Xbox 360 is suffering from a midlife crisis

According to Widipedia, "Midlife crisis is a term used in Western societies to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in the "middle years" of life, as a result of sensing the passing of youth and the imminence of old age."

What a perfect description of the 360's predicament. Xbox 360 is indeed in the "middle years" of its lifespan. And guess what?

1) Xbox 360 is experiencing serious self-doubt.

a) It knows it can't compete with the PS3 in producing the biggest and most advanced games. So it tries, as shown during E3, to be more casual friendly. Unfortunately, the 360 doesn't have the Wii's intuitive controls or the PS3's Blu-ray and free Online. Indeed, the self doubt continues.

2) Xbox 360 is sensing the passing of youth.

Remember when the 360 showed the arrogance of youth? When it was selling faster than the PS3? When its executives said Xbox 360 will beat the PS3 in worldwide install base? Well, according to the most recent NPD sales, Xbox 360 couldn't even outsell the PS3 despite a $50 price cut. This is probably the most pathetic price cut ever. When it comes to hardware sales the PS3 is running faster all over the world.

3) Xbox 360 is seeing the imminence of old age.

Remember when the 360 seemed so powerful that its multiplats and exlusives looked and played better than the PS3's? Well, old age has already arrived in 2008. It is no longer strong enough to play the next-generation movie format. Developers are complaining about its lack of Blu-ray or standard hard disk drives. As such, so far this year, it is the PS3 that has better multiplats and exclusives. And as games get bigger and more advanced, Xbox 360 only feels older and older.

And so, while Xbox 360 is suffering from a midlife crisis that doesn't seem to get any better, the PS3 is enjoying one hell of a year, with its mighty power mostly untapped.

Just bought my second 360.

Do enjoy it greatly.

Can't wait for the next OS update.

System is doing fine, my friend.

Just bought my second 360.

Do enjoy it greatly.

Can't wait for the next OS update.

System is doing fine, my friend.

Dreams-Visions

Yeah, I hear you. A lot of people love their gradfathers:)

you can rant all you want, but when people complain about something its usually because they are scared of itgamer-adam1

I am not scared of it. I am just enjoying rooting the for the winning team. How can I be scared of the 360 when it was humiliated in July (it sold horribly despite a $50 price cut)?

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

Just bought my second 360.

Do enjoy it greatly.

Can't wait for the next OS update.

System is doing fine, my friend.

Sihanouk

Yeah, I hear you. A lot of people love their gradfathers:)

wait i thought you said the 360 is suffering from mid life crisis

[QUOTE="Sihanouk"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

Just bought my second 360.

Do enjoy it greatly.

Can't wait for the next OS update.

System is doing fine, my friend.

ParadiddleFill

Yeah, I hear you. A lot of people love their gradfathers:)

wait i thought you said the 360 is suffering from mid life crisis

Yeah. A lot of people love their grandfathers. But most don't like to play with them.

What, you can't play consoles after they're a few years old?

Pssshhhh.

*looks over at his 13 year old console*

Wow, if your saying that the 360, (which is getting some superb games this year, the New Xbox Live Experience, some pretty good looking games to look forward to in '09) is in a mildlife crisis, then I feel for you.

The 360 is doing real good for a system that doesn't have blu ray in my book. Even though A dev said he wished the 360 supported blu ray, doesn't mean it's going downhill. Look at the Wii...It barely has anything the 360 has to offer and yet it's doing better than both the PS3 and 360...

I'm starting to get really annoyed with your anti-360 rants...seriously...

Do something different next time..

Wow, if your saying that the 360, (which is getting some superb games this year, the New Xbox Live Experience, some pretty good looking games to look forward to in '09) is in a mildlife crisis, then I feel for you.

The 360 is doing real good for a system that doesn't have blu ray in my book. Even though A dev said he wished the 360 supported blu ray, doesn't mean it's going downhill. Look at the Wii...It barely has anything the 360 has to offer and yet it's doing better than both the PS3 and 360...

