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MS Touts Time Advantage Over PS3 Launch

Posted by Zonk on from the fud-for-lunch dept.

Gamasutra is reporting on Microsoft's loud exclamations on the advantage their November launch will afford them, compared to the expected 2006 launch of the PS3. In fact: "UK Xbox boss Neil Thompson has boasted that Microsoft expects to have a even more significant lead on the PlayStation 3 than previously supposed, suggesting that, in his opinion, the PlayStation 3 might launch in Europe as late as spring 2007 ..." More on this FUD from Next Generation.

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  1. First-release advantage? by Bastian · · Score: 4, Informative

    One word: Sega

  2. Re:Desperate And Misguided PR by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are people that buy all consoles. They would count as PS2 and Gamecube owners that will buy an X360 at launch.

    I'd say you're trolling.

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    Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
  3. Re:What MS has... by Keeper · · Score: 1, Informative

    They've got a technologically inferior console that's the sequel to a console whose only redeeming feature was technological superiority.

    The inferiority/superiority of the consoles isn't something anyone can decide on until both are out and you see what both are capable. Comparing paper specs of an unreleased console to something that is actually real is like mag-racing cars. It's lame, unproductive, and everyone has their own special 'source' which proves the other guy wrong.

    They're releasing a console without any significant original titles

    What about Kameo or Condemned?

    And while PGR3 isn't a 'significantly original' title, it certain brings a lot to the table with their online plans; and its graphics quality/detail is simply amazing. Then there is Call of Duty, which again isn't 'significantly original' but brings an experience to the console world that previously was only possible on a high end PC (in other words, if you don't have a high-end gaming PC you gotta get this one).

    That's 4 gotta-have titles (for me anyway) right there, which is significantly better than any console launch lineup that I've ever seen.

    Then there is the whole live-arcade concept ... there's a few neat games there as well (mmm...Geometry wars).

    So in essence, they're delivering a time-crunched crappy box that doesn't run anything... even existing XBOX

    Ah, now the troll shows it's face. You have absolutely no data to base this comment off of.

    People buy consoles for games, or at least the surety of games down the line.

    What, you think that no developer is ever going to release any games for it, ever? Ah, more trolling.