kyleb wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 17:57:
Jivaro wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 14:26:
Had MS not dumped original XBOX users basically overnight from Live... and included a Blu-Ray maybe I would have bought one.
Live support for the original Xbox lasted over 4 years after the 360 launch, and Sony didn't even have their first Blu-ray player out until over half a year after the 360 launched.
a) I can still buy and use PS2 games....10+ years on. Some of them online. My original XBOX is a brick. It isn't even a worthwhile legacy DVD player. You can make the arguement, and even a valid one, that expecting MS to continue supporting the original XBOX is not reasonable...and that is fair enough. My point was that Sony still does support the PS2, games are still made for it, and I can still use it online....all of this despite the fact that they just announced the PS4 today and have some of their PS2 games ported to the PS3...essentially creating their own competition. As a customer, I find Sony's example quite a bit more encouraging in this regard. My wording was poor, when I said "overnight" I meant with little warning....not that it happened right when the 360 was launched. My bad.
b) Sony had Blu-Ray on the PS3 from launch. The XBOX 360 still doesn't. Saying that Sony had it 6 months after the XBOX 360 had been out is disingenuous. The PS3 came out after the XBOX 360...so of course it did.
Edit rather then new post: Someone said something about uninteresting exclusives for the PS3. I find that...confusing. Well, maybe if you dig FPS games that is true as the most popular ones do seem to be XBOX 360 games. For example, Halo and Gears. In just about every other genre I would say the PS3 had a far better list of exclusives over the course of this generation. Subjective of course, but when I look back at games like Demons Souls, the God of War series, Gran Turismo 5, Heavenly Sword, LittleBigPlanet 1 and 2, ModNation Racers, both Infamous games, Metal Gear Solid 4, the Uncharted series, Twisted Metal, and Heavy Rain...."uninteresting" isn't the first word that jumps out at me. okay...Gran Turismo was a bit lackluster. I know the Killzone and Resistance series isn't as popular as Halo or GoW...but they are still quality titles. I am purposely leaving off all of the JRPG titles because I think everyone can agree that MS gave that genre up.
I recently bought Sorcery and the new Harry Potter game "The Book of Spells", both Move games, for my grand kids. Why those games or something like them is not available for the Kinect I have no idea, because it could obviously do it. In any event, both of them are a lot of fun and show the right way to use motion controls in gaming.
Anyway, point is that when it comes to exclusives, that just isn't something I would expect to be the complaint about the PS3. Again, totally subjective, but when I look at MS's list I find it a lot less interesting. For example the Fable games, Forza series, and the original Saints Row are the only titles that jump out at me personally...not including the obvious Halo and GoW titles. I am sure there are a few I am unfamiliar with due to not owning the system. perhaps someone could name a few should I decide to pick one up? Though I prefer to game on my PC, I will play just about anything on a console other then FPS and RTS games. For those I demand my PC.
This comment was edited on Feb 20, 2013, 19:36.