I'm starting to get really annoyed with your anti-360 rants...seriously...

Do something different next time..

sargentbotk

Just admit it, dude. Xbox 360 is suffering from a midlife crisis. Sure, it can still do its job, but not as good as before. Remember last quarter when Microsoft lost almost $200 million on its gaming divsion? And now after a$50 price cut, and it is still outsold by the PS3? Wake up, it's a very sad day for Xbox 360. The signs of a midlife crises are crystal clear.

If midlife crisis is codename for "helluva game lineup" then I agree with you. Millennium_King

You can't keep living in the past. It's 2008 now. Xbox 360 has a poor lineup compared to the PS3 this year. And the future doesn't look any better.

Stop feeding the troll and he will go away.farrell2k

This man speaks the truth.

[QUOTE="Millennium_King"]If midlife crisis is codename for "helluva game lineup" then I agree with you. Sihanouk

You can't keep living in the past. It's 2008 now. Xbox 360 has a poor lineup compared to the PS3 this year. And the future doesn't look any better.

no it not it going strong and no sign of midlife crisis

[QUOTE="sargentbotk"]

Wow, if your saying that the 360, (which is getting some superb games this year, the New Xbox Live Experience, some pretty good looking games to look forward to in '09) is in a mildlife crisis, then I feel for you.

The 360 is doing real good for a system that doesn't have blu ray in my book. Even though A dev said he wished the 360 supported blu ray, doesn't mean it's going downhill. Look at the Wii...It barely has anything the 360 has to offer and yet it's doing better than both the PS3 and 360...

I'm starting to get really annoyed with your anti-360 rants...seriously...

Do something different next time..

Sihanouk

Just admit it, dude. Xbox 360 is suffering from a midlife crisis. Sure, it can still do its job, but not as good as before. Remember last quarter when Microsoft lost almost $200 million on its gaming divsion? And now after a$50 price cut, and it is still outsold by the PS3? Wake up, it's a very sad day for Xbox 360. The signs of a midlife crises are crystal clear.

I don't see any midlife crisis...Ms has been doing their job by bringing the best games possible. For a console that isn't recognized by 1 of the big 3, it's doing quite well.

How about you admit that you want every person to only own a PS3. That's basically what I get out of every thread of yours. Everyone has their own tastes in consoles and that's why each and everyone are selling well.

And if this was crystal clear, I'd see every cow, lem, sheep, hermit, reviewer, and analyst saying this rubbish your're trying to impose here...

[QUOTE="pyromaniac223"]Wow, Sihanouk is a machine! You just can't stop himxchiefmegadethx

I agree:)

He's a japanese toilet robot/machine

he spews crap all day!:cry:

Dude, quit the military if you don't like the war.

[QUOTE="Sihanouk"]

[QUOTE="Millennium_King"]If midlife crisis is codename for "helluva game lineup" then I agree with you. pyromaniac223

You can't keep living in the past. It's 2008 now. Xbox 360 has a poor lineup compared to the PS3 this year. And the future doesn't look any better.

Um, the TC wasn't talking about the PS3. He was talking about the 360. I'm buying a crapload of games for both consoles this Fall. Fanboy much?

[QUOTE="Millennium_King"]If midlife crisis is codename for "helluva game lineup" then I agree with you. Sihanouk

You can't keep living in the past. It's 2008 now. Xbox 360 has a poor lineup compared to the PS3 this year. And the future doesn't look any better.

Take off your sony propaganda glasses...

Cause you're not seeing reality

Ignorance is Bliss in your case

[QUOTE="Sihanouk"]

[QUOTE="Millennium_King"]If midlife crisis is codename for "helluva game lineup" then I agree with you. xchiefmegadethx

You can't keep living in the past. It's 2008 now. Xbox 360 has a poor lineup compared to the PS3 this year. And the future doesn't look any better.

