Does anyone else think that Microsoft has a really good shot at becoming number 1?

**Zerodash** · 19 Jan 2005, 02:02 PM

Why does it even matter who makes the most $$ next generation (or any gen)?

**EvilMog** · 19 Jan 2005, 02:14 PM

Like I've said before, it doesn't matter who has the most powerful hardware. 3rd parties are still going to make the exact same game on all three systems just like they did in this gen. I HIGHLY doubt that the next gen of systems will be all the different graphically anyways.

**epmode** · 19 Jan 2005, 02:16 PM

i love xbox.

**g0zen** · 19 Jan 2005, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by Yoshi

Agreed.

Halo 2 only counts as one, right?

Only a half, actually, because only half the game (the multiplayer) lived up to the hype.

XB wins the marketing award for this console generation hands down, for using brilliant ad campaigns to hype games that turn out in most cases fairly medicore (ie, Fable).

**Glock17** · 19 Jan 2005, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by Yoshi

They'll be in it as long as they choose to be, because they are making money. MS may have a larger console market share, but Nintendo is killing them in profit margin. Kind of makes you re-evaluate what makes one a "winner".

I agree with this statement. I'm going to wait a year or two on this generation instead of the usual (buying the console apon release).

**SearchManX** · 19 Jan 2005, 02:30 PM

I'll just be playing Castlevania on the DS next year, can't afford a $300 console.

**SamuraiMoogle** · 19 Jan 2005, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by SearchManX

I'll just be playing Castlevania on the DS next year, can't afford a $300 console.

Good thing you could afford your Super Gameboy Advance for $150 and the N64 games for $40 a piece.

**Captain Canuck** · 19 Jan 2005, 03:45 PM

6 months is plenty enough time to convince thrid parties to treat the Xenon as the next PS2. All they have to do is promise that it'll last just as long the as the PS2, which they can easily with their money, and have say a 4 million userbase head start. If the DC can do 3 before the PS2, the Xenon can easily do 4 with everyone backing them. With the DC it was just Namco/not even and Capcom.

Remember, the third parties decided which system is the next SNES, PSX, or PS2. I cnat see them losing a boatload of money waiting for the PS3. The market analysis wont say its gonna die like they did with the DC. They really should be good to go. The same thing happened to the N64. Way too late and too little.

LOL · 19 Jan 2005, 04:34 PM

I doubt I'm buying a console, but if I do, it will be Xbox 2 without question. Sony and Nintendo have killed my interest in console games, and Microsoft has done everything to make me happy.

I know I'm not the only person feeling this way about how awesome the Xbox has been.