Ballmer - Xbox 'Can Take Sony' In Next Generation

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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riiiight

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:riiiight

[rootofevil]

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.

Re:riiiight

[pommiekiwifruit]

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...

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Incorrect quote

[teamhasnoi]

"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.

The Xbox2 will rule all

[secondsun]

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?

Re:The Xbox2 will rule all

[PolyDwarf]

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.

Re:Game Guides

[Ayaress]

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.

I'm really looking forward to this new generation

[Nanookanano]

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

Text of interview

[hunterx11]

Ballmer had a rather poignant and well articulated opinion, imo:

CONSOLES! CONSOLES! CONSOLES! CONSOLES! CONSOLES!

You're too pessimistic

[rsilvergun]

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!

Re:Sad but (maybe) true

[EulerX07]

Buy 'dolphin-safe' tuna?

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

Re:Sad but (maybe) true

[BenBenBen]

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?

Re:Sad but (maybe) true

[Impotent_Emperor]

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