Poll: Is Xbox 360 done?

[CpnBeef]

http://www.vgchartz.com/

Enlightenment

I was going to say, i work in a mixture of multimedia retail and customer services and the xbox is doing quite a bit better than the PS3, i did like the tactic sony laid down of releasing Move around the same time as Halo: Reach. quite a smart retail strategy.

 

[Mariakitten]

I only own a PS3 and have no desire to own a Xbox 360 so I couldn't care less.

 

[MrGalactus]

I doubt it. Bethesda wants to make Brink a long running franchise, and Microsoft are already trying to make the Brink franchise a 360 exclusive. If that goes through I think the 360 will live on good and proper.

 

[Nomanslander]

You do realize Halo Reach was just released and it made a fuck load of money?

 

[imaloony]

I don't think so. The 360 still has the Halo series, Gears of War series, the original Mass Effect and Dead Rising games, the Halo series, the Dead or Alive series, the Crackdown series, the Fable series, as well as tons of exclusive arcade titles such as 'Splosion Man, Shadow Complex, Geometry Wars, Risk Factions, and more.

Yeah, the 360 has lost a few exclusives, but so has the PS3 (FF13, MGS: Rising, exc). I'd say that statement is just as valid for Sony as it is for Microsoft.

Also, I don't think it's accurate to say that the generation is "Coming to a close". We've still got at least a year and a half before the new consoles come out, and I'm guessing even that's being optimistic.

 

[Druyn]

Boo-Feakin-Hoo.

The exact same thing was said when the 360 started getting games that were previously PlayStation exclusive. Both systems are great, and for their own reasons. One is NOT better then the other, nor is either dying out anytime soon. This Gen of consoles is not coming to a close, hell, they are just releasing new "motion detection technology" for said systems.

Consoles will come and go, but whiners will remain forever.

How's that for a first post.

Boy/Girl/whatever, that is one hell of a second post. Welcome to the escapist, and well done. I agree wholeheartedly wiith everything you said. Hope to see you around.

 

[Vigilantis]

lol no where close, Halo Reach just came out and my friends who were glued to Halo 3 since its release have now scrambled over to it with open arms, and seeing as they are just as happy with Reach they most likely will be glued to it for the next 2+ years. Aslong as the xbox comes out with another Halo game in about 3 years it will be fine until atleast the next game consoles are created (Ebox not included).

I am getting a little worred about the PS3 though, I recently bought another PS3 but realized soon afterward that I havent seen too many games coming out in the future for it (exclusively that is) that I'm interested in. Resistance 3 and Zone Of Ender 3 need to get here fast =(

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

How the fuck is this gen coming to a close?

 

[Jing2487]

I very much doubt that this gen is coming anywhere to a close. Mainly because we are starting to see "new" things coming out. We have the Move for the ps3 and kinect for xbox plus the new slim model. And not only that we also have a lot of social and entertainment additions to make it a more central part of your entertainment system.

Plus at the moment the tech is pretty much at its best right now. You probably wont see another console for at least a few more years.

Also the xbox has a laundry list of exclusive games. Such as the Halo series and Gears 3 and several others. But thinking about it on a marketing standpoint any developer would want to release on multi platforms to increase their sales wich will then turn to finance new game development. So while exclusivity may be dwindling we will see a lot more interesting games. Both for the consoles and for downloads. (IE Limbo and other indie games).

 

[pretentiousname01]

Boo-Feakin-Hoo.

The exact same thing was said when the 360 started getting games that were previously PlayStation exclusive. Both systems are great, and for their own reasons. One is NOT better then the other, nor is either dying out anytime soon. This Gen of consoles is not coming to a close, hell, they are just releasing new "motion detection technology" for said systems.

Consoles will come and go, but whiners will remain forever.

How's that for a first post.

Glad to have you!

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I'm not even sure you can really consider 360 loosing ME.

Without your me1 save you really aren't getting the proper experience.

Also fairly certain this is a massive troll posting.

 

[General_Potatoes]

No It's not going to die out. there are lots of great games coming out for it. although im not liking that some 360 only games are coming out for the ps3.

 

[Darth_Dude]

Well, yes and no.

In terms of hardware, the 360 is lagging behind. You know, having like 7 discs for a really big game and the ps3 having one.

But otherwhise it's doing fine.

 

[Treblaine]

I think you've missed the point... It doesn't matter why people are buying all these consoles, but that people are buying them. Also, you have to admit that it says a lot about a game when they can outsell the commercial juggernaut that is the Wii, no matter how short term it is. The point is that XBox 360s are selling like hotcakes still, Microsoft is still making money, so chances are that the 360 probably isn't done yet by a longshot.

If only capitalism was so infallible that good profit is always correlated with consumer satisfaction. I don't care all that much about Microsoft nor any company's profits (unless they are on the brink of foreclosure) but the consumer and the games, they come first.

Xbox 360 has a lot of hidden costs BEYOND what you'd find with PS3 or Wii that are often not considered by the user when deciding which system to buy:
-Xbox Live Gold, can add $250 to $550 to the overall price of a system
-Excessively overpriced peripherals, from many minor fixes to large and especially Kinect (Move + Eye = $45 + $25)
-RROD + 3 year Warranty / 10 year long generation = huge proportion have to "buy twice" or even more

It can mean going with Xbox that seems to be the "cheap option" at $200 for the 4GB model can cost almost $1000 in the long run to match the GAMING capability of other competing systems which should be enough to buy you TWO powerful gaming PCs

And they get less:
-Sony and even Nintendo each have more development studios working on games exclusively for their systems than Microsoft, who seems to be getting rid of them at an accelerated rate.
-PS3 has always had unique hardware capabilities like Six-axis and Blu-ray
-Exclusive development on PS3 has yielded significantly better graphics than on Xbox 360 (Gears vs Uncharted) also better performance (1080p + 60fps for racers like Wipeout/GT5)