Microsoft lost me as a customer when my friends started having Red Ring of Death Problems. They lost a few of my friends also wanting to purchase the Xbox 360. We wanted to do XBL together and drop the ever changing hardware of PC to keep up with the latest FPS games. We were willing to give up the keyboard and mouse but RRoD is just bad mojo. Then the PS3 came out and pushed the market forward with technical specifications. Sure the Xbox 360 and PS3 can output very similar graphics and be nearly identical on DVD9 sized games but you cannot deny the proof that HD storage is pushing forward.
Microsoft can offer BR drives all they want but when I look at the Xbox 360 all I see is a library of games today by today's standard. I've gone the entire lifespan of the 360 without those titles and I don't miss them. What I am interested in are new titles which the PS3 will be having. I could care less if they were on BOTH system. The PS3 is generally better overall as a system and its library of games coming for the next 8 months is simply amazing and they are not having to compromise in textures or audio.
The 360 looks to have about a year left in it before they have to make hard disk concessions at the sales market. I would not doubt we will see 200+ gb drivers being released for the xbox so you can play next gen titles. That in turn with BR to get the media center features out of the 360. Why subject myself to that? I just bought a PS3 and I can go out an purchase a 250g 5400 RPM drive if I ever need to increase storage and it will be far cheaper than anything Microsoft is willing to do, probably ever, and I still have the 50g cap on the BR to chew through. 360 will probably get to the point where you can only have up to 4 premium titles on your HD at any given time and probably need 4 DVD9 disks to install through before you can even play. Just not interested in that.
Microsoft will have to bank on exclusives and XBL to push their sales once PS3 comes into its own. This will ensure they have good market position but it won't be so comfortable that Sony won't enjoy their place either.
Microsoft can offer BR drives all they want but when I look at the Xbox 360 all I see is a library of games today by today's standard. I've gone the entire lifespan of the 360 without those titles and I don't miss them. What I am interested in are new titles which the PS3 will be having. I could care less if they were on BOTH system. The PS3 is generally better overall as a system and its library of games coming for the next 8 months is simply amazing and they are not having to compromise in textures or audio.
The 360 looks to have about a year left in it before they have to make hard disk concessions at the sales market. I would not doubt we will see 200+ gb drivers being released for the xbox so you can play next gen titles. That in turn with BR to get the media center features out of the 360. Why subject myself to that? I just bought a PS3 and I can go out an purchase a 250g 5400 RPM drive if I ever need to increase storage and it will be far cheaper than anything Microsoft is willing to do, probably ever, and I still have the 50g cap on the BR to chew through. 360 will probably get to the point where you can only have up to 4 premium titles on your HD at any given time and probably need 4 DVD9 disks to install through before you can even play. Just not interested in that.
Microsoft will have to bank on exclusives and XBL to push their sales once PS3 comes into its own. This will ensure they have good market position but it won't be so comfortable that Sony won't enjoy their place either.
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