EGM: PS3 vs Xbox2; which is more powerful?

MuGen · 03-07-2005, 12:58 PM

It IS all about the games but in a retrospect this topic is about the 2 consoles.

You might doubt that MS is going to let themselves get outflanked by Sony.

But then again it might not be a matter of letting themselves.... It might be a matter of Microsoft doing the best they can to create an awesome system then finding out that Sony has come up with a better system. this isn't a fanboy statement as I am only taking into reference the current post from EGM at hand.

No one will ever let themselves be trampled or overrun, but look at Nintendo now? They've lost ground in the console market to Microsoft and Sony after being the pioneer after so long. And I DONT think they LET microsoft and sony do it either.

It's a matter of inevitability..... Xbox 2 has a slated end of 2005 release so I don't think Microsoft has plans to revamp their Xbox 2 after seeing this statement that PS3 might be more powerful. Unless they can revamp the system in less than 10 months.... which I highly doubt for any company to do.

Fact is... it's too soon to tell which system is better. But it's also redundant to say "Microsoft won't let PS3 be more powerful then them." Because it's all a matter of engineering and who does it better. We have yet to see their showings at E3.

Point being: A company can try their hardest to fight for the lead, but will lose it because of support and other key playing factors. For example... Nintendo being in the business for decades is now third to MS and SONY, and that is a fact not a fanboy statement. Nintendo has been in this business longer and has lost ground in the console industry. But do you think Nintendo LET them do it? No they tried their hardest.... and now they are fighting to KEEP their ever growing handheld market. Sony has stepped in and Microsoft in not too far behind, but again I say..... Nintendo won't let them take the handheld market without a fight. But if Sony or MS takes the market from Nintendo, it only means that Sony or MS has done a better job.

It's like going into a job interview with the intentions of taking the job from anyone else because you feel your more qualified. But the other guy gets it.... because he was in reality more qualified.

Like the tried and true quote, "MAY THE BEST MAN WIN" This next-gen will have a heated triple threat match and whoever dominates the next-gen will only mean they had a better console and better support. And DOES NOT mean the other 2 are lacking in any way.

Neo · 03-07-2005, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyuzo

It's like going into a job interview with the intentions of taking the job from anyone else because you feel your more qualified. But the other guy gets it.... because he was in reality more qualified.

Like the tried and true quote, "MAY THE BEST MAN WIN" This next-gen will have a heated triple threat match and whoever dominates the next-gen will only mean they had a better console and better support. And DOES NOT mean the other 2 are lacking in any way.

So you're taking the position, for example, that it's not a question of what Nintendo has done "wrong" with it's past two consoles, rather it's what the other companies have done right. Mistakes made by Nintendo are only defined as mistakes when taken relative to the actions of others.

Null · 03-07-2005, 01:25 PM

Thats deep Neo, very deep.

Were you sitting in a dark room full of candles when that thought hit ya? hehe

Jonbo298 · 03-07-2005, 01:43 PM

I think he was even using a Ouija Board!

Perfect Stu · 03-07-2005, 01:49 PM

everything is relative.

Null · 03-07-2005, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

everything is relative.

Hey ! stop copying thoughts off of fortune cookies and think more orginally like Neo here!

shame on you. SHAME!

Jonbo298 · 03-07-2005, 02:06 PM

"Bad luck and extreme misfortune will haunt your pathetic soul for all eternity"

Name that show and get 10 doubloons!

MuGen · 03-07-2005, 02:09 PM

Futurama

The Germanator · 03-07-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

"Bad luck and extreme misfortune will haunt your pathetic soul for all eternity"

Name that show and get 10 doubloons!

Rocko's Modern Life.

Vampyr · 03-07-2005, 02:41 PM

Personally I am rooting for the Xbox 2.

I am so excited about E3!

MuGen · 03-07-2005, 02:44 PM

Yeah but your "personally" doesn't count because you have a half naked guy on your signature... LOL j/k..

I'm personally rooting for PS3.

EDIT: I originally wrote... rotting for ps3... lol

MuGen · 03-07-2005, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Neo

So you're taking the position, for example, that it's not a question of what Nintendo has done "wrong" with it's past two consoles, rather it's what the other companies have done right. Mistakes made by Nintendo are only defined as mistakes when taken relative to the actions of others.

Well if you think about it.... it's not thought of as a mistake until someone does differently and does better with it.

When people drive and speed, they only see their mistake after they are pulled over, and that's relatively the action of others.

That is my thinking in many ways.... I just think Nintendo has fought hard and done their best but it's just that MS and Sony have done better this generation. MS with graphics and online, Sony with third party support. And not because Nintendo let them....It's because Nintendo took what they thought was a decisive path, and Sony and MS took another and did well in the market.

Another example.. for me... When I'm coding for my website, I don't see the mistake until someone tells me......then I fix it.

When a licensor, licenses an anime, and airs it on TV, and receives bad feedback..... it was a mistake...

So... I can safely say that is my position.... Mistakes are in correspondance to the actions of others around you.