Smoke and Mirrors from Sony and Microsoft

An anonymous reader writes "History tells us: Don't believe what you're hearing about the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.There was a lot of hype last week about the next generation of game machines. Microsoft said the Xbox 360 will ultimately reach 1 billion consumers worldwide, while Sony gave a laundry list of features for the PlayStation 3, showing some jaw dropping footage along the way. (Nintendo promised a Revolution, but didn't go much further than that.) I hate to be a wet blanket, but it's time to come back to reality."

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as long as they beatt the current consoles

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then so what. and I'll probably get one of each after they have been out for a bit, more games are available (and some mod chips :-P ) - at least they are improvements compared to what we have now.

the article is probably correct to some degree and MS might not make their billion consumer mark (who cares?) but if anyone has enough marketing power/money to do it, it's M$.

Re:Here's my reality...

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I think Nintendo hears what you're saying, and tries to be creative in a lot of ways. That sort of gets overlooked, however, because they tend to then brand all of their ideas with their big franchises, Mario being the number one example.

The real problem for Nintendo is that all their games seem to be aimed at kids. Sony on the other hand aimed at an older market (a market which who were growing up themselves). They have jobs, income and a lot more potential for making some cash. Which is what it's all about. Wipeout etc were huge with post-clubbers, and it got the console a 'trendy' image.

Nintendo need to grow up a bit if they want to stay at the forefront of home gaming, especially as the market grows up even more. 30 year olds don't care much for Mario etc.