The Industry's Opinion: The 360 Launch

Gamasutra's ever-interesting question of the week queried individuals in the games industry for their opinions on the launch of the Xbox 360. There were opinions from both sides of the issue, with folks in between as well. From the article: "In my opinion, Microsoft did a superb job of establishing Xbox 360 as the premier next-gen gaming platform. However, it suffered a huge setback when it failed to get enough machines to the market for the Christmas holiday. While coordinating a console launch across multiple continents is truly a massive undertaking, a company as massive as Microsoft has no excuse for being so grossly unprepared. -Coray Seifert, Large Animal Games"

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Re:Price of being the first.

[bleaknik]

I fail to be impressed. Hardware is a commodity. I don't care what anyone says, the 360 is essentially a very specialized power mac. There's nothing amazing or unparalleled about the production of this console--six months early or not.

Now I will be impressed with the release of the PS3. Why? Because the cell processor is a completely new technology, and as far as I know, there is no other mass produced computer or appliance that utilizes the tech.

But even then. Will I be impressed with the system? Probably about as impressed as I am with the Xbox 360--Which equates to about nada. Wake me up when either of these consoles has the killer app; the game to own. (and I'm not talking about Halo 3 or GTA4.)

But... then again, this generation doesn't look like it'll have any innovative experiences on either of these two systems. Microsoft and Sony are both throwing down more of the same. Yay. Let's hear it for sequels and copy-cats!