Guys its about time to concede the following.
Microsoft has created a niche market of, well i don't want to say _____.. But Another word possibly? I commend them for it, as they spent every dollar they could instead of actually making good games. They pay people to think they are good, and the people then go out and buy things based on the paid information.
Much like apple and the iphone, to where iphone people will buy anything iphone related. MS & The media in the USA(and USA alone) Are on this amazing mission of ignorance to promote Microsoft as a Juggernaut in gaming. Which is fine, but there is no longer a realistic comparison that can be made between PS3/360 games or hardware. 360 games are in a class of their own, that class, isn't based on gameplay/graphics/performance/ controls. Its based on hype, and hype alone. ME2 will play exactly like ME1, alan wake had no action on screen that was more intense than Alone in the Dark. I thought it was a sandbox heavy story based game, packed with emotion and all this other BS, and was compared to heavy rain once? Now its an Action game? -- let me stop. Because it really is pointless. Again, you can't even compare it as a game. At this point, 360 owners will buy an empty box for 60.00 if Microsoft said so, and said 'wait its going to change the future of gaming!" The greatest and last addition to gaming Microsoft contributed was XboxLive.
You see what I'm getting at here? I'm not even the same type of species anymore as the 360 owner. I saw Uncharted2's unparalleled never before seen action & graphics and thought to myself "my god they blew up a building in game with physics that you had to interact with and the damn thing looks better than the first". Anyone that saw uncharted and wasn't excited, yet is excited for the "action" in mass effect/alan wake/ any game shown at E3 is just plain lying. By the simple definition of things going on that describe "action".
We've gone over every single anti-ps3 argument on this website.
- No games argument (you all remember that)
- Low Scoring games (you all remember that)
- Motion Controls being a joke (see natal)
- Sales (Activision/EA/Ubisoft/Rocksta r having Sony ahead as earners in spots
When Microsoft owners made the rule that you have to own E3 by "stealing" franchises as the media words it, Sony drops a Rockstar Exclusive & FF14. No one cares. Its like these people aren't even caring about gaming anymore, but microsoft one upping sony in some imaginary one sided competition, where the rules will constantly change on how to win, but luckily Microsoft always pulls ahead, according to microsoft.
N4G is a fun place for gaming news, but I cant see how anyone can continue to argue with 360 owners about gaming, since gaming is no longer whats important. But unattainable hype, and hope.
Quite simply, in 2009 after being part of n4g since this entire time. Who ever would have thought that after Microsoft finally ran out of steam with new games/exclusive Ip's the biggest news at e3 from Microsoft wouldn't be the "stolen" franchise, but:
1. Theoretical motion controls with only a Ball demo working, and Peter Monelux(ReALLY??? this guy???) at the helm.
2. Non gaming content, Facebook, non 1080p streaming movies, and twitter.
That shuts down every single comment about how "If i wanted to play movies, i'd own a ps3. If i wanna play games, i own a 360!" logic. Every argument about how much of a gimmick motion controls have been as well.
Am I the only one that has seen this? MS got caught in a corner, and decided to tell their puppets to no longer concentrate on games, but that.
The PS3 is going no where, neither is the 360. But Its obvious where the actual Next-Generation gaming is, and always will be. Its unfortunately not the 360, Microsoft has turned the 360 into its own year-head start gimmick. Enjoy the DLC boys.
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