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mmarsh · January 3rd, 2007

Put it to you this way

Xbox 360 came out a year ago, had a good supply on hand, is moderately priced, has a good variety of games for it and has the excellent Xbox Live service included.

Sony PS3 came out 1 month ago, but with no major performance advantages over the 360. It came out in very few numbers and before it was street ready. Therefore it contained unresolved bugs and glitches, a small and terrible selection of games (many of which were PS2 and X360 ports) a internet service that is in its infancy and all for the price of buying a X360 AND a Wii.

Not hard to figure out when Sony did badly. The real winner is Nintendo. Nintendo has always been a niche market, but with 750,000 consoles sold thats a impressive number. Nintendo biggest problem was because its a Niche market it underestimated the demand, resulting in a huge backorder. there was also the strap issue, but thats minor...

I got one for my cousin, but I am told he won't get it until Febuary-March. Its still on preorder...

UPDATE
Wired Magazine just gave its predictions for 2007. Among them, HD-TV will win the HDDVD format war (PS3 uses Blue-Ray) and that the PS3 will be a total bust. Ouch!

January 3rd, 2007
mmarsh Kilobyte Posts: 230 Country: Microchips: 637 Gadgets	Put it to you this way Xbox 360 came out a year ago, had a good supply on hand, is moderately priced, has a good variety of games for it and has the excellent Xbox Live service included. Sony PS3 came out 1 month ago, but with no major performance advantages over the 360. It came out in very few numbers and before it was street ready. Therefore it contained unresolved bugs and glitches, a small and terrible selection of games (many of which were PS2 and X360 ports) a internet service that is in its infancy and all for the price of buying a X360 AND a Wii. Not hard to figure out when Sony did badly. The real winner is Nintendo. Nintendo has always been a niche market, but with 750,000 consoles sold thats a impressive number. Nintendo biggest problem was because its a Niche market it underestimated the demand, resulting in a huge backorder. there was also the strap issue, but thats minor... I got one for my cousin, but I am told he won't get it until Febuary-March. Its still on preorder... UPDATE Wired Magazine just gave its predictions for 2007. Among them, HD-TV will win the HDDVD format war (PS3 uses Blue-Ray) and that the PS3 will be a total bust. Ouch! Last edited by mmarsh; January 3rd, 2007 at 14:22.