Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Zomoniac Newsgroups: alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,alt.games.video.xbox,japan.videogames.playstation,microsoft.public.xbox,rec.games.video.3do,rec.games.video.advocacy,rec.games.video.sony,uk.games.video.playstation,uk.games.video.xbox Subject: Re: Ken Kutaragi compares Xbox 360 to 3DO Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 12:31:32 +0100 Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <8smdnXPtHPSX6TrfRVn-vw@comcast.com> <#s80xxHbFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net GYVaDsVYjuQ49Ov24bFS8wtXAVAXKdL/3qHAt6N4lGRZeYJVGu User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.playstation:82 On 9/6/05 12:14, in article XP-dnQK1fa5nuTXfRVn-qw@suscom.com, "Boody Bandit" wrote: > > "Zomoniac" wrote in message > news:BECDB3D8.2B3E9%the_proper_one@hotmail.com... >> On 9/6/05 01:14, in article U6udnWbpMtq6FzrfRVn-jw@suscom.com, "Boody >> Bandit" wrote: >> >>> >>> "Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]" wrote in >>> message >>> news:%23s80xxHbFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >>>> Sounds like Kutaragi is worried. He should be :) >>> >>> Why? >>> Do yah think MS might cut into that 100+ million PS2 sales with the 360 >>> ;-) >>> I really don't think Sony is worried in this next gen. It is going to >>> take a >>> bit longer for MS to be a serious threat to Sony's userbase. >> >> I don't see why, Sony annihilated the two hardware and software giants in >> their first generation. > > But Sony did it out of the gate. > >> Gaming is unpredictable, > > IMO it's exactly the opposite. > >> although that said the more >> mass-market and casual it becomes, the more predictable it will become. > > It already is mass-market and casual. Die hard gamers are the minority not > the norm. > >> Harry Potter 4 WILL get to number one. And yes, I suspect PS3 will win >> this >> gen on name alone, but it can't do it forever (at least I hope it can't). > > Nothing last forever but IMHO this next gen is already a lock for Sony. > They have made all the right moves and they have all the momentum. I don't > see them slowing down a notch, if anything they are only gaining speed and > their userbase is only going to keep on growing and growing and growing. I can see price being a major factor though. I imagine that Xbox 360 will be out here at £200 before Christmas. I very much doubt we'll see PS3 at less than £399 and before next winter. Besides, I imagine that this generation will see the end of any product catering for the people who actually care about a good game and not recreating a film badly. Come PS4 I really fear there will be literally nothing but sequels and tie-ins. And Nintendo have just gone and lost several million pre-orders for Revolution by announcing they're doing it all wrong. It's only a matter of time. Zo