Take off your sony propaganda glasses...

Cause you're not seeing reality

Ignorance is Bliss in your case

Can we all just sit back and watch everything unfold before us as it happens, instead of guessing what's going to happen and be proven wrong. (talking to both sides)?

[QUOTE="pyromaniac223"][QUOTE="Sihanouk"]

[QUOTE="Millennium_King"]If midlife crisis is codename for "helluva game lineup" then I agree with you. Millennium_King

You can't keep living in the past. It's 2008 now. Xbox 360 has a poor lineup compared to the PS3 this year. And the future doesn't look any better.

Um, the TC wasn't talking about the PS3. He was talking about the 360. I'm buying a crapload of games for both consoles this Fall. Fanboy much?

are you new to this fourm? EVERYONE here knows that hes always talking about the PS3

EDIT: better understand what i mean, he talks about how "great" the PS3 by saying how "bad" the 360 is, which in turns means hes also talking about the PS3

srry dnt mean to be rude to you.

[QUOTE="xchiefmegadethx"]

[QUOTE="pyromaniac223"]Wow, Sihanouk is a machine! You just can't stop himSihanouk

I agree:)

He's a japanese toilet robot/machine

he spews crap all day!:cry:

Dude, quit the military if you don't like the war.

Terrible Terrible come back!

At least google something:idea:for your sakes

[QUOTE="Sihanouk"][QUOTE="sargentbotk"]

Wow, if your saying that the 360, (which is getting some superb games this year, the New Xbox Live Experience, some pretty good looking games to look forward to in '09) is in a mildlife crisis, then I feel for you.

The 360 is doing real good for a system that doesn't have blu ray in my book. Even though A dev said he wished the 360 supported blu ray, doesn't mean it's going downhill. Look at the Wii...It barely has anything the 360 has to offer and yet it's doing better than both the PS3 and 360...

I'm starting to get really annoyed with your anti-360 rants...seriously...

Do something different next time..

sargentbotk

Just admit it, dude. Xbox 360 is suffering from a midlife crisis. Sure, it can still do its job, but not as good as before. Remember last quarter when Microsoft lost almost $200 million on its gaming divsion? And now after a$50 price cut, and it is still outsold by the PS3? Wake up, it's a very sad day for Xbox 360. The signs of a midlife crises are crystal clear.

I don't see any midlife crisis...Ms has been doing their job by bringing the best games possible. For a console that isn't recognized by 1 of the big 3, it's doing quite well.

How about you admit that you want every person to only own a PS3. That's basically what I get out of every thread of yours. Everyone has their own tastes in consoles and that's why each and everyone are selling well.

And if this was crystal clear, I'd see every cow, lem, sheep, hermit, reviewer, and analyst saying this rubbish your're trying to impose here...

Microsoft has been bringing the best games possible ON THE 360, which can't produce the biggest and most advanced games found on the PS3. I disagree with you that the 360 IS doing well. It DID well. Now, no. It lost money last quarter. Last month, it failed miserably after a $50 price cut. After 6-7 billions or so, the Xbox brand should have done a lot better.

No, I don't want everyoneto to only own the PS3. I want everyone to give the PS3 the credit it deserves. I am still reading in this forum that people still believe that the 360 is qually powerful as the PS3, that the 360 will mostly likely outsell the PS3, that the PS3 has no games, etc. Unfair.

What I wrote about the 360 might be mostly negative, but I do so in a reasonable manner within the scope of system wars. I am not saying the 360 will stop producing good games. I am saying those good games wont' be as big as advanced a the best PS3 games. You seem like a reasonable person. You ought to see that the 360 is in trouble, after a failed price cut and with the games getting bigger and more advanced, and with the 3 yr warranty starting to end this holiday.

comparing the 360 to a grandfather? Wow...the console has been out 3 years and has it's absolute best games ahead of it.

