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Microsoft dominates the competitive gaming scene photo

Microsoft quietly came in and rounded up all of competitive gaming, leaving no room for the PlayStation 3 or Nintendo Wii to play along.

Between the Xbox 360 and Windows PCs, Microsoft exclusively sponsors the World Cyber Games, Major League Gaming, and the Championship Gaming Series, leaving the other two standing outside in the rain. Not bad, Microsoft!

We're very proud of the fact that these professional gaming leagues have picked Microsoft platforms... for their competitions," said Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios. "That's a great endorsement from people who are pretty key influencers within the industry."

Combine this with their online domination with their LIVE service, exclusives on cometitive favorites like the Halo series and Gears of War, and an installed user base of almost 12 million Xbox 360s, and it looks like Microsoft has competitive gaming in the bag.

I'm impressed, aren't you?

[via Gamepro -- thanks, Justin] 


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MaxVest's Avatar
MaxVest at 10/06/2007 11:03
Man, I was sure those competitive gaming associations were going to go with friend codes...
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 10/06/2007 11:13
Ya same here, 16 digit codes seem to be the shit lately.
flabzilla's Avatar
flabzilla at 10/06/2007 11:18
This isn't suprising at all with the fact microsoft have controlled the PC market for quite some time now...
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 10/06/2007 11:21
About 80 percent of those PCs are running Star Craft.

20 percent Counter-Strike.


LULZLULZLULZ.
mackisawesome's Avatar
mackisawesome at 10/06/2007 11:22
uh.... is this news?
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 10/06/2007 11:30
No, it's a blog.
DGX Goggles's Avatar
DGX Goggles at 10/06/2007 11:40
Seeing as Microsoft is the only system that has gotten their online system completely together, makes sense to me.
mikecs83's Avatar
mikecs83 at 10/06/2007 11:56
I want to see some Wii Sports competitive gaming. Extra points for poking out someone's eye. Lose points if you break the TV.

*******

Michael C. Sherrin
http://www.prodigeek.com/
Tempus's Avatar
Tempus at 10/06/2007 12:05
Nice one M$ - relying on tried and trusted technology *does* work kids :D
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 10/06/2007 12:08
mackisawesome, news or not, Gamespot and Yahoo! ran it, too.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/06/2007 12:21
Not really surprising, since there are few competitive gaming titles available on Nintendo and Sony systems.
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brainderailment at 10/06/2007 12:33
Yeah, the only thing being used for competition on the PS3 is Resistance, and that is because you can't play it on the wii.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 10/06/2007 12:52
This is actually good news. Competitive gaming can become much larger with help from Microsoft.
Monte's Avatar
Monte at 10/06/2007 13:01
Seems almost like a captain obvious moment... i mean, when it comes to computers, you only have mac or PC, and its obvious which one is better for gaming, and when it comes to OS on the PC you only have windows or Linux, and we all know that windows has always been the popular one there. And when it comes to Consoles the 360 is pretty much the only choice since it's been pointed out a million and half times that PS3 doesn't have enough games and the Wii got's the whole "casual" gaming thing going on... not to mention Xbox live has a good history... seems like a forgone conclusion that MS would dominate competetive gaming
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 10/06/2007 13:36
This is supposed to be a joke right? Just like competitive gaming?

I mean seriously, when has Microsoft NOT been soley involved with this crap?

Have fun with your never expanding userbase Microsoft =3.
vexed alex's Avatar
vexed alex at 10/06/2007 13:45
Next person who spells Microsoft, "M$" is getting their first born son dumped in a raging river.
vexed alex's Avatar
vexed alex at 10/06/2007 13:47
...And Wedge is a furry. Clearly. I mean, look at his avatar.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar
deanhatescoffee at 10/06/2007 14:58
I don't know what "cometitive" means, but I like it.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 10/06/2007 15:13
What's the matter Wedge? Mad that someone is praising MS? Or maybe mad that you suck so much and can't compete in these things.

Believe it or not, these guys make a lot of money just for playing games.

And the never expanding comment is just really stupid.
Detry's Avatar
Detry at 10/06/2007 15:16
Yea dean, he said come tit.
naib's Avatar
naib at 10/06/2007 15:41
It makes me want to take my Mac to Quakecon. ;)
nicolastheadept's Avatar
nicolastheadept at 10/06/2007 16:41
MS can't really take credit for the real competitive games like Counter-Strike and StarCraft. Its not really down to the OS.
DOOM's Avatar
DOOM at 10/06/2007 16:53
GooOOoo MS, U.S.A!!!!
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