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The 360's Position in the Next-Gen War
An anonymous reader wrote to mention a great article on the Elite Bastards site looking at the Xbox 360's positioning in the next-gen market. In the first of a three part article series, the author looks at the lessons Microsoft learned from its first hardware outing, and what he feels the company's strategy will be in the near future. From the article: "Clearly my impression of the Xbox 360 is that it is positioned to compete significantly better in the next gen console race than its predecessor. The difference this time around is that although Microsoft will no longer have the decidedly most powerful console, they also won't have the most expensive console, and believe me, they will compete on price. The Xbox 360s media (DVD) and input device (gamepad) are safe choices and the CPU may be merely adequate, but the GPU is quite potent and should go far in keeping Microsoft's box in the same league as Sony's overall despite the disparity in time to market."
They are also console developers. Way to flame it out. Go talk to Tecmo and shutup about it.
-]Phreak Out[-
HD is a performance drain.
Then again, so is color. Why not just make it black and white?
No reason to lie.
Or, from another angle: Sony and Microsoft are working hard to field the finest cavalry regiments ever seen on a field of battle. Nintendo is working hard on building a tank.
Or, from reality: Sony and Microsoft are working hard to field the finest cavalry regiments ever seen on a field of battle. Nintendo is cheerfully prancing and arranging flowers in the middle of the field, completely oblivious, and wondering why no third parties are scurrying to pick flowers for their pretty bouquet.
Just like they've done for the last two generations.