This is exactly why some people should not be allowed to create threads.

But I guess some people need to do anything and everything to justify their purchase...it's just sad to watch some people make such fools of themselves.

comparing the 360 to a grandfather? Wow...the console has been out 3 years and has it's absolute best games ahead of it.

This is exactly why some people should not be allowed to create threads.

But I guess some people need to do anything and everything to justify their purchase...it's just sad to watch some people make such fools of themselves.

bezaire2005

That's why I don't make threads, ""best to keep quiet and be thought to be a fool then to talk and prove it."":P

comparing the 360 to a grandfather? Wow...the console has been out 3 years and has it's absolute best games ahead of it.

This is exactly why some people should not be allowed to create threads.

But I guess some people need to do anything and everything to justify their purchase...it's just sad to watch some people make such fools of themselves.

bezaire2005

The entire thread is about Xbox 360 experiencing a midlife crisis. You missed the entire main idea. i am disappointed in you.

Stop feeding the troll and he will go away.farrell2k

well the xbox 360 software sales are still up there. once ps3 games are beating xbox360 software sales then thats when the cows can start talking. mgs4 isn't even on the top 10 charts despite just coming out in junejsmoke03

MGS 4 actually boosted PS3 sales. The same can't be said for GTA IV, Halo 3, Gears, etc.

[QUOTE="Millennium_King"][QUOTE="pyromaniac223"][QUOTE="Sihanouk"]

[QUOTE="Millennium_King"]If midlife crisis is codename for "helluva game lineup" then I agree with you. gamer-adam1

You can't keep living in the past. It's 2008 now. Xbox 360 has a poor lineup compared to the PS3 this year. And the future doesn't look any better.

Um, the TC wasn't talking about the PS3. He was talking about the 360. I'm buying a crapload of games for both consoles this Fall. Fanboy much?

are you new to this fourm? EVERYONE here knows that hes always talking about the PS3

EDIT: better understand what i mean, he talks about how "great" the PS3 by saying how "bad" the 360 is, which in turns means hes also talking about the PS3

srry dnt mean to be rude to you.

Hahaha, I read you loud and clear.

its just performing like any future last place finisher would. dreamcast is regarded highly, had some nice games. theres nothing wrong with coming in last, doesnt mean all the good games just dissapear, just means you were rooting for the wrong team. doesnt mean you cant enjoy the team, kinda like a clippers fanMandingo101

I think you made a good point. Being in this forum in like rooting for your team. The question is which team is winning?

[QUOTE="sargentbotk"][QUOTE="Sihanouk"][QUOTE="sargentbotk"]

Wow, if your saying that the 360, (which is getting some superb games this year, the New Xbox Live Experience, some pretty good looking games to look forward to in '09) is in a mildlife crisis, then I feel for you.

The 360 is doing real good for a system that doesn't have blu ray in my book. Even though A dev said he wished the 360 supported blu ray, doesn't mean it's going downhill. Look at the Wii...It barely has anything the 360 has to offer and yet it's doing better than both the PS3 and 360...

I'm starting to get really annoyed with your anti-360 rants...seriously...

Do something different next time..

Sihanouk

Just admit it, dude. Xbox 360 is suffering from a midlife crisis. Sure, it can still do its job, but not as good as before. Remember last quarter when Microsoft lost almost $200 million on its gaming divsion? And now after a$50 price cut, and it is still outsold by the PS3? Wake up, it's a very sad day for Xbox 360. The signs of a midlife crises are crystal clear.

I don't see any midlife crisis...Ms has been doing their job by bringing the best games possible. For a console that isn't recognized by 1 of the big 3, it's doing quite well.

How about you admit that you want every person to only own a PS3. That's basically what I get out of every thread of yours. Everyone has their own tastes in consoles and that's why each and everyone are selling well.

And if this was crystal clear, I'd see every cow, lem, sheep, hermit, reviewer, and analyst saying this rubbish your're trying to impose here...

