behind Sony and only just ahead of
>Nintendo.
>
>However, money is one thing MS has huge piles of.
>If XBox had been launched by anybody else, it
>would have been binned long ago.

AVH wrote:
>I see a future where MS wins the games hardware war, the XBox2 becomes a "standard" piece of living room equipment.

Sad view for the future then. They never will though, pipe dream mate, pipe dream!

Kaxxx wrote:

>Sad view for the future then. They never will
>though, pipe dream mate, pipe dream!

It IS a sad view of the future. But as long as people sit around complacently spouting tosh like "pipe dream mate, pipe dream" it WILL happen.

If you think it's a sad view of the future, you need to make sure that it doesn't happen.

DoctorDee wrote:

>But as long as people sit around complacently spouting tosh like "pipe dream mate, pipe dream" it WILL happen.

Ahem! Nice way to end a debate mate.

Kaxxx wrote:

>Ahem! Nice way to end a debate mate.

And "pipe dream mate, pipe dream! ", was a better example of debating skill?

Ben Furfie wrote:

>Microsoft makes the announcement that
>they are pulling out of the hardware market and
>licensing their hardware designs out to various
>manufacturers, even Sony. Now you can buy a games
>console the same way you can buy a DVD player,
>prices plummet as competition is introduced.

And they all live happily ever after.

The end.

THis is n't a fairy tale. Micrsofot have a history of the most predatory business practises of any company. THey will not suddenly become all philanthropic once they have "won" the console battle. They don't even give a damn about games, they just want a way of getting a machine into your lounge so they can sell you pay-per-play, pay-per-listen, pay-per-view.

MR_gamefan wrote:

>MR Trion everyone has a an opinion , so do I.

This is what separates us from the animals.

>I'm sticking by my opinion regardness on
>whom disagrees. I have better things to do
>with my life rather then debate over the
>internet about three rich
>companies(Nintendo,Sony & Microsoft.!" God
>bless!"

You don't however have anything better to do than tell people you have better things to do? :-)

It may be your opinion that XBox Live! is a great selling point in favour of XBox. I happen to disagree, but that is what debate is all about.

I would point out that 1M subscribers, worldwide, in 20 months is quite low, in fact PS2 outsold it, in the UK only, in June 2004 (1.3M games sales).