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Ballmer - Xbox 'Can Take Sony' In Next Generation

Posted by simoniker on from the fighting-talk dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to GameSpot, a Q&A with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has him saying that, although the company's Xbox game console isn't making money (or bleeding them dry), the pain has been worth it. 'We have gone from nowhere to a significant player,' he said, adding: 'I am betting we can take Sony in the next generation.' Guess things are set to get even more interesting with the forthcoming next-gen console launches."

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  1. riiiight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    thanks steve... is that "significant" as in "we are about 17million+ console sales behind Sony" or the other sort of "significant"?

    1. Re:riiiight by rootofevil · · Score: 3, Funny

      if by came out of nowhere you mean:

      -bankrolled by a multibillion dollar corporation hellbent on marketplace domination
      -do i need any other points?

      now if the phantom does anything (or for that matter exists) - THAT would be coming out of nowhere.

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    2. Re:riiiight by cynical+kane · · Score: 2, Funny

      But aren't all english-speakers american? Whoops.

    3. Re:riiiight by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 3, Funny
      Here's a hint: a console won't do well if the target marget is not interested in the games

      And if the console can't fit through the doors of the average Japanese apartment...

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. Incorrect quote by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny
    "I am betting we can take Sony in the next generation."

    should be:

    "I am betting we will take it in the ass from Sony in the next generation."

    Really, that is far more plausable.

  4. The Xbox2 will rule all by secondsun · · Score: 4, Funny

    The XBox two will rule all because it will have such hits as Halo:Revisited and Halo2, and Halo3, and X-Halo, and World of Halo, and Halo all stars. We will get to play throught intense action games without being bored to death by those awful RPG's.

    Oh wait, didn't Nintendo say the same thing?

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    1. Re:The Xbox2 will rule all by PolyDwarf · · Score: 4, Funny

      You forgot Halo Kart Racing, Halo-Sims, Master Chief's Cook-off, Halo Fighter (And Halo Fighter 2, 3, 4, EX, Alpha, EX Alpha, Alpha EX Super, etc), and, finally, the Master Chief Dating Simulator.

  5. Re:Game Guides by Ayaress · · Score: 4, Funny

    He said it CAN take Sony. He didn't say anything about WILL take Sony.

    The next version of Windows CAN be bugless. It won't, but until it comes out, they can say it CAN be a lot of things.

  6. I'm really looking forward to this new generation by Nanookanano · · Score: 3, Funny

    so I can finally afford a PS2 console and games. /rockin' the PSone

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  7. Next generation FUD machine by News+for+nerds · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does "take" means?
    Xbox Next will take PS3 to the next generation as a flower girl, then go away somewhere obscure...

  8. COMPETION! COMPETION! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Funny
    That 'preview' button is

    AEWSOME!

    ;)

  9. Text of interview by hunterx11 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Ballmer had a rather poignant and well articulated opinion, imo:

    CONSOLES! CONSOLES! CONSOLES! CONSOLES! CONSOLES!

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  10. Has to Be Said... by tarunthegreat2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    MICROSOFT: All your gamers are belong to US! Make your time!
    SONY: What you say! Somebody set up us the antitrust legislation! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

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  11. You're too pessimistic by rsilvergun · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not "we are about 17million+ console sales behind Sony", it's "we're only 18 million away from passing them". Think positive man!

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  12. 'I am betting we can take Sony' by Snart+Barfunz · · Score: 2, Funny

    'I am betting we can take Sony'
    'Yes, you are. But inside this PlayStation is the most powerful games processor known to man. And you're asking yourself - how many processors are in the box? Is it three? Is it five? I don't even know - we just keep shovelling 'em in. So the question you have to ask yourself is: do you feel lucky today - punk?!'

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  13. Developers Develoeprs Developers!!! by So_Belecta · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately the interview was cut short, as Ballmer spontaneously decided to hop up onto to the desk, and started shouting loudly "Console market, Console market,Console market,Console markettttt!!!!" while simultaneously "dancing" wildly, much to the chagrin of his handlers.

  14. Re:Sad but (maybe) true by EulerX07 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Buy 'dolphin-safe' tuna?

    No, but I buy "Tuna-Safe" Dolphin though.

  15. Re:Sad but (maybe) true by BenBenBen · · Score: 3, Funny
    As far as I know, Sony is showing off a working model of the PS3 at next years E3... A working model isn't expected until 2006 however
    Only on slashdot could an obvious contradiction be "informative". What did you actually mean?
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  16. Re:Sad but (maybe) true by Impotent_Emperor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I deign dolphins to be lower creatures. And, as such, I shoot them for fun as they leap and bound through the ocean.

  17. Re:in Japan by The12thRonin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you really want the Master Chief popping up saying "It looks like you're trying to type a letter. Do you want help?"