It is unfair to compare a 6-month old system with a 2-year (PS2) or 8-year (PSX) old system. At least compare today's X-box to the PS2 6 months after launch
Why do people constantly compare Xbox launch vs. PS2 launch? You always see comparisons on the lines, "PS2 came out 1 year ago, Xbox has only been out 3 months, so give Xbox time!"
This is pure utter horse shit. It is not my fault if Sony was able to come to the market first with their next gen Playstation 2 system.
And it is not my fault if the execs of Microsoft failed to realize that bringing out the Xbox around PS2's launch would have been a "Good Thing"(tm).
Microsoft spent 5 fucking years on this contraption(verified in many articles), where it went from a Home/WebTV system to Game system. If they decided firmly what they were going to be creating from day one, hell, we may just have "Yet Another Market Owned by Microsoft"(tm).
Fact remains, PS2 has a massively installed base and it is selling double(~60K vs ~30K) the amount of systems compared to the Xbox(or GC). PS2 gets blockbuster titles every couple of months, not just resting on gold gems like "Halo".
Yes, this is "Round1" for Microsoft. But a very costly one in the ass that M$ investors don't like very much.
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Why do people constantly compare Xbox launch vs. PS2 launch? You always see comparisons on the lines, "PS2 came out 1 year ago, Xbox has only been out 3 months, so give Xbox time!" This is pure utter horse shit. It is not my fault if Sony was able to come to the market first with their next gen Playstation 2 system.
And it is not my fault if the execs of Microsoft failed to realize that bringing out the Xbox around PS2's launch would have been a "Good Thing"(tm).
Microsoft spent 5 fucking years on this contraption(verified in many articles), where it went from a Home/WebTV system to Game system. If they decided firmly what they were going to be creating from day one, hell, we may just have "Yet Another Market Owned by Microsoft"(tm).
Fact remains, PS2 has a massively installed base and it is selling double(~60K vs ~30K) the amount of systems compared to the Xbox(or GC). PS2 gets blockbuster titles every couple of months, not just resting on gold gems like "Halo".
Yes, this is "Round1" for Microsoft. But a very costly one in the ass that M$ investors don't like very much.