XSN Sports - It Coulda Been A Contender?

Thanks to Gamers With Jobs for its article discussing the apparent problems inherent in Microsoft's XSN Sports titles for Xbox Live. The article points out: "The XSN Sports brand was intended to provide a unifying structure for the ultimate online sports gaming experience." The author then goes on to argue that "the games upon which [XSN is] based do not compete in market share with the competition, at least for the most popular sports", also pointing out the alleged clunkiness of Rallisport Challenge 2's XSN Sports event settings, which has you "manually entering the name of the competition [and a number of other selections] into the Xbox using the controller." What would you like to see from XSN Sports, after its break for 2004 ends?

Comments

Is The XBox Dead?

[blueZhift]

Stuff like this does not bode well for the future of the XBox. With most XSN titled benched for this year and titles being cancelled left and right along with uncertainty on the specs of the next XBox, one can only wonder if we're seeing a pattern of withdrawal from the field.

Granted, that none of this definitively means XBox is dead, but nothing has happened yet to assure that another XBox is a certainty.

Re:Is The XBox Dead?

[jchenx]

The parent pointed out mainly FPS games, which yes generally find themselves on the PC (for good reason, since the mouse+keyboard combo will always be king, IMHO). However, it's probably important to note that none of those games will at least show up on other consoles.

Anyway, the Xbox exclusive games I'm looking forward to are:

• Jade Empire
• Dragon Age
• Fable
• KotOR II
• (okay that'll probably be on the PC as well)

Those games should keep me busy for a while. (As you can see, I prefer RPGs) Microsoft still needs someone like Square that can churn out more traditional console RPGs like Final Fantasy. Heck, it'd be great to see something like Disgaea or Phantom Brave even. I'm guessing that won't happen with this generation, but with the next Xbox.