Sony is wiser than Microsoft

We have debates here about power, online, price, games, etc. Let's add wisdom into the mix. I believe the following 6 unwise philosophies apply to the Microsoft more than Sony.

1) Leap before you look.

The 360 leapt into this generation first and fast, but it didn't look into the future. It used cheap hardware and had to deal with RROD, lack of Blu-ray features, as well as the lack of standard Wi-Fi and Blu-ray disk. As a result, the 360 is looking more and more outdated relative to the PS3.

2) Shoot, but don't fight.

The 360's controller is fine for shooters, but weak for fighters. Read PS3 vs. 360 reviews on Soul Caliber 4, and you will see reviewers saying the 360's controller isn't well designed for fighting games.

3) Shake, but don't move.

4) Spend, don't save.

First you pay money to buy the console. Later, you pay fees to play online. By the end of this generation, Xbox 360 is the most expensive console to own, if you factor in LIVE fees.

5) Friends are better than family

Xbox 360 has to rely on 3rd parties (friends) to compete because Microsoft didn't have the foresight to invest heavily on 1st & 2nd parties (family). As such, expect more and better exclusives on the PS3.

6) The past shall set you free

The 360's present ( 2008 ) state in terms of exclusives and multiplats is less favorable to the PS3. With MGS4, GT5P, MLB: The Show, Siren: Blood Curse, Little Big Plannet, Resistance 2, Mortorstorm 2, etc., the PS3 has better exclusives this year. Multiplats, too, are better on the PS3 this year: Burnout Paradise,GTA4, DMC4, Soul Caliber 4, all look or play better on the PS3. The PS3 also has improved versions of Bioshock and Eternal Sonata. The future (2009 and beyond) also favor the PS3 as Sony invested heavily on 1st and 2nd party and developers have now learned to tame the PS3's power. Hence, hence when talking about power, games, install base, the 360 finds itself seeking glories in the past. Unfortunately, Xbox 360, the past can't set you free.

My point? Sony is wiser than the Microsoft. My opinion? I think Microsoft has made too many unwise decisions that has not hurt the Xbox division this generation but also the next one as well.

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We have debates here about power, online, price, games, etc. Let's add wisdom into the mix. I believe the following 6 unwise philosophies apply to the Microsoft more than Sony.

1) Leap before you look.

The 360 leapt into this generation first and fast, but it didn't look into the future. It used cheap hardware and had to deal with RROD, lack of Blu-ray features, as well as the lack of standard Wi-Fi and Blu-ray disk. As a result, the 360 is looking more and more outdated relative to the PS3.

2) Shoot, but don't fight.

The 360's controller is fine for shooters, but weak for fighters. Read PS3 vs. 360 reviews on Soul Caliber 4, and you will see reviewers saying the 360's controller isn't well designed for fighting games.

3) Shake, but don't move.

Xbox 360's controller can rumble, but it lacks motion sensitivity. Xbox 360 is the only console this generation without any motion-sensing capability.

4) Spend, don't save.

First you pay money to buy the console. Later, you pay fees to play online. By the end of this generation, Xbox 360 is the most expensive console to own, if you factor in LIVE fees.

5) Friends are better than family

Xbox 360 has to rely on 3rd parties (friends) to compete because Microsoft didn't have the foresight to invest heavily on 1st & 2nd parties (family). As such, expect more and better exclusives on the PS3.

6) The past shall set you free

The 360's present ( 2008 ) state in terms of exclusives and multiplats is less favorable to the PS3. With MGS4, GT5P, MLB: The Show, Siren: Blood Curse, Little Big Plannet, Resistance 2, Mortorstorm 2, etc., the PS3 has better exclusives this year. Multiplats, too, are better on the PS3 this year: Burnout Paradise,GTA4, DMC4, Soul Caliber 4, all look or play better on the PS3. The PS3 also has improved versions of Bioshock and Eternal Sonata. The future (2009 and beyond) also favor the PS3 as Sony invested heavily on 1st and 2nd party and developers have now learned to tame the PS3's power. Hence, hence when talking about power, games, install base, the 360 finds itself seeking glories in the past. Unfortunately, Xbox 360, the past can't set you free.

My point? Sony is wiser than the Microsoft. My opinion? I think Microsoft has made too many unwise decisions that has not hurt the Xbox division this generation but also the next one as well.

