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26/08/2009 War, war never changesOnly this time it's console war.
The game industry has changed a lot since Microsoft joined the battle in AD. 2001 with their bulky XBOX. No more fancy exclusive games for a single console, the most popular word here is: multi-platform games. However that's only the starting point, Microsoft proactively "persuaded" game companies into making exclusive games for XBOX 360 only, and also, they purchased several studios to develop their own games. And just recently, PS3 was slashed to $299 together with launching a new slimmer model. We could expect the same price cut from Microsoft and Nintendo in very near future, maybe tomorrow.
Who can win this war? And now I am thinking about one man: Isao Okawa大川 功 How far can one man go? Let's look at these BBC titles:
The dream ends. But war, war never changes. Talking about this generation's console war, I was never a fanboy to any of those big companies and I almost owned all recently released consoles(to be precise, eleven consoles). But I dislike the way of Microsoft, how they handle their business, mainly the console gaming business. I dislike this one kind of attitude: one believes too much in himself and thinks he is smartest guy in the world. You should know that pride doesn't equal to arrogance. Look at the funny story of Microsoft about the RROD, we could imagine what actually happened there: a smartest director decided they should come out the hardware design all by themselves so they could save a lot of money (the amount is less than ten million dollars). Yes, we all know that, Microsoft only hires the most intelligent people around the world. However, intelligence doesn't mean one thing: smart or say wisdom. You think know everything but actually you know nothing, and this kind of story happens every single minute. So later, Microsoft paid billions of dollars to regain the reputation from failed hardware design. War, war never changes. But I still hope, there'll be another dream coming out sometime, unnecessary to be successful anyway. But I highly doubt that, the console war is still business. Since it's all about business, it's all about money. Dream and money, they are two different things. Okay, give you a final image as the end: TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://rustysword.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2AA1001B6BC8ED8B!946.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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