The Romance of the Three Consoles

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Mister Alucard will just buy all 3 of them, but recently this found it's way to mister Alucard his ear:

Wii looks VERY promising, especially since it is getting it's own Resident Evil title again !! (Remember how spectaculer the Resident Evil on Game Cube was ? ^^)

Xbox never really caught up with me, the first Xbox is cold, it does not have a heart and does not feel good, the controller is way to huge and has to many buttons on it.
But Xbox 360 (yes already have one) is much better than it's previous version.
The game titles released on it are good so far, to get it online can be a pain as you need to update games and stuff sometimes (and ofcourse those updates arn't there yet and so on)..

PS III, good old Playstation, we have 2 of each version, so this one will be bought aswell ^^
No matter how much better or worse it is compared to any other console, it will be bought anyway !



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It is off-topic if you look at this thread about those 3 consoles, but mister Alucard has never seen or heard of this one before.

The Phantom Game Console
Its developer, Infinium Labs, promises it will be the "must-have high performance game console," and that the Phantom will provide "more access to more games of every genre than any competing product," all "with blazing speed."

Six months ago, it was only a rumor among hardcore gamers. In fact, it seemed Phantom was, as the American Heritage dictionary put it, "an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion."

The juiciest rumor was that there never would be a console called Phantom. The conspiracy theory went that the whole thing was a hoax, concocted as a PR stunt.

The "unveiling" hasn't seemed to quash those rumors.

The console's specs do sound dreamy. The company's Web site says Phantom's standard components will include "the highest performance nVidia video card," "the highest performance Intel motherboard," and a Windows XP operating system. But I couldn't help feeling haunted by the fact that I was missing the key to unlock Phantom. And it had to do with the fact that the box had lots of connectivity ports... and no CD-ROM drive.

Anyone know anything about it ?

Regards
Mister Alucard the vague forum junky
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No way I'm even considering PS3 until MGS4 or Suikoden VI come out. And I really doubt that the 360 will have enough of the sort of games that appeal to me to justify the cost, even though it seems Microsoft has been doing a slightly better job at getting Japanese support. I like the general idea of what Nintendo's trying to do with the Wii but there's not much info in terms of actual games yet. My interest in gaming in general isn't super high these days (not that I don't love playing games, I've just become more picky), so I'm in no rush to head into the next generation anyway. My current consoles are more than good enough for now.

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I see Sony still being on top after a few years have passed and the market has adapted to the three new consoles. But the large 70 percent marketshare Sony has enjoyed the last 5-7 years will have eroded due to the fact that both the 360 and the Wii will sell well. People who seem to dismiss the 360 seem to Sony-centric in their mindset so there will be no convincing them about any successes the 360 will have. Comparing the release of the 360 to the Sega Dreamcast is ignorant at best and fanboyism at its worst.

For one, Microsoft has the financial reserves (larger than both Sony and Nintendo combined) to continue chipping away at the market until the general consumer base ends up used to seeing Microsoft as one of the gaming industry's leaders. Also, by releasing one year earlier they've allowed developers to get a chance to play around with the 360 Dev Kit and time to really utilize the Xbox Live and its Marketplace system. Microsoft has less to lose in terms of marketshare and visibility than Sony does. Already, Sony has had problems about the PS3 even before it's gone to production. This is surprising since for a company with a large share of the market it's missteps seem to be due to hubris about being the top dog in the industry.

Sony will continue to sell their consoles well and I predict the PS3 can and will sell millions within the first year, but the 360 has established itself with gamers (though Sony ones will never admit it) that its a viable nextgen console. Talk of the 360 not having a Blu-Ray and only releasing an HD-DVD component as an option seem to be one thing detractors like to point out. I, for one, am not convinced that either Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be accepted as a viable new digital-storage format over the current DVD-9 discs anytime soon. I know people will bring up the fact that DVD really took off when Sony released the PS2, but it also showed that using a gaming console to play movie dvds will lead to quicker breakdowns of the system and even scratching the dvds themselves.

Nintendo's Wii will bring the