I have to admit that I'm more than a little surprised by how many people think M$ will simply walk away with the console market. Numbers are thrown around about how much more powerful it is, how the graphics will shame the competition, the ballyhooed half-billion dollar marketing warchest that is raring to go etc. etc. etc.
IMHO M$ will be lucky to share second place with Nintendo. I realize that many who read that last statement are either LOL or quietly snickering but the reality of the situation is that nearly 10 million PS2s have been sold already world-wide. If M$ has a good Christmas season (which assumes they actually ship a product on time) and sells 1 million units, that is only 10 percent of the CURRENT INSTALLED base of PS2 machines. The contention that Sony has lost the console war is surely a Laputan proclamation unworthy of anyone with their feet on solid ground.
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I have to admit that I'm more than a little surprised by how many people think M$ will simply walk away with the console market. Numbers are thrown around about how much more powerful it is, how the graphics will shame the competition, the ballyhooed half-billion dollar marketing warchest that is raring to go etc. etc. etc. IMHO M$ will be lucky to share second place with Nintendo. I realize that many who read that last statement are either LOL or quietly snickering but the reality of the situation is that nearly 10 million PS2s have been sold already world-wide. If M$ has a good Christmas season (which assumes they actually ship a product on time) and sells 1 million units, that is only 10 percent of the CURRENT INSTALLED base of PS2 machines. The contention that Sony has lost the console war is surely a Laputan proclamation unworthy of anyone with their feet on solid ground.