We wouldn't expect the Senior VP of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment to say any less.
"Of course, I'm biased given the role that I'm in but if I really think about it using my consumer instincts and the experience that I've had, this is the best blend of performance, price, online and games - by far," says Don Mattrick.
Peter Moore's replacement also adds that "On a price per value basis, I think we win...relative to Sony and Nintendo.
The self-applause continues: "I think we're getting to the point of critical mass in terms of the number of hits. I think we have the highest rated content ever to exist on a gaming system."
MSNBC asks him what he meant by that, and he explains that "there are more 85-plus rated games on Xbox 360, by a long shot, when you compare it with PlayStation 3 and Wii." Ah, so we're leaving out the PS2, DS, and so on?
Finally, on top of having the "highest rated content ever" and being the best "on a price per value basis," Mattrick thinks that the Xbox 360 can have a decade long shelf life like the PS2 has.
"We’re at a point now where we’re eight years in, and there’s more resources, more third-party support, more retail support and more consumer support. And it’s very probable that this will be a longer life cycle."
Microsoft, we'd pat you on a back for a job well done, but it looks like you got that covered.
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5:18 PM on 12.04.2007
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The accessories/games that come with the 360 Pro is an awesome deal too.
HDD, Headset, Forza 2, MUA, etc.
And a chrome finish. A CHROME FINISH.
Ok that last part was a joke >.>
Once 360 really gets a gooood solid amount of games that aren't sports and FPS, then we'll put it near PS2. but as for PS3 and Wii standards, it's easily ass raping.
Toyhome is the most awesome of all awesome games EVER!!!!
NINTENDO SAYS WII IS BEST VALUE
SONY SAYS PS3 IS BEST VALUE
PS3: $399 for 40 gig ps3 hdmi, wifi, free network, blueray, 2 usb, but lacks memory card slots and backwards compatibility.
Ps3: $499 for the 80 gig with free network, software backwards compat and memory card slots and 4x usb plus blueray, wifi, hdmi.
Ps3: &499 for the 60 gig that does it all and has it all. full back wards compatible.
Look at it this way, on the ps3 you are spending 200 on the gaming console and 200 on wifi, blueray, free network for a lifetime. This is a great deal.
The PS2 while old kit is still being made making it a this gen machine.
PS2 takes the most excellent games at the best price cake.
You'd think after all that patting themselves on their backs that they would have said "Now it wont rrod or ruin the shit out of your 60 dollar games !!" but they didnt and its been 8 weeks since I have gotten to play my 360, (thank the lord for M$ repairs and shipping) Christ if there was a service that could do it where I lived..even having to pay to fix it, at least I know it could be done correctly and not haveing to send it in for 3rd fucking time.
...sorry for the rant, decent games still a piece of shit hardwear though. Why dony they fuckin factor that in..?
Have fun playing SMG and Pain all year long. I stop reading what you wrote after the 40% RROD. Newsflash, Falcon 360s are out. And those addons are all what you said, Add fucking ons. At least base it on true relevant facts.
Xbox Live > PSN anyday.
Oh, so I see you're back to your old trolling self. I welcome your douche baggyness. Hexfix93 Quotes: Part Two? I smell a sequel.
Man, you're still a little bitch.
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So, forget Hexfix's whiny, bitch ass comment. All game companies are out to make themselves look like the best. Magesx used sarcasm to make this pretty clear.
The PS3, I think, Is a better value out of all of them. It's still too expensive. It's kind of like Costco. They sell you a box of about 20 pizza pocket meals. Now, you're paying a lot, but you're getting much more for less than if you bought them individually.The problem is sometimes we don't want all that bullshit and we just want to eat.
That's what the PS3 is like, and The XBOX is like that one Hot Pocket. The Wii...the Wii is half of that Hot Pocket. Bite Sized.
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The Falcons have reports of failures also. Just much less than the main systems.
It's just that people are so sick of the RROD stories the falcon 360's would literally need to transform into flying killer robots that ate kittens for anyone to blog them. A true fact.
Since they do not eat kittens no one cares. Also a true fact.
let alone, you get 3 different choices of xbl accounts outside the 1 year (although the 1 year + extra month is best, you have the 3 month and 1 month.) But the wifi adaptor...that's something the need to work on either building in or cutting the price even a bit. But I guess they figure you're spendin 350 already, 100 more wouldn't hurt.
a)Where do you get your stats from? ("40%"?)
b)I had to send my xbox back and it was back within a couple of weeks. I don't know where you're getting the three months. I guess if you consider it factual to take the worst case reported scenario and then rattle it off as if it's the norm or an average, that's fine.
c)Sure, you pay for Xbox Live. About $4 per month. Big f'king deal. Especially when you consider that it's far and away the best online gaming service available. You actually bring up the fact that Wii has online functionality for free as if that's comparable? What a joke.
d)There is no guarantee that the Playstation Network and online play will always be free.
e)Whether the console itself is a better deal financially is irrelevant. With the 360, you get to *choose* whether you want an HD-DVD player, larger hard drive, wifi, etc. instead of having it all in the box (and added to the price) whether you want it or not.
f)When it's all said and done, you still have to have GAMES. You seem to forget that this is the most important element of a gaming system. Not whether it'll play all your movies, or alphabetize your mp3's by the color of the lead singer's pubes, or do any other unnecessary home entertainment functions. If you're going to attempt to say that the PS3's game lineup is superior to 360's thus far, then you are truly a jackass, my friend.
Best bang for your buck is subjective. You guys (fellow comment makers) bitching over which is better is still annoying and patting yourselves on the back every time someone agrees with you or someone uses numbers to prove your argument is still as lame as it always has been.
ps3 40 gig is the best value, with the most options, true hd, hd gaming with hd storage, blueray, more hard drive space, free internet and wifi..
ps3 has the pc ports + the true gaming of a console, games like uncharted, ratchet and clank, little big planet, mgs4. This is where the 360 falls flat on its face, no AAA titles in console style gaming games. Only in First Person Shooter pc port crap. The 360 is just like vista, broken and over priced.
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home/D3Q7G8S2
http://www.360-gamer.com/news.asp?id=964
http://www.ripten.com/2007/07/03/failure-rate-xbox-360-high-as-33-sony-ps3-less-than-1/
http://gamepolitics.com/2007/07/06/xbox-360-failure-rate-do-the-math/
Most say its around 33%, i think it will be 100% in a few years..
I don't understand people argument with variety on the 360. Yes their is alot of good fps on 360. But there is also tons of awesome XLA games, not to mention some rpg's like masseffect, oblivion. Assasins creed is differnt then any wii game. All the wii has is zelda and mario. Zelda and amrio. Zelda and mario. mario and zelda. zelda and mario.
Get what you want, I like my 360, though it is newer to me and I need to amass more titles with the thing. Us gamers know what we want, and we stop and nothing to belittle the other people's purchases. But to a parent who is purchasing a system for their crazy child, they don't care what the kid really wants, they want to know what is cheapest in price for cost of entry. Considering that is the Wii right now, not to mention the ridiculous marketing success Nintendo has had with it, that's become for the second year in a row the hot item of the holiday. So yeah, maybe the 360 is the best value for what you are paying, you still are paying more for the cost of entry.
My other 'wii', on the other hand...
That's right. I went there. Old jokes FTW!
read that, nickel and dime central.