Comparing Xbox Launches

IGN is running a piece taking a look at the launch of the Xbox 360, and comparing it to the launch of the original Xbox. From the article: "What we now have is some good old fashioned perspective, and since Sony's PlayStation 3 has yet to launch, what better system to compare the Xbox 360 to than its little brother, the Xbox. Our focus will be the launch of each Microsoft system. Specifically, we'll be answering these questions: How do the games that launched with the Xbox and Xbox 360 compare? What were the big issues surrounding each launch? What worked, what didn't? And which launch was ultimately better?"

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Re:I don't get it

[Golias]

Sorry, but the only people I see enjoying this launch are fanboys (MS fanboys? WTF?), braindead games journalists, and rich idiots who think shiny toys make them "hip" or something.

You missed one group:

HDTV owners who like playing console games on a big screen in their living room.

I'm in my mid-thirties, and pretty much everybody from my peer group either already has an HDTV or is planning on buying one within the next year. Most of them like console games, and currently own either the old X-Box or the Playstation 2. (In some cases, both.)

At almost every party, the question that comes up when discussing console gaming is not "will you buy an X-Box 360", it's "how long are you going to put off buying an X-Box 360." Though none of us have yet, the fact that some of us will eventually get one is already established as axiomatic. We like console games; we like our big living room TV sets. The new X-Box offers the chance to take full advantage of our new TV sets when gaming. Case closed.