The keys to victory are in Microsoft's hands, but turning that engine over and speeding away from the competition may prove difficult if the company doesn't take the necessary steps to guarantee* victory. Here's what should enable them to pull away and not look back...
* Guarantee not actually guaranteed. Offer void in Japan.
Microsoft has had a one-year head start, and they recently announced that they've shipped 11 million Xbox 360s worldwide. Their games portfolio got a major shot in the arm over the last holiday season thanks to Epic's Gears of War, which in January reached 3 million in sales. Microsoft's first-party offerings will be further bolstered by Mass Effect, Forza Motorsport 2, Blue Dragon and of course Halo 3. On top of that, more and more third-party titles, once thought to be PS3 exclusives, are heading to 360-GTA IV, Devil May Cry 4, Assassin's Creed, Virtua Fighter 5, etc.
Microsoft's Xbox business may not be profitable at this stage, but you can't deny that the company has made great strides in both market share and mindshare since entering the video game space back in November 2001. The Xbox 360 is in great shape, but to think that Microsoft has sewn up the console race simply because they're ahead with 11 million shipped (5.3 million sold in the U.S.) would be foolish.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.
I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
would definitely be throwing gas on a already smoldering fire but more exclusives + a lower price wouldn't hurt.
at all.
Here's one "key" that will surely catapult the 360 straight to the top,....
Include a TOWEL with every purchase of a 360....HAHHAHHAAHAHAHA...HA
Agreed!. I will add they(MS) needs to step up on the marketing; they need to get rid of that if you want it you know where to get it underground PC software attatude.
1. GOW has 4 million sold not 3
2.its 11 million sold