Xbox 360 Launch: Success or Mess?

[A Black Falcon]

It's almost like saying the laptop and desktop PC markets are totally different.

Great comparison, I didn't think of that one... quite true, though. It doesn't make any more sense for consoles than it would for computers...

And Rare can hopefully make some Perfect Dark fans on the 360.

Doesn't it make sense that if you want to widen your appeal then you would need to have options other than Halo? PDZ and Halo are very different FPS, and they can both have a place on the 360 with their own audiences.

[quote]It depends. If the PS3 is too expensive for developers then they will make less games for it (because they can't afford to otherwise), if it's too expensive for consumers then it will take longer to get to the all important mass market. Sony has built a video game empire, and it is historically accurate to say all empires fall. I'm not saying it's going to happen in the next year or the next 20 years, just eventually. It's inevitable.

Okay, yes, this is probably true... as for the price thing though, Sony does seem to be able to get the right one, or at least an acceptable one -- PSP ended up at $300, not the higher rumored prices... and PS1 and PS2 were also $300 at launch. Will this be more? Quite likely. But remember, $300 1995 dollars are worth a bit over $300 now... that $200 NES from 1985 is around $350 in 2005 dollars, I believe. This is not that extreme, but there is a difference... market pressures say that it can't be over $400 if they want to succeed, though, I think. I bet they take a big loss before they charge over $400... betting on its massive success so they can soon make money off software and Blu-Ray movies (like those rumors that the X360 costs MS over $700 to make...). Anyway, price is a factor, but not the deciding one, provided the prices are close enough... X360 is an expensive piece of hardware, so PS3 would have to be pretty expensive to really have the price as a major factor (and this works for Revolution too... I'm just not convinced that price is a deciding purchasing decision. It is one, but I think that games are more important... like, the DS didn't start beating PSP until it got a great games lineup... when both consoles had a mediocre one, PSP was winning despite being twice the price.). Even so, if it's like $600, price will definitely matter... though a lot of people seem to view Sony's continued victory as inevitable. I'd rather think not, of course, but we'll see... :) (I prefer even MS to Sony...)