solidius23 Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 bill is laying out his pimp hand Gates is pulling out all stops being a true contender to sony in the next gen line up. He is gonna release Halo 3 the same day as the PS3 release!! I have seen some bold moves in the gaming industry but this is kinda big. a big hit like halo could do a little damage to sony on launch, i mean i dont see it crippling sony that much, but it will hurt them. But this early announcement can back fire on gates, it gives sony plenty of time to up the launch date or release some phony details. but knowing Gates he has some very well paid spies at Sony so who knows. but it will be interesting to say the least.
Gryph Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 This is quite a bold move since the release of Halo 2 boosted the sales of the XBOX. I'm sure Sony has something up its sleeve to combat this. Do I think it will hurt Sony? I don't really think so...
solidius23 Posted May 15, 2005 Author Posted May 15, 2005 i dont think it will dent sony much at all. specially since they are announcing it so early.
Daeval Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 Doesn't surprise me at all really. Just like them to overhype another half-assed title to try and shut out the competition.
Wizard Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 Doesn't surprise me at all really. Just like them to overhype another half-assed title to try and shut out the competition.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Vicious cycle ain't it. Although I do hope SOMEONE succeeds so I can loath and hate.
BoomBa_GoosE Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 i honestly dont see how this can hurt sony in any way. i mean...the sales of the ps3 are gonna be provided by those who want the ps3. how can those whove been waiting, and wanting for a ps3 be so easily influenced to go to the 360 just bc halo 3 is out. the only thing that bill gates can get from this bold move is get the expected sales number from the 360 owners who has been waiting for H3 to come out. if it was something like, xbox 360 will be released on the same day of ps3, then yeah..that is one competetive move. but having one game to go against an anticipated console from Sony no less, how much damage does mr. gates expect? big deal....i dont know, i understand Halo is a big game, (i personally hate it), and i respect that...but i dont think it can do much to be released on the same day of the ps3.
Weirdy Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 if it does hurt sony, it'd be funny to see a picture of sales figures with a OWNED stamp on it
ken_cinder Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 I think the technical disappointment the PS2 was, will hurt PS3 sales on it's own. I still think it was pretty sad that the Dreamcast sported some more advanced features than the PS2 had. I mean c'mon FFS, no hardware FSAA? Both Xbox and Gamecube sported these features on a decent sample scale, not to mention other "standardized" features to a point. Sony better pull out all the stops, or they'll be left with nothing but their fanboys buying their system.
Samurai Edge Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 Is Halo really that great enough to destroy a whole console. I, too, doubt it.
Gryph Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 I think the technical disappointment the PS2 was, will hurt PS3 sales on it's own. I still think it was pretty sad that the Dreamcast sported some more advanced features than the PS2 had. I mean c'mon FFS, no hardware FSAA? Both Xbox and Gamecube sported these features on a decent sample scale, not to mention other "standardized" features to a point. Sony better pull out all the stops, or they'll be left with nothing but their fanboys buying their system.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>But the average consumer (the people who the consoles are marketed towards) don't really know anything about the tech specifications or anything like that. They just know the console for the games (which is how it should be anyway.) Sony still has the muscle on the console market around the world. It's more of an uphill battle for Microsoft, not Sony.
L.S.D Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 For once, I think XBOX 360 has a fighting chance. It does look chic and cool, and your girlfriends might be impressed, bla bla u know,.....they are promoting this kind of thoughts to you. Kinda hard to work on Japanese though. My prediction: Micro$oft might gain a bigger slice of marketin the US region. Japanese will still support $ony since they are known to be the loyal dogs. F uck Nintendo.
Wizard Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 For once, I think XBOX 360 has a fighting chance. It does look chic and cool, and your girlfriends might be impressed, bla bla u know,.....they are promoting this kind of thoughts to you. Kinda hard to work on Japanese though. My prediction: Micro$oft might gain a bigger slice of marketin the US region. Japanese will still support $ony since they are known to be the loyal dogs. F uck Nintendo.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>MS gets it's dominace from the American market anyways. The Japanese have always been split between Nintendo and Sony. MS's main goal is to capture Japan's market early with that done, it will be more of a battle for Sony to win back. We all know the key with Sony was an early release and the endless hype. The Xbox has a chance and so does Nintendo, not saying anything about your own product can lead to some amazing or desaterous results. The main reason why the PS2 appealed so much was the games them selves in Japan (so does everywhere, but seeing here it's was one of the main selling points, and backward capablity). MS has a fine group of Eastern developers taking the chance with the unit. The time we might see some incredible games for the system to make it more appel in the East.
L.S.D Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 For once, I think XBOX 360 has a fighting chance. It does look chic and cool, and your girlfriends might be impressed, bla bla u know,.....they are promoting this kind of thoughts to you. Kinda hard to work on Japanese though. My prediction: Micro$oft might gain a bigger slice of marketin the US region. Japanese will still support $ony since they are known to be the loyal dogs. F uck Nintendo.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>MS gets it's dominace from the American market anyways. The Japanese have always been split between Nintendo and Sony. MS's main goal is to capture Japan's market early with that done, it will be more of a battle for Sony to win back. We all know the key with Sony was an early release and the endless hype. The Xbox has a chance and so does Nintendo, not saying anything about your own product can lead to some amazing or desaterous results. The main reason why the PS2 appealed so much was the games them selves in Japan (so does everywhere, but seeing here it's was one of the main selling points, and backward capablity). MS has a fine group of Eastern developers taking the chance with the unit. The time we might see some incredible games for the system to make it more appel in the East.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I just hope XBOX games has more variety to it. The reason I didn't purchase Xbox til now is it didn't offer much choice since they have US-themed games the most (which I dun quite like and love). Anyway, I just hope the battle between the 3 would drop the price to reasonable range for us to offer
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