Microsoft has been bringing the best games possible ON THE 360, which can't produce the biggest and most advanced games found on the PS3. I disagree with you that the 360 IS doing well. It DID well. Now, no. It lost money last quarter. Last month, it failed miserably after a $50 price cut. After 6-7 billions or so, the Xbox brand should have done a lot better.

No, I don't want everyoneto to only own the PS3. I want everyone to give the PS3 the credit it deserves. I am still reading in this forum that people still believe that the 360 is qually powerful as the PS3, that the 360 will mostly likely outsell the PS3, that the PS3 has no games, etc. Unfair.

What I wrote about the 360 might be mostly negative, but I do so in a reasonable manner within the scope of system wars. I am not saying the 360 will stop producing good games. I am saying those good games wont' be as big as advanced a the best PS3 games. You seem like a reasonable person. You ought to see that the 360 is in trouble, after a failed price cut and with the games getting bigger and more advanced, and with the 3 yr warranty starting to end this holiday.

Are you saying the 360 is in trouble because it's inferior to the PS3 tech wise? Or overall? I see what you mean when you say the 360 won't be able to see the light of the beautiful games the PS3 are recieving(MGS4 looks pretty darn good in motion. Disregard the screenies of jaggies...), but if you're also suggesting it's on the road to failure or something along those lines than you're mistaken.

Many people do not give the PS3 the credit it deserves because of the same reason people don't give the 360 the credit it deserves, which is: They don't have the system.

I don't know though. I kinda see where you're getting at. But it's not a big deal for Microsoft or the people considering on buying the 360(And the ones that only have a 360 now.) Most 360 owners should realize that the PS3 is showing progress and that it's on the verge of being a LITTLE bit superior than the 360 soon. But I'm sure they know that too and are just thinking the same thing as I am: It's not a big advantage over the 360.

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

Just bought my second 360.

Do enjoy it greatly.

Can't wait for the next OS update.

System is doing fine, my friend.

Sihanouk

Yeah, I hear you. A lot of people love their gradfathers:)

I would love my grandfather too if he had the best games.

[QUOTE="jsmoke03"]well the xbox 360 software sales are still up there. once ps3 games are beating xbox360 software sales then thats when the cows can start talking. mgs4 isn't even on the top 10 charts despite just coming out in junenVidiaGaMer

MGS 4 actually boosted PS3 sales. The same can't be said for GTA IV, Halo 3, Gears, etc.

that was in june. july didn't do much in selling itself so i don't think it did well selling ps3's. just stating observations

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="jsmoke03"]well the xbox 360 software sales are still up there. once ps3 games are beating xbox360 software sales then thats when the cows can start talking. mgs4 isn't even on the top 10 charts despite just coming out in junejsmoke03

MGS 4 actually boosted PS3 sales. The same can't be said for GTA IV, Halo 3, Gears, etc.

that was in june. july didn't do much in selling itself so i don't think it did well selling ps3's. just stating observations

[QUOTE="farrell2k"]Stop feeding the troll and he will go away.alwayspureblood

This man speaks the truth.

According to Widipedia, "Midlife crisis is a term used in Western societies to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in the "middle years" of life, as a result of sensing the passing of youth and the imminence of old age."

What a perfect description of the PS3's predicament. The PS3 is indeed in the "middle years" of its lifespan. And guess what?

1) Playstation 3 is experiencing serious self-doubt.

