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As oddly as it sounds Xbox really isn't gonna topple Sony now or in the next gen console time span either.the big M$ isn't gonna topple Sony for years to come even if. Why? Simple...Sony has about three things that are gonna keep it on top for now.
1) First is the sheer amount of games that are made for everybody. Games like Jak and Dexter and Ratchet and Clank are the kind of platformers that appeal to ALL ages from 20 somethings to kids. That is a huge advantage. It makes the system appealt to people of all ages and with it's backward compatiblity makes the volume of great games huge. Same will go for the Ps3 which will be compatible with both PS1 and PS2 games, making Ps3 have one of the largest general media liberies of games ever.
2)Second, a lot more video game companies (mainly japanese development houses mind you but still) seem to put more faith behind the Sony name then the MS one. Example: Capcom gave Dino Crisis III (which was crap) to Xbox while Devil may Cry became a Ps2 Exclusive and a commerical success. Another example was Kamoni's Silent Hill 3. It started off as an xbox exclusive then was given to the PS2 without so much as a second thought. Also with Silent Hill 2. Yes it came to the xbox with extra content quite a while after the Ps2 version was out but when SH2 went greatest hits on PS2 it was re-released with ALL THE EXTRA CONTENT, completely negating all the benifits. Even GTA coming to the Xbox is nothing more than Sony controlling things. They let Rockstar break their agreement for a GTA exclusive til 2004 on PS2 due to the simple fact that they've already made a HUGE amount of money for Sony and that the revenue has capped due to the slowing of sales of both GTA titles. They are even rumors already spreading that since Sony allowed Rockstar to release GTA 3 and GTA: VC on xbox before 2004 that Rockstar has already made a new agreement to have GTA 4 a Sony exclusive for at least a year before any kind of port (besides pc).
3) The reputation and mentality of M$ in the Asain Market. As long as M$ has seriously sub-standard console sales in Japan and other Asian Markets it's a whole market that is run by Sony. If Ps3 is number 2 here but number one in europe and Asia it still has conquered the Xbox in two thirds of the market. What makes things worse for the big green box? Their mentality dealing with the Asian Market. They keep saying "all we have to do is keep pumping money into the system in Japan and it'll succeed someday." which is not the kind of mentality they need. They need to come up with a battle plan that will include a global strategy, and not just a simple american market one. M$ also needs to seriously stop bullying around a lot of the Asain companies themselves. An example of this is when Square was in trouble of going under. M$ came in and just said they were going to buy them out while Sony offered enough Money to just get them back on their feet. Now Sony has Square Enix and all their RPGs in their corner and the comany has no desire to even work with M$ on any project. (now I know some people hate Square and don't think much of them as a company but whether you like it or not FFX, Kingdom Hearts, FFX-2, FFXI all are commerical sucesses which means money and market share.)
Anyway Microsoft has a very big uphill battle. Yes they have a 25 percent increase but look at it like this...if everybody has a Ps2 already what else is there? The number 2 system...the Xbox.
I also don't want anybody to think I'm dissing the 'box in anyway but these are what M$ has to face if they want to beat Sony.
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