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Dvorak On The Future Of The Xbox

Posted by simoniker on from the curmudgeon-gamer dept.

Thanks to PC Magazine for its John Dvorak-authored editorial discussing his view of the present and future for Microsoft's Xbox game console. Dvorak rages: "Microsoft has over $56 billion in the bank and should be dominating the console market. Unfortunately, the company's overall strategies have failed and may continue to fail, leaving the Xbox in the dustbin with the last great American hope for a super game machine, the 3DO box from circa 1993", before continuing: "I think it can be argued that high-expectation syndrome was partially responsible for the deaths of both the 3DO machine and Sega. It definitely plays into the Xbox story... Compare this rollout to the original Sony PlayStation 1's debut... it just kind of appeared and worked its way to the top by attrition." He ends by musing: "Keeping the Xbox alive is important to Microsoft. Its pride and prestige are at stake... We will see an Xbox II. Whether it fulfills Microsoft's dream or becomes a collector's item remains to be seen."

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  1. Amazing.. by Xlipse · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I do a little work in the 'industry'. That guy is a complete IDIOT. Not to mention he sounds like a Nintendo (or Sony) fangirl. He's probably really 14 years old because that's about where his knowledge level of the industry stands.

    1. Re:Amazing.. by Xlipse · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      You're right, the work I do is 'little' now a days, which is why I phrased it that way, jackass! I can't keep track of who the fuck everyone is? Am I a fucking robot with a photographic memory? I have much more important shit to worry about. His name was FAMILIAR, but beyond that, I don't know shit about him, other than his predictions and claims are about as off the mark as one can get. Now shut up and sit down.

  2. Whats all the fuss about??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't know what all the fuss is about and why these XBoxers get so wound up on this subject.

    The Xbox truly does not deserve to survive, it has already had an impact on the PC game market. With games being cross developed and the complexity of the PC version being dragged down to cater for console mentality and the XBox age demographic.

    The Xbox is bad for the PC game market.

    At the end of the day, the Xbox is just a PC with a really crappy spec.

  3. Re:Of this you can be 100% sure! by fr0dicus · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    AC moron, what difference does it make if the concept of a personal computer will be around longer than the Xbox? You're not using a system with an AT motherboard, 286 and CGA graphics are you? So what if personal computers will be around after this particular console is gone, you're either playing solitaire or have replaced every single component, which is effectively the same.

    Put it this way, there were games consoles before PC's ever had proper games written for them, and there will still be games consoles when PC's are nothing more than thin client appliances for running your software directly from Microsoft. Whoever claimed that the fucking Xbox was the timeless enemy of the PC? Retard.