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There are some very mixed opinions on this one.
Some say microsoft can only be a good thing, when Sony came they introduced a whole new audience to gaming and got rid of its child like image. Microsoft being the biggest company in the world an' all, I'm sure could make more than a few more changes.
But what kind of changes, will they spice up the competition forcing down prices and raising the quality of games which we all hope they can do?
or will they take over the market completely like they've done with windows on the PC, giving gamers a lack of choice and a lot of bug ridden software.
or will they sell no machines and realise that throwing money at a black breezeblock doesn't make it anymore attractive!
I think if Microsoft don't blow the industry away then Nintendo will gain a lot of lost ground and the Sony Vs Nintendo fight will be a lot tighter, much like when Nintendo took on Sega, and we know who won there...
Here's to the future
Dringo
Some say microsoft can only be a good thing, when Sony came they introduced a whole new audience to gaming and got rid of its child like image. Microsoft being the biggest company in the world an' all, I'm sure could make more than a few more changes.
But what kind of changes, will they spice up the competition forcing down prices and raising the quality of games which we all hope they can do?
or will they take over the market completely like they've done with windows on the PC, giving gamers a lack of choice and a lot of bug ridden software.
or will they sell no machines and realise that throwing money at a black breezeblock doesn't make it anymore attractive!
I think if Microsoft don't blow the industry away then Nintendo will gain a lot of lost ground and the Sony Vs Nintendo fight will be a lot tighter, much like when Nintendo took on Sega, and we know who won there...
Here's to the future
Dringo
Nintendo didn't take on Sega. Infact the PS took on both of them and won (I'm basing this on sales, not quality).
As for Microsoft being bug ridden, I don't think that will happen on the Xbox. Windows is very complicated, having been designed for all sorts on various hardware and made backward compatible. The Xbox won't have the same problem.
I actually think that the Xbox will probably be the equivilant of the Playstation in the next generation scuttle. The PS2? I still think that it's going to go the same way as the Saturn :-D
As for Microsoft being bug ridden, I don't think that will happen on the Xbox. Windows is very complicated, having been designed for all sorts on various hardware and made backward compatible. The Xbox won't have the same problem.
I actually think that the Xbox will probably be the equivilant of the Playstation in the next generation scuttle. The PS2? I still think that it's going to go the same way as the Saturn :-D
There are some very mixed opinions on this one.
Some say microsoft can only be a good thing, when Sony came they introduced a whole new audience to gaming and got rid of its child like image. Microsoft being the biggest company in the world an' all, I'm sure could make more than a few more changes.
But what kind of changes, will they spice up the competition forcing down prices and raising the quality of games which we all hope they can do?
or will they take over the market completely like they've done with windows on the PC, giving gamers a lack of choice and a lot of bug ridden software.
or will they sell no machines and realise that throwing money at a black breezeblock doesn't make it anymore attractive!
I think if Microsoft don't blow the industry away then Nintendo will gain a lot of lost ground and the Sony Vs Nintendo fight will be a lot tighter, much like when Nintendo took on Sega, and we know who won there...
Here's to the future
Dringo
Some say microsoft can only be a good thing, when Sony came they introduced a whole new audience to gaming and got rid of its child like image. Microsoft being the biggest company in the world an' all, I'm sure could make more than a few more changes.
But what kind of changes, will they spice up the competition forcing down prices and raising the quality of games which we all hope they can do?
or will they take over the market completely like they've done with windows on the PC, giving gamers a lack of choice and a lot of bug ridden software.
or will they sell no machines and realise that throwing money at a black breezeblock doesn't make it anymore attractive!
I think if Microsoft don't blow the industry away then Nintendo will gain a lot of lost ground and the Sony Vs Nintendo fight will be a lot tighter, much like when Nintendo took on Sega, and we know who won there...
Here's to the future
Dringo