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Synopsis = future not good for the xbox division and frankly I agree.
I dont see any other result than 1st Nintendo, 2nd Sony and 3rd Microsoft in this round.
Before any flame wars I have a 360 and a Wii and shortly getting a Ps3.
My most played console this generation by a huge , huge margin whether I am at home or not is the DS, an absolute triumph
I'm not really sure I care that some "industry analysts" think the 360 will struggle when there are so many great games out and coming out on the it. I'll only worry if it means there might not be a next gen XBox.
industry analysts wrote:Clever industry analysts have laid into the Microsoft Xbox business, calling its attempts to grab the casual audience "disastrous"
That eurogamer article is probably the most bollocks I've read so far this year.
Parker, who used to work for Sony, hammered his argument home by suggesting Microsoft had learnt nothing from the mistakes of its first Xbox.
Nice to see an unbiased opinion...
Was the first Xbox such a disaster?
And while Cole said he expected "the Xbox 360 start to struggle in the market" over the next 12 months, he admitted that Sony faced similar problems to turn PS3 sales into profit.
The Wii was also picked on; despite its success, the panel questioned its long-term prospects and the commitment of its casual audience.
peter_cushion wrote:The Battlefield Bad Company demo is ace. Wasn't expecting it to be that good. Can't be another frickin' game I need to get can it. Blast this Golden Age of gaming.
Yeah this is great - it's less linear and far more tactical than CoD 4, seems like there's loads of scope for approaching the levels however you like. Love that kind of freedom. Be interesting to see how this reviews, it's looking like another buyer from the demo.
Cracking year for gaming indeed. I need more money.
Hmmm I don't have Live Gold account so no point getting this but it does look to play like BF2+++ How do I make a new one to get a 1 month free trial on Gold as I think you can make 3 in total per xbox console right?
Just a rumour. I've never played the original MGS and I'd love to play it on a more modern console. It might not actually be the game on PartnerNet, just that they've seen someone with a MGS achievement, in which case it might be a future release of one of the MGS titles on disc or on Xbox Originals. Or it could be Metal Gear on XBLA and they got confused. Or lies.
On the one hand that's really lame, on the other it wouldn't take a whole lot to do better than the Mii. The Mii are just too limited in what you can do with them. I really can't imagine why they'd clone them for the 360, though. They just don't fit with the system.
Jamesac wrote:on the other it wouldn't take a whole lot to do better than the Mii. The Mii are just too limited in what you can do with them.
Totally disagree - Mii's are brilliant because of their simplicity, not despite it. They wouldn't be anywhere near as cool/funny/popular/charming if they required more effort to design. I'd take a guess that more detailed Mii's existed in Nintendo's labs, but the designers scaled them down to the essentials and checked away any features that weren't needed. They're pretty much perfect in their current state and don't need to be upgraded to 1080p or "taken to the next level".
I really can't imagine why they'd clone them for the 360, though. They just don't fit with the system.
Agree with this though - makes me wonder if this isn't another fake. It'd be a laughable shoehorn job and is almost too blatant, even for MS.
