Is Xbox 360 Past Its Peak?

re: Is Xbox 360 Past Its Peak?

subzerohitman721 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:28:40 GMT

I think the 360 isn't through fighting although it does need to vamp up the line up. A lot of franchises form the first xbox are MIA for no good reason. Franchises like the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic are needed. It was one of the best titles on the original Xbox. Microsoft should really be pushing hard on Lucas Arts to get a developer working on the much anticipated sequel. Its been almost 4 years since KOTOR 2. At lest Bungie was proactive in telling us about sequels. Thats why Halo 3 was so hot. Microsoft should push Konami to open up the Metal Gear franchise and get us a port of the entire franchise.

Also, Microsoft should lean on the NFL not to renew EA's exclusivity contract. Bring back Sega 2K football series. Microsoft should be proactive in allowing multiple sports games across franchises like the NCAA etc.

Microsoft needs to swallow its pride and create an affordable blu-ray addon to the 360. That right there will even the odds against the PS3.

The new motion controllers will certainly help if game developers go back and reprogram games like Halo 3 to use it.

Finally, how about greater functionality with iPods and other portable media devices. I cannot watch the multitude of movies that I have downloaded from my iPod. That would be sweet if I could. Also, if we could see cover flow function, that would also be a sweet addon. Also Microsoft should add HD Radio over the internet functionality to the 360. The only other thing I could see Microsoft doing is getting the full Sega Master System, Genesis, Dreamcast, Neo Geo, and system lineups. That would be so sweet.

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re: Is Xbox 360 Past Its Peak?

Dipsh t Admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:25:33 GMT

"Any sane rational person would conclude it's the Blu-ray drive that sells the PS3, not games."

You know, I have to at least somewhat agree. Especially after the price drop and with the probably artificial high cost of standalone Blu-ray players, buying a Blu-ray player that just happens to play games is a no brainer.

If Toshiba and MS were really committed to making the HD DVD format the winner, they should have just bit the bullet and included the HD DVD addon for the 360 as a very minimal cost, or just have straight out included it for free.

"Is Xbox 360 Past Its Peak?"

Reminds me of this quote from the mediocre film View from the Top with Mike Myers character saying:

You peaked too soon. You're what we call a "peak to sooner".

re: Is Xbox 360 Past Its Peak?

Waethorn — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:55 GMT

"What? Halo 3 did happen, so why bother mentioning it?"

And Sony has nothing like that franchise on the PS3, sorry. Likewise, there is no "Gears of War" or "Lost Planet" game for the PS3. At best, all that Sony has is Japanese titles (for the most part), the God of War franchise (of which there are only 2 games released - both of which are for the PS2), and possibly the upcoming Metal Gear Solid game (which is a niche genre). Not much of that is very popular with the North American market short of God of War.

When you look at the sales of the XBOX 360, and compare them to the PS3, and then look at their respective libraries, can you honestly say people are buying the PS3 for the games? Any sane rational person would conclude it's the Blu-ray drive that sells the PS3, not games.

re: Is Xbox 360 Past Its Peak?

techdribble — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:08:40 GMT

There is no race. Normal people ie non fanboys will pick the 1 or 2 or all 3 that suits them and that often comes down to the games. I have a 360 and a Wii and will consider getting a PS3 in the coming month I am not concerned about a race and I cant see any of the 3 disappearing anytime soon

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drylight — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:32:21 GMT

The XBOX 360 is destined for 3rd place in the race. Simple as that.

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solaranox — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:39:31 GMT

I have both the PS3 and Xbox 360. If a games comes out on both systems, I buy it for the 360... Why? Because of the achievements. Sony has nothing like it. THe only games I buy on the PS3 are the exclusives (If they are good.)

re: Is Xbox 360 Past Its Peak?

mdsharpe — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:28:20 GMT

Agreed, a pretty dumb article.

The bit that got me was:

"without the sales spike around Halo 3 things would have looked considerably worse"

What? Halo 3 did happen, so why bother mentioning it? He might as well have said:

"and if Microsoft had started shipping Xbox 360s without a CPU inside, things would have looked considerably worse"