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tarakan69 · 06-21-2004, 01:14 PM

Well they are going to launch EARLY with no Hard-Drive, and backward compatiability.

I doubt a $300 X-Box 2 will be able to outsell a $99 dollar PS2...

Plus the PSP will expand the Playstation brandname, and lots of people will wait for Playstation 3.

Plus since when is a console's life cycle 3 years?

X-Box is starting to finally get good exclusives... and MS is already calling quits.

I'm not a big fan X-Box, but I buy all 3 consoles... I don't see the headstart saving them.

PS2 got away with an early launch only because of HUGE brandname recognition... MS doesn't have that.

Now that X-Box loses it's hardware edge... what happens to then in the long run?

06-21-2004, 01:14 PM	#10
tarakan69 Knight tarakan69 is offline Now Playing: Age Of Empires 2 (with friends online) Posts: 420	Re: Microsoft's rush to next-gen could see the Xbox take a tumble Well they are going to launch EARLY with no Hard-Drive, and backward compatiability. I doubt a $300 X-Box 2 will be able to outsell a $99 dollar PS2... Plus the PSP will expand the Playstation brandname, and lots of people will wait for Playstation 3. Plus since when is a console's life cycle 3 years? X-Box is starting to finally get good exclusives... and MS is already calling quits. I'm not a big fan X-Box, but I buy all 3 consoles... I don't see the headstart saving them. PS2 got away with an early launch only because of HUGE brandname recognition... MS doesn't have that. Now that X-Box loses it's hardware edge... what happens to then in the long run? __________________