I don't want to start a huge "which console is best" because I like all of 'em. I'll even champion my Dreamcast if pushed :)
I'd like to talk business model. I think the disney download movies (ignore drive size for now) is a huge move and can't be overstated.
I am reminded of an anecdote from Ray Crock, the guy who started McDonalds: he was asked why his burgers were so popular, his reply "It's not about my hamburgers. Anyone at home could make a better burger than me. It's about the business I made to sell hamburgers."
It's not an exact quote the gist is there. I remember, back in the 90's Gates gave a speech on his vision of the PC in the home and he said he wanted every home to have a set top box for games, movies etc ... all running Windows. I think the Xbox is the first salvo in Microsoft's to own the living room and has been successful. As a business it is clearly far sighted and fraught with peril, but it seems that is their vision.
Nintendo's vision seems much narrower and who knows what Sony's vision is? Sony has had so many miss steps lately it's hard to watch. I worry for them.
I think the biggest coup in the war of consoles would be for one of them to land WOW.
The next 5 years is going to be VERY good for consumers. I mean in both MS's and Sony's case we are able to buy powerful HW at far less than what it actually cost to manufacture. Stupid for them, awesome for us.
As for Nintendo, I think they had the most boring show. They will still make gobs of money that the can take their Pokemon bank.
Allan
I'd like to talk business model. I think the disney download movies (ignore drive size for now) is a huge move and can't be overstated.
I am reminded of an anecdote from Ray Crock, the guy who started McDonalds: he was asked why his burgers were so popular, his reply "It's not about my hamburgers. Anyone at home could make a better burger than me. It's about the business I made to sell hamburgers."
It's not an exact quote the gist is there. I remember, back in the 90's Gates gave a speech on his vision of the PC in the home and he said he wanted every home to have a set top box for games, movies etc ... all running Windows. I think the Xbox is the first salvo in Microsoft's to own the living room and has been successful. As a business it is clearly far sighted and fraught with peril, but it seems that is their vision.
Nintendo's vision seems much narrower and who knows what Sony's vision is? Sony has had so many miss steps lately it's hard to watch. I worry for them.
I think the biggest coup in the war of consoles would be for one of them to land WOW.
The next 5 years is going to be VERY good for consumers. I mean in both MS's and Sony's case we are able to buy powerful HW at far less than what it actually cost to manufacture. Stupid for them, awesome for us.
As for Nintendo, I think they had the most boring show. They will still make gobs of money that the can take their Pokemon bank.
Allan