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Seems to me that more and more developers and production companies are jumping onto the X-Box band wagon. In the next year or so the situation for other console owners could get quite precarious as they bite their nails, watching developer after developer start to concentrate on this new super-console, neglecting the other 3 main contenders.
Maybe it's time that Sony, Nintendo and Sega started to put aside some money to start tempting these big names back to their formats.
That's something Microsoft don't really have to worry too much about as a company. I used to believe that Bill Gates' dominance over the software industry was a good thing, with everyone getting the same software interface thereby making computer communication on a worldwide scale 'a good thing', but now that it has come to games I am not so sure. I think I prefer the competitiveness of the market as it stands now.
Maybe it's time that Sony, Nintendo and Sega started to put aside some money to start tempting these big names back to their formats.
That's something Microsoft don't really have to worry too much about as a company. I used to believe that Bill Gates' dominance over the software industry was a good thing, with everyone getting the same software interface thereby making computer communication on a worldwide scale 'a good thing', but now that it has come to games I am not so sure. I think I prefer the competitiveness of the market as it stands now.
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Damn i meant Damo! Sorry!
Your right Grix, plenty of publishers want to make games for them because of huge anticipation for the console, with Microsoft in the frame it should be a super powerful machine, against the likes of the GC, PS2 and DC it would look like a big giant.
But the problem is, if it has something that does, things exactly like PC's why would we need one?
But the problem is, if it has something that does, things exactly like PC's why would we need one?
I think that you are very biased toward the x-box fantasymeister. I think that you should look at the bigger picture before you make wild allegations like that. I agree with Babylonian on this one- there is no way that certain publishers would or could produce games exclusively for one console- it just doesnt make any sense to do so.
I don't think many developers will concentrate *exclusively* on X-Box though. Obviously they will support it, but with the millions of other consoles sold, it wouldn't make financial sense.
Also, if Microsoft try to achieve such exclusivity, I think there would be a backlash - if not from the developers, then certainly from the gaming public.
Also, if Microsoft try to achieve such exclusivity, I think there would be a backlash - if not from the developers, then certainly from the gaming public.
Seems to me that more and more developers and production companies are jumping onto the X-Box band wagon. In the next year or so the situation for other console owners could get quite precarious as they bite their nails, watching developer after developer start to concentrate on this new super-console, neglecting the other 3 main contenders.
Maybe it's time that Sony, Nintendo and Sega started to put aside some money to start tempting these big names back to their formats.
That's something Microsoft don't really have to worry too much about as a company. I used to believe that Bill Gates' dominance over the software industry was a good thing, with everyone getting the same software interface thereby making computer communication on a worldwide scale 'a good thing', but now that it has come to games I am not so sure. I think I prefer the competitiveness of the market as it stands now.
Maybe it's time that Sony, Nintendo and Sega started to put aside some money to start tempting these big names back to their formats.
That's something Microsoft don't really have to worry too much about as a company. I used to believe that Bill Gates' dominance over the software industry was a good thing, with everyone getting the same software interface thereby making computer communication on a worldwide scale 'a good thing', but now that it has come to games I am not so sure. I think I prefer the competitiveness of the market as it stands now.
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