The PS3 knows that it wasn't good enough to justify it's original price tag...so what does it do? It has more SKU changes in one year than any other console...ever...just because Sony doesn't thave any faith in their console. They cut prices like mad, bundled games with their console, and they are still dead last in sales..even watching the Wii whiz right by them and leave Sony in the dust. Not to mention Sony claiming that they felt that backwards compatible was the core of what they believed they should offer, and than cutting it out of one of their sku's. Not to mention the failed attempt to try and convince their games that rumble wasn't necessary, only to annoyingly add it a year later. And as ps3 fanboys claim that games like FF13 can't be done on the 360, and than it jumps ship to the 360, it becomes obvious that the 360 can handle the best that the ps3 has to offer. So it tries to offer features such as Home and games such as LBP to be more casual friendly. Unfortunately, the PS3 doesn't have the Wii's intuitive controls or the xbox360's extensive online features, so instead of doing things their own way they make up "trophies", which is oddly familiar to "achievements". They have never produced an online exclusive that can hold a candle to Halo 3 in terms of online games played, and Metal Gear Solid didn't make half the splash that Halo 3 did...so it's pretty obvious that MS is making the games people care about. They have bluray, yet they are starting to integrate digital distribution because they are realizing that MS has it right. Indeed, the self doubt continues.

2) PS3 is sensing the passing of youth.

Remember when the PS3 showed the arrogance of youth? When Sony set a rediculous price tag thinking that everyone was going to go out and buy it just because it was "sony", than they came out with their tail between their legs and practically begged people to buy their consoles by cutting prices in the same year? When they went an agonizing amount of time without a PS3 AAA exclusive...and tried to pass off mediocre games such as Resistance as being better than they really are, just because there really was nothing else to play? When they watched games like Heavenly Sword, Lair, Uncharted, and Ratchet and Clank flop right before their eyes? The PS3 hasn't passed the 360 in sales, despite multiple price cuts and the so called "superior technology", let alone free online. They have tried ever move in the book yet they still have failed to close the gap and pass them like the Wii did. The PS2 sold like hot-cakes, I guess Sony has just passed it's youth.

3) PS3 is seeing the imminence of old age.

Remember when the 360 seemed so powerful that its multiplats and exlusives looked and played better than the PS3's? Well, old age has already arrived in 2008. They still do. Developers are complaining that the PS3 is difficult to develop for. As such, so far this year, gamespot has already done an update to their multiplat comparison, and the xbox360 was given the advantage yet again. And as games get bigger and more advanced, it becomes more and more obvious that the 360 has the upperhand.

And so, while PS3 is suffering from a midlife crisis that doesn't seem to get any better, the 360 is enjoying one hell of a year, with it's best games still ahead.

Wow, Sihanouk is a machine! You just can't stop himpyromaniac223

how is he not banned?

[QUOTE="bezaire2005"]

comparing the 360 to a grandfather? Wow...the console has been out 3 years and has it's absolute best games ahead of it.

This is exactly why some people should not be allowed to create threads.

But I guess some people need to do anything and everything to justify their purchase...it's just sad to watch some people make such fools of themselves.

Sihanouk

The entire thread is about Xbox 360 experiencing a midlife crisis. You missed the entire main idea. i am disappointed in you.

You make threads like this and you are disappointed in me?

Microsoft has been bringing the best games possible ON THE 360, which can't produce the biggest and most advanced games found on the PS3. I disagree with you that the 360 IS doing well. It DID well. Now, no. It lost money last quarter. Last month, it failed miserably after a $50 price cut. After 6-7 billions or so, the Xbox brand should have done a lot better.

No, I don't want everyoneto to only own the PS3. I want everyone to give the PS3 the credit it deserves. I am still reading in this forum that people still believe that the 360 is qually powerful as the PS3, that the 360 will mostly likely outsell the PS3, that the PS3 has no games, etc. Unfair.

What I wrote about the 360 might be mostly negative, but I do so in a reasonable manner within the scope of system wars. I am not saying the 360 will stop producing good games. I am saying those good games wont' be as big as advanced a the best PS3 games. You seem like a reasonable person. You ought to see that the 360 is in trouble, after a failed price cut and with the games getting bigger and more advanced, and with the 3 yr warranty starting to end this holiday.

Sihanouk

links? losing money last quarter. oh, and you are still a troll that should be banned.