Spot on dude, u r old enough to see a few generations of fanboys war.
Remember the good old days,
i got into fistfight with friends because they said Neo Geo CD will lost the console war.

Oh yea, Neo Geo CD lost the war to SNES,
and i cried for months wondering why my graphic power house NGCD will lose out to SNES with low tech graphic & primitive sounds & babies games.
I am so stupid, i think SNES is for sissy man that can't play KOF 94,
I am such a SNK fanboy back in those days

Sounds familar?
History is repeating itself in this forum.

When PS fanboys screw the Wii,
they label it "last-gen graphic" while ignoring the fact that they have great games.
Keep quacking that Wii is a fad, and it sold because Shigeru cast some voodoo spell on the machines.

Let me rephrase what u've said, shall we:
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Yes, the Wii does not bring FMV quality in real time, but the machine is still succesfull. IT seems that u based the Wii on its grpahic power, not those great games like Super Mario Galaxy and No More Heroes that was released on the system. Even how dull the the graphic was, the core thing about gaming machines is about the gameplay.

Why some of us still favour playing SNES? Because great gameplay can be found in the games that were released on that system.

Im just giving opinions, im not stating facts.
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I seriously hope you've never ridicule the Wii using "low tech graphic" argument, cause it seems like PS fans love to use this garbage to justify their "Ostrich-head-in-the-sand" kind of despise on Wii success.

@ Thrust - Your argument made sense and logical, u r a civilised fanboy Not like some fanboys that yell homophobic or degrading words on the "other camp".

I really dun mind where those exclusive goes to, i can't buy all of them anyway. However.... I got a 360 instead of PS3, due to impulse buying, no other reasons. I might get a PS3 when the impulse hit me during my payday.

@ Gundamalpha - Dude i dun agree. The war is over, and the ranking is done. MS as a company is much more savvy and aggressive, they are not like SEGA during Saturn/Dreamcast days. MS has so much at stake, they are trying very hard to sustain their momentum.

Although profitable, MS Empire is under attack. MS have lost the Yahoo bid, Google/IBM is attacking their Office hegemony, Cloud computing is rendering OS unimportant..... MS will need another viable earning source, which currently look like XBOX business is the answer. Honestly, looking at MS and SONY management track record, I would think MS management has what it takes to secure 2nd place, and make decent profit. SONY need a new CEO, period.

Sony's Second-Quarter Net Profit Falls 72% as Yen Strengthens
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=new...id=a44.L1nn9O8w

It doesn't matter who has the best technology really, the strategy & MGMT quality of the company matter the most. look at history:
Window 95 VS OS/2 - OS/2 is better, but the old IBM screwed at everything.
N64 VS PS1 - N64 has better specs, but Nintendo lost to the new kid on the block. (Oh, GameCube VS PS2 as well)
Concorde VS Boeing 747 - Concorde is supersonic! UK + France airlines were forced to buy Concorde, no other airline give a shit.
VHS VS Betamax - Betamax is the pro! But the common man just love their porn better on VHS.
................................ etc etc

This post has been edited by neogeocdz: Nov 2 2008, 06:22 PM

Entirely possible. If Howard Stringer step down ASAP.

Just hope that the competition continue to be really really fierce.
It can only be good for us - Customers.

At the meantime, by virtue of my profession. I truly hope that SONY CEO Howard Stringer should seriously step down.
Since the took over the helm (is it 2005?), SONY has continued its' downward spiral,
now even the jewel of SONY - PlayStation brand, has some what lost the shine it once enjoy.
Go Howard Go! Your shareholders, bond holders, lenders, bankers, customers, suppliers.... HATE YOU!
Go back to your UK mansion, play polo, have afternoon tea with the Queen, read your shakespeare whatever.

Going into PS4, should SONY wants to take back the crown they will have to be very very innovative.
Tech Spec is important, but still secondary to innovation.
Think of Nintendo, Apple Inc, Google, Starbucks.... Innovation makes them tons of profit.
DS & Wii are the best example, the game industry was transformed and money were made.
SONY have to make PS4 that is something so genius, and so desireable, and affordable, to win the competition.
Just like how they did it with Walkman.

Look at SONY, oh poor SONY. Walkman is not nearly as loved as iPod now.
Playstation has lost to Wii & 360.
Bravia? UMD? Memory Stick? Vaio?.... sexy, but not enough to kill LG Samsung Panasonic Apple....
Imagine, if Steve Jobs became SONY CEO.

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Added on November 2, 2008, 9:24 pm very powerless indeed, u r a 3DO fanboy!
My Neo Geo CD is better than your 3DO !

This post has been edited by neogeocdz: Nov 2 2008, 09:24 PM

Hey dude, I am very surprise too....
and also very glad.
Every reply is well thought, civilized, and very informative.
I have great time reading everyone's view.