Sihanouk

Qftb

quoted for the blind

Sony is a snake oil salesman making promises of things that one day may come true

Microsoft delivers the goods to the customer day one

To just cut to the chase, Microsoft won and Sony lost. Sony is not a must have system while the 360 has content that makes a player want to play it today.

Sony has empty promises, Microsoft fulfills wishes

2) The control may not be good for fighters because of the d-pad but its extremely comfortable to hold and use while playing any other game, the ps2 control is pretty uncomfortable for me to use if i have to use the thumbsticks for awhile

3) I hardly even see motion sensing being used or implemented well into the game, their are a few exceptions, but it doesnt really add that much

4) Yes you have to pay for xbox live but i've had better experience on it and a lot more people talk when playing online, still i guess you shouldnt have to pay to play online, they should change it so that is in the silver subscription and add other stuff to the gold

atleast xbox live is worth it..smokingsbad

psn is worht it, its free, i just wish more people talked online, then again i've only played warhawk online so far, so maybe i should try more before i say that,

Why are you posting the same thing? You posted this earlier....Stop wasting bandwidth and get owned somewhere else...sargentbotk

I altered and added some content for mod approval because the last thread one was locked.

We have debates here about power, online, price, games, etc. Let's add wisdom into the mix. I believe the following 6 unwise philosophies apply to the Microsoft more than Sony.

1) Leap before you look.

The 360 leapt into this generation first and fast, but it didn't look into the future. It used cheap hardware and had to deal with RROD, lack of Blu-ray features, as well as the lack of standard Wi-Fi and Blu-ray disk. As a result, the 360 is looking more and more outdated relative to the PS3.

You and your eternal "cheap harware" argument. Cany ou prove that? I give you RROD, but the rest is only your eternal, not proven speculation.

Link (because you know, I prove what I say):

http://dpad.gotfrag.com/portal/story/35372/?spage=1

2) Shoot, but don't fight.

The 360's controller is fine for shooters, but weak for fighters. Read PS3 vs. 360 reviews on Soul Caliber 4, and you will see reviewers saying the 360's controller isn't well designed for fighting games.

But they also say thet the best choice is the D-pad, not the C-pad...

3) Shake, but don't move.

Xbox 360's controller can rumble, but it lacks motion sensitivity. Xbox 360 is the only console this generation without any motion-sensing capability.

And the PS3 motion sensing feature has given us good games like...

4) Spend, don't save.

First you pay money to buy the console. Later, you pay fees to play online. By the end of this generation, Xbox 360 is the most expensive console to own, if you factor in LIVE fees.

Eh... but LIVE is an OPTIONAL (and not expensive) feature. You are not forced to pay $600 just for the console. Besides, Live is a great service, better than the free PSN.

Besides, in the PS3 you have to pay for some standard features, like rumble...

5) Friends are better than family

Xbox 360 has to rely on 3rd parties (friends) to compete because Microsoft didn't have the foresight to invest heavily on 1st & 2nd parties (family). As such, expect more and better exclusives on the PS3.

"Expect" is the importan word. Another for "just wait"? Besides, those exclusives are really interesting:

Gears 2, Banjo, Halo Wars, The Last Remnant (timed exclusive), Infinite Undescover, Star Ocean, Fable 2, Too Human etc.

6) The past shall set you free

The 360's present ( 2008 ) state in terms of exclusives and multiplats is less favorable to the PS3. With MGS4, GT5P, MLB: The Show, Siren: Blood Curse, Little Big Plannet, Resistance 2, Mortorstorm 2, etc., the PS3 has better exclusives this year. Multiplats, too, are better on the PS3 this year: Burnout Paradise,GTA4, DMC4, Soul Caliber 4, all look or play better on the PS3.

Prove?

The PS3 also has improved versions of Bioshock and Eternal Sonata.

One year later...

The future (2009 and beyond) also favor the PS3 as Sony invested heavily on 1st and 2nd party and developers have now learned to tame the PS3's power. Hence, hence when talking about power, games, install base, the 360 finds itself seeking glories in the past. Unfortunately, Xbox 360, the past can't set you free.

The same was said E3 2007, but still the 360 got a fantastic 2008.

My point? Sony is wiser than the Microsoft. My opinion? I think Microsoft has made too many unwise decisions that has not hurt the Xbox division this generation but also the next one as well.

And that's why they are ahead the PS3? (something that is not changing anytime soon, if we look the regular numbers).

Sihanouk