My two cent's on next gen consoles ... XBOX 360
Okay other than doing weekly review posting I seem to hear a lot about the next generation consoles and what they bring to the table. So I though I'd put my two cent's on how I think these consoles, will stack up. First let me be clear I am a XBOX owner but don't really have a great love for the system just some of the games, i.e. Halo. So now that you know I will eventually own an XBOX 360, this article isn't so much about the hardware as it is as much as how their respective companies will push and sell them. Okay so let's start off in a familiar place with Microsoft.
Microsoft is better known as one of the largest and most influential software companies in the world. With its unbelievable amount of influence and money it buy and push its way into just about any market its wants to; in this case we're talking about the home media market. Now the company has tried this before with it failure MSN TV service and product, but has found some success with its XBOX console by getting into the homes of gamers. The idea is simple capitalize on a growing video game market and see how influential you can be in a mass media market that only has a handful of major players. So what's Microsoft's advantage? Well with their initial console it was hardware performance and their XBOX Live service. This time around? It's definitely gonna be their Live service, why? Mainly because their competitors don't have the online infrastructures that can support online gaming like Microsoft's Live service. Yes its better than what's out there currently and has the advantage of already being deployed before Sony or Nintendo. It's likely Sony will try to replicate when their PS3 comes out but they'd have to be the luckiest company in the world to launch a service like that with out any problems and Nintendo will probably have similar problems. However, this is a game console and in order to be the biggest and best you need to have the games. This is where the XBOX 360 is failing, its doesn't have those must have titles that put the consoles in the homes of many gamers. Instead it has a few pretty good games with some great one's in the near future, or so Microsoft hopes. In short the games are coming but if XBOX 360 doesn't find that must have game, it may lose out the the PS3 in a hurry. Now the one thing that Microsoft does well is support developers for their products, hence expect more developers to give the XBOX 360 platform a try but if Sony continues its dominance, Microsoft will have to play to its Live service which is a great reason to own an XBOX but not enough to play on one.
I'll throw out a Sony comparison next time.
Microsoft is better known as one of the largest and most influential software companies in the world. With its unbelievable amount of influence and money it buy and push its way into just about any market its wants to; in this case we're talking about the home media market. Now the company has tried this before with it failure MSN TV service and product, but has found some success with its XBOX console by getting into the homes of gamers. The idea is simple capitalize on a growing video game market and see how influential you can be in a mass media market that only has a handful of major players. So what's Microsoft's advantage? Well with their initial console it was hardware performance and their XBOX Live service. This time around? It's definitely gonna be their Live service, why? Mainly because their competitors don't have the online infrastructures that can support online gaming like Microsoft's Live service. Yes its better than what's out there currently and has the advantage of already being deployed before Sony or Nintendo. It's likely Sony will try to replicate when their PS3 comes out but they'd have to be the luckiest company in the world to launch a service like that with out any problems and Nintendo will probably have similar problems. However, this is a game console and in order to be the biggest and best you need to have the games. This is where the XBOX 360 is failing, its doesn't have those must have titles that put the consoles in the homes of many gamers. Instead it has a few pretty good games with some great one's in the near future, or so Microsoft hopes. In short the games are coming but if XBOX 360 doesn't find that must have game, it may lose out the the PS3 in a hurry. Now the one thing that Microsoft does well is support developers for their products, hence expect more developers to give the XBOX 360 platform a try but if Sony continues its dominance, Microsoft will have to play to its Live service which is a great reason to own an XBOX but not enough to play on one.
I'll throw out a Sony comparison next time.
posted by Steve at 3:06 PM
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