02-20-2003, 11:08 PM
I have to strongly concur with Cybit.
The "console race" is all about money, who supports the most advanced technology best, and who gets a bit lucky. Mostly it has to do with the money though.
MS obviously has the most money to throw around and seems supremely dedicated to making the console, above and beyond just profitable, a winner. Buying up Bungie, Rare, etc. to make exclusives for you certainly helps your cause a lot. When was the last time Sony bought a major development company?
Right now the latest console technology is multiplayer Internet gaming, and XBox supports it the best of the major three consoles. It also has a HD (which, admittedly has yet to be properly utilized), is the most powerful by a large margin, and is the easiest to program for. All of which developers like.
All XBox needs to really, really explode is a little luck to swing its way.
The "console race" is all about money, who supports the most advanced technology best, and who gets a bit lucky. Mostly it has to do with the money though.
MS obviously has the most money to throw around and seems supremely dedicated to making the console, above and beyond just profitable, a winner. Buying up Bungie, Rare, etc. to make exclusives for you certainly helps your cause a lot. When was the last time Sony bought a major development company?
Right now the latest console technology is multiplayer Internet gaming, and XBox supports it the best of the major three consoles. It also has a HD (which, admittedly has yet to be properly utilized), is the most powerful by a large margin, and is the easiest to program for. All of which developers like.
All XBox needs to really, really explode is a little luck to swing its way.
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London