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My thoughts on this thread: -Future Soldier cost that much because it was in development for 5 years. After GRAW2 (early 2007) it was rumored that Ghost Recon would see big changes in its gameplay and we wouldn't see tha game until 2010. Well it slipped in development for another 2 years, I can...

It can for me, which is the most important:cool:

You weren't kidding, it looks incedible. Not only is the core gameplay excellent and superfun (as already proven by T:HD), but the featureset is second only to a select few AAA titles. I;d preorder if it was possible on XBL. Can't wait.

Fantastic generation IMO. I don't know about the general library, but thanks to downloadable demos and lower prices of XBLA the diversity of my 360 games collection is way better than that of Xbox 1 or PS2. Whereas in previous generation I would only buy either sequels to my favorites or the...

I've been a gamer since early 90s and I have to say I've liked all the generations so far, though I always had a combination of PC+console, with majority of gaming time on PC. If I had to pinpoint one generation, the current one would be my favorite. I think one mistake that cannot be repeated...

Yes, it's in the statement I quoted earlier in the thread.

I don't understand anything from your rant, but I did not screw anything up. I took the number from just released financial report: So yeah, it's $3.9B for Xbox in the last quarter http://www.microsoft.com/global/investor/RenderingAssets/Downloads/FY12/Q2/MSFT_FY12Q2_10Q.docx.

Xbox revenues rose by $322M or 9% YOY. Figure it out yourself. Even if at the moment WP7 is not generating a lot of money and generating losses, they won't be giving it up anytime soon - it's too tied to their core business that they could not give it another go. Microsoft has no cash flow...

Xbox revenue for the quarter was $3.9B, and attributed almost 20% of MS's revenues. Very impressive stuff.

Well, Nintendo are releasing a new console this Fall, so I'd say the competition should release their new products soon after. I guess, if MS are hell bent on keeping the marketshare away from Nintendo's new console, they could drastically slash 360 hardware prices, instead of rushing a new...

Nintendo made ~$6B in its peak year (FY2009), which would give on average ~$1.5B, but some of that had to be attributed to NintendoDS, which was performing exceedingly well, too. Microsoft's Entertainment division also has other products (Windows Phone 7) that might be dragging the division...

Looking at software sales (mostly in UK, since that's the only relevant for 360 market about which we have detailed data) and XBL activity lists, the traditional games segment is doing much stronger than Kinect (where you'd expect more commercial hits than there are since it's a new device and...

Yes, last year they stated "over 50M", but sold 50.9M actually. Even if it turns out to be exactly 66M, still 30% growth YOY for the quarter is a huge at this stage in the console's lifecycle and the premium prices they charge for the device (no price cuts since Fall 2008). It took MS 3 years to...

^ Phillips is Dutch.

It's been stated numerous times in past that 343 inherited all Bungie's tech and use it as a foundation for Halo 4 development. I think it's also reasonable to expect bigger differences (engine wise) between Halo Reach and Halo 4 than between, let's say, FIFA 12 and FIFA 11 or COD MW and COD BO.