Microsoft has stated that its first-party offerings have been consistently better than those found on the PS3 or Wii, putting the likes of Forza and Fable against such titles as Killzone, LittleBigPlanet and Super Mario Galaxy.
Xbox CFO Dennis Durkin was asked if Microsoft needed to bolster its first party lineup, which has been flagging lately. Durkin was quite unmoved, retorting with: "I would ask you to go and look at some of your data, just to compare first party performance over the course of this lifecycle, because I think our first party performance in terms of quality bars and units per title this shift has been superior to our competition's.
"But certainly we think first party is an important tool and you can't dispute titles like Forza, which has consistently come out on a repeated cadence and sold multi-million units. You can't dispute things like Fable, which again, on a very consistent pace, has come out and sold 2 and 3 million units a pop. And now new titles, like Kinect Sports, which has come out and sold over 3 million units. So we are, not only building existing IP and incubating around titles like Halo and others, but really building new IP in new areas."
So there you go, folks! Having bugger-all to show at E3 but a bunch of on-rails Kinect crap is the sign of a healthy gaming console because Fable sold a lot of copies last year. Yippee!
Xbox 360 First-Party 'Has Been Superior' to PS3, Wii, says Microsoft [Industry Gamers]
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2:30 PM on 07.18.2011 | 
Right now? Not so much.
At least I still have Gears 3 to enjoy, with the stupid wave of kinect crap.
I sure am glad I picked up a PS3 for all those lovely exclusives.
I sure am glad I picked up a PS3 for all those lovely exclusives.
It happens, but why does it have to happen? It doesn't do anyone any good and only creates / facilitates hostility.
Also, I don't think I've ever seen statements like these from Nintendo.
That said, I guarantee you that this thread will have the typical Jim Sterling trademark over-100 comments because of the RETARDED PEOPLE WHO "READ" DTOID ARTICLES and by "read" I mean read the header only and to a lesser extent, Jim's last-sentence-troll.
Prove me wrong, Dtoid. /popcorn
So no, I disagree.
Microsoft would rather spend its money on Kinect and ESPN than developing new and interesting games.
It's that simple.
Oh and Fable sucks. There, I said it.
"It happens, but why does it have to happen? It doesn't do anyone any good and only creates / facilitates hostility.
Also, I don't think I've ever seen statements like these from Nintendo."
It happens because people ask them about it interviews, which was the case here, or it's a stockholder meeting. Either way I think it's understandable. They have to make themselves look good. It's marketing.
And yeah, Nintendo does it. Well, Reggie does it. I dunno about Nintendo of Japan or Europe, but Reggie does it all the time.
360's Absolute Lack of "Non" Sci Fi shooter Exclusives is the ONLY reason I bought my PS3..
MS just ain't cutting it anymore,and with Microsoft's casual shift,I don't see it getting any better.
Fifth word: boner.
Picture:
Fable 1 85.41%
Fable 2 88.27%
Fable 3 80.52%
How amazing
Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 92.75%
Twilight princess 96.00%
Super Mario Galaxy 97.46%
Super Mario Galaxy 2 97.12%
Kirby's Epic Yarn 88.75%
Donkey Kong Country Returns 87.79%
Mario Kart Wii 82.02%
Super Paper Mario 85.17%
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 88.12%
This is just some of there console work........And much much more on portables
Fuck off microsoft
ha...Ha....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Oh my, that was a good one LOL!! Hahaha!!! The poor guy knows that they have absolutely no games lines up besides Gears 3, so he tries to convince us that Gears is better than...I can't even say it. If I do, I'll start hysterically laughing again. LOL!!!
Superior to the Wii... they are out of their mind. I wonder what the sales numbers were for the Zelda, Mario Kart and Mario games were for this generation. I'm pretty sure that they are up there.
Didn't Super Mario Galaxy alone sell upward of 8-9 million copies worldwide? Or, does MS still not count Japan as a market base since Xbox is shunned over there?
> Fixates on number of exclusive games
> Proceeds to mock in the comments
> Was banned from said company's service
Really, Red? I have the need to point out that "U MAD" but I will just point and laugh at you instead. :1
I love...
"because I think our first party performance in terms of quality bars and units per title this shift has been superior to our competition's."
This.
It's amazing how Durkin responds with a rather snappy answer and suggests that the interviewer should check his facts, and then attempts to rectify the situation by expressing his own opinion with that famous get-out clause: "I think". I see this all too often.
Oh yeah, and article. Meh, don't care. Just want to play fun games and have new and enriching experiences.
Sales = Quality, huh? That's it! I'm selling my PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii! It's time to buy Justin Bieber and Hannah Montana CDs!
@jimmyx
Uh-huh. Keep saying that. At least you're not worst than those PC Elitists, but you're getting close.
Meh... a bunch of sequels to games I've been playing for well over a decade doesn't equate to amazing in my books.
"...because I think our first party performance in terms of...units per title this shift has been superior to our competition's.
He's talking in terms of SALES not quality of exclusives over others.
But I wouldn't expect you to understand, as you have a giant Sony™ brand phallus inserted into your cerebral cortex. ;)