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Microsoft Sides With Nintendo Against Sony
rafemonkey writes "Looks like Microsoft loves the Wii. The Washington Post has an article in which VP Peter Moore says that since the PS3 is so expensive, gamers might as well get an Xbox 360 and a Wii for the cost of one Sony console." From the article: "Microsoft predicted on Tuesday it will have 10 million Xbox 360 consoles in the market before Sony launches the PS3. The high-end Xbox 360 sells for $399, but it does not include a built-in high-definition DVD video player that comes with Sony's PS3. Sony plans to sell a premium PS3 model for $599 when it debuts in North America on November 17, and Nintendo has not yet disclosed pricing for Wii." On that last note there is much speculation that Nintendo is aiming for a $249 price point. Sony's Kaz Hirai has in turn responded that the PlayStation 3 is priced for consumers, who are getting a lot for their money.
It looks like I'll be playing my Nintendo into the Wii hours of the night.
http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/2006/05/09/
I'll foist over few extra bucks to avoid this in the future.
Microsoft's thinking is that every swing of the club/bat/racket Wii remote will send a cooling breeze of air over the Xbox 360, ensuring a longer lifespan for it. Of course this logic is flawed because users of the Wii remote will get so infuriated with the voodoo, not quite in sync gameplay of Wii games that they'll throw the Wii remote and nunchaka with great force, likely hitting the Xbox 360 in the process.
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After seeing things like the recent real-time trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4, Sony could ask for my left nut and $600, and I'd still go for it.
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
This little PC goes to market, this little PS3 gets none, and this little one goes "Wii wii wii" all the way home.
>Have they enslaved millions of people to do their bidding in extremely harsh and abusive environments?
;)
Yes, it's called Windows
Seriously though, I agree that calling Microsoft evil is silly.
--I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
Evil? Why are they evil? Have they killed countless millions of people?
Crashes of MS OS' have killed people by proxy in hospitals.
Have they disenfranchised an entire population and brought them under a brutal dictatorship?
Yes, 90% of computer users who use their software.
Have they done scientific experiments on unwilling human-beings?
Yes, all users of MS software are unwilling beta testers.
Have they enslaved millions of people to do their bidding in extremely harsh and abusive environments?
Yes, shoddy software for maximum profit. The users are slaves.
Have they ever attempted ethnic cleansing?
Not as such although they bend over backwards to help repressive regimes such as China's government.
Yep, they're evil.
I bet Ballmer's looking forward to a chair throwing game on Wii.
I think they should change "Bust-a-Move Revolution" to "Busting for a Wii".
obviously neutral evil. . . though it looks like with this generation they're trying hard to reroll.
disclaimer: I've been known to store numbers in my ass for which to dig out when quantities are required.
Repressed memories from childhood.
Interesting. The only way Microsoft could get me to acquire an XBox would be to give me one free with a Wii.