Don Mattrick is the reason the Xbox started this generation off in the debacle it had. If he claims this, then he's claiming he's a failure. Plus I'm sure he's not happy with MS pretty much releaving him of his duties after passing everyone off. His polices never sat well with me when he was at MS. Phil Spencer is taking MS where it needs to be. Mattrick will bring down Zanga soon

He's got the Mattrick Touch :D anything he touches turns to loss. Hopefully him saying what he did won't jinx it

So by this logic Xbox 360 won last gen, is that what the author saying?

For sure. He said that history shows the first console to reach 10million units always wins the console war. That's not even true. Wii was the first last gen, xbox was second and playstation was last to reach 10million. However, when calculating games, sales and overall features Playstation won last gen, xbox came in second and Nintendo 3rd.

Nintendo still is in first...

Consoles:
Wii 101.04 mil
PlayStation 3 83.01 mil
Xbox 360 82.63 mil

Software sales:

Wii 921 mil
Xbox 360 897 mil
PlayStation 3 835 mil

Which is why I say give him a chance, and I bet he'll say the same thing *now*.

The webpage is not working. Mmmm,

loving the references xD haha

Maybe some people arent just getting it...

On a more serious note....

What did that lady mean when she said 'xbox will be the next watercooler'? or something similar to that?

#dealwithit!

sure ... enjoy

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You have to remember that until Microsoft bullied its was into the console business Sony and Nintendo did not release high-end, costly hardware.

Microsoft's first Xbox was the first salvo in what has been a console hardware arms race which has been good for consumers (more powerful devices) but has been a disaster from a pricing perspective for Sony and MS.

Nintendo didn't join in because they probably looked at the financials of selling $800 worth of hardware for $400 and balked.

@MonkeyOne

Not true. Console hardware has been sold at a loss prior to XBox's existence in pursuit of market dominance and plenty of profits could still be made a few years down the line and off of peripherals and game sales.

XBox original was not that much more powerful than the PS2, and it released 2 years later. It was just powerful enough for some games that weren't previously possible on a console.

Nintendo did join in. The Wii U is a high cost for what it sells for. They just didn't join in the "high-end" graphical performance side of things.

PS3 was only so costly because of the R&D put into it as well as putting a Bluray player in it driving costs up hundreds of dollars, even including a PS2 emulator and wifi internally. This wasn't in reaction to Microsoft. This was in reaction to HD-DVD and they were more than confident that their console would quickly rise to the top because of PS2's success. Only later on did they react to Microsoft and try to lower prices and make deals.

@sinspirit The 1st ps3 the 60 GB phat did not have just PS2 emulator, it had the PS2 chipset as well so it had FULL PS2 BC.

What is it with this constant bs that ms has no 1st party exclusives? Last I checked sony owns more first party studios than nin and ms combined yet by the end of the year ms and sony have just about the same amount of first party games..

Then you go on to say that ms has been toxic... who knows if sony would have even considered an online if it wasnt for xbox and had sony followed nin look how the online would be. Ms has brought a lot to the tabe problem is many of you have too much hate to see..

After the PS2 era ended it was time for consoles to "grow up" and become real hardware. PC gaming was taking off with 3D games such as Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake and newer GPU designs.

It was only natural for consoles to enter into the new era of high-end devices with the Xbox and then the Xbox 360 and PS3

Again, the problem is that they were selling costly new hardware at the old console prices.

Why?

Well Microsoft has 70 billion in cash and VERY massive revenue streams from their core business. They could afford a long console arms race.

As far as I m concerned Sony got dragged into a quagmire.

At the same time Sony is battling it out with a financial behemoth like Microsoft their own dominant electronics divisions were being eaten alive by a new era of cheap electronics manufacturers like LG, Samsung, Panasonic ...etc...

Not to mention the splintering of market share due to smartphones and tablets. PC's and Steam are also in play for a good chunk of the gaming pie. Remember PC gaming was supposed to "die" but has seen a massive resurgence with Steam, MMO's, Mineceraft and the general thirst for high-end graphics.

Microsoft and Sony are still VERY large companies that can muddle along for years losing money on their respective console divisions.

It's mostly a mess that the executive management teams at Sony and MS have to deal with while gamers get to enjoy cheap electronics and a generally wide range of gaming options.

@Xb1ps4:
The thing is when you look past Tomb Raider, the announcement for a Halo channel, the typical COD content-first announcement and Ori which stems from their indy ventures, what was shown which was wholly a product of MS's game studios?

A roller coaster sim.

Not saying its going to be a particularly bad or anything, just that its not a good reflection of the creativity of a company that's been in the console making industry for over a decade.

And yes, Sony did something similar at the start of the PS3, a physics based online-only title the name of which I can't remember but own, but again, they have other projects which they wholly began and fostered.

I would say thats a personal oponion trying to be passed off as a law. Truth is thre are many people who would love a remaster.upgrade so they can play Bloodborne at 60 FPS. People would literally love that.

Either because they technically can't because From Soft wont allow them too, or because From Soft is sorking on the sequal, remaster themselves. Therre is a third option of course and that would be that they are working on it

Some part of me wonders if there's some sort of corporate war going on at Sony.

Maybe Sony isnt interested in doing it without the assistance of Miyazaki and he's not interested? (Just spit-balling).

For comparisons sake. Between january to march 2025, Nintendo stock also dropped below 9k yen.

I mean Japan is Nintendo's playground, so no surprise there. Just crazy to think that Japan alone has accounted for nearly 50% of all Switch 2 sales or something

I also wondering why. Is the 7M+ PS5 owners just stop playing?