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Microsoft has no intentions of giving up on the console market






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By encryptkeeper on 10/10/2006 2:01:28 PM , Rating: 1
Maybe we're using the wrong terminology. A killer app, according to wiki is an application that shows a previously unknown potential. A killer game a video game that is popular to the extent that many buy a particular video game console or upgrade their computer hardware simply to play it. If that's true, and you already have a computer powerful enough to play something like Halo, then that makes it not a killer game.

What I'm saying is that Oblivion is probably one of the most popular games to come out on 360 so far. But Microsoft failed to release it as a 360 exclusive. Same with Halo, and soon Halo 2. If you like the Xbox, then you better tell Microsoft that they need to stop releasing games on other platforms or they'll screw their own console over.


By NotAok on 10/10/2006 2:32:16 PM , Rating: 2
lol, you guys act as if Microsoft had just recently been formed and is only providing video game content. Obviously, given their history, they're going to push games onto the pc platform too. They're a business out to make money and if re-releasing a game that came out two years ago on pc gets them more money then why not?

Do you guys honestly think Nintendo or Sony wouldn't do the same had they the same power or connections as Microsoft?

By DaveSylvia on 10/10/2006 2:33:26 PM , Rating: 2
A killer game doesn't necessarily require that a game be exclusive to one system for eternity. Just look at GTA3 when it first came out for PS2. Yes, at the time it was exclusive, just like how Halo was exclusive to Xbox when it first came out. That game definitely is considered a killer game or app because of the fact that many people purchased PS2 hardware just to play it. Now that very same game is out for the Xbox and PC and this suddenly makes it not a killer app?

Final Fantasy 7 was a killer app for the PSX but that was also released on the PC (albeit it was a terrible port). Likewise, even though Halo was released (TWO YEARS LATER) for the PC, this doesn't change the fact that it drove people to purchase Xbox hardware. This is the main poing: a killer game or app is a product that motivates the purchase of existing hardware. It doesn't matter if it becomes available elsewere.

P.S. Oblivion isn't a killer game because it has't raised people's desire to purchase an Xbox360. The fact that its on the PC too is irrelevant.

By encryptkeeper on 10/10/2006 3:28:06 PM , Rating: 2
Then the end conclusion is there is no reason to buy a 360 at all.

By NotAok on 10/10/2006 3:35:39 PM , Rating: 2
By that logic I'm assuming you feel the same way towards the PS3 and PC gaming... They're all relative, each platform receives games that are exclusive and games that end up elsewhere. So if you feel the 360 is useless then I see no reason why you would enjoy any other system.


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