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Kevin Bachus Talks Next-Gen Console Wars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the finally-a-real-fight dept.

conq writes "In a piece on BusinessWeek, former Microsoft exex Kevin Bachus, who was part of the team who pitched the XBox to Bill Gates gives his opinion on the Microsoft/Sony gaming war: '...I believe that regardless of who comes out on top this time, the margin will be the closest it's been since the heady days of Nintendo and Sega. And as always, the winners will be the consumers and the publishers.'"

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  1. No one cares about game content? by mjhacker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Everyone complains about the console wars one way or the other: M$ is greedy, $ony $ucks, Revolution controller is dumb, etc. But as for myself and a few other people I know, we've already made our decision.

    Whatever console has the best games, we're going to buy.

    I've made this statement before, and I'll make it again: whichever console has the best/most RPGs wins. That single statement has been true for the past 4 console wars (NES won, SNES won, PS won, PS2 won. All of them had more RPGs than the competing systems; granted, that's not to say that the other systems didn't have good games or good RPGs, but the opposing system simply had more). I'm willing to bet that the 360 has no RPGs to speak of (Oblivion doesn't count), and therefore I'm not going to buy it. Now, that of course is my own opinion and personal experience, but I'm not the only one who feels this way. Mark my words: whichever console has the most and/or best RPGs WILL win. Four other systems can't be wrong.

    And just as an after-thought, 360s are currently sitting on my local Wal-Mart and Hastings shelves gathering dust.