Paul said:
Right, and unreasonably so.
Maybe to you.
Yup.
According to Gates, the next-generation Xbox (which many people speculate will be called "Xbox Next", based on recent domain name registrations by Microsoft) will be a much more broadly-focused multimedia device than the current console. Among the features touted for the system are "digital media capabilities such as video and photo editing" and "Internet capabilities without the need for direct connections through Wi-Fi."
And that's just jim-dandy. Are these things planned for the base system, or add-ons, extra purchaseable ability?
This goes against everything that has been said about Xbox.
Who cares? With X-Box, MS had to proove to
content developers, that MS can make a
console, and that it was not trying to be anything else. How many developers would be skeptical of X-Box (MS
first console), if MS advertised it as "it does all of this, and plays games too!".
MS, having no track record as a console supplier, had to prove to developers, that GAMES would be the focus of X-Box. That for every X-Box sold, that means people are using it to play games.
Now, like Sony, MS has established their competancy as a game console manufacturer.
Here's what's funny, they poke fun at PS2 for having all these functions, and then they are about to do it themselves.
Wow...a guy speaking in a PR role downplaying some other competitor's product? Say it isn't so!
Then they should have never stated that Xbox is a gaming only console,
Why, because that's the truth?
...and they should have never made fun of ps2's dvd capability, firewire("What are you gonna put a SCSI back there?" - Seamus) USB ports.
And Sony never pooh-poohed x-Box's built-in broadband?
All I clearly remember of the two launches, is that MS belives pretty much in "if it's not part of the shipping console, it's a gimmick"...referring to other consoles shipping add-on adapters, hard drives, etc.
Sony ALWAYS had these plans in mind
Really? And MS didn't ALWAYS have the x-box 2 plans in mind? Just because they didn't tell YOU?
and never touted PS2 as a gaming only device as MICROSOFT DID.
Of course, because MICROSOFT HAD TOO. Being that they never produced a console before.
Try naming me one other "first gen" console that was successful being marketed as a "multi-purpose device." Rip CD-I, 3DO....various Linux boxes...
Did Sony market the Playstation1 as anything but a gaming console?
You are creating demand for them, as long as you play them. You said you were supporting Sega. How can you do that without BUYING or at least RENTING Sega games? Weather it's renting or buying, you are creating demand for X-Box games, and contributing to MS profits.
Even if I did, they aren't making money off Xbox, the money they make off games goes directly to that huge over a billion dollar Xbox loss.
Paul, give it a rest. Come back and brag about "hurting" Microsoft after you buy a donzen or so x-boxes and keep them unwrapped as they sit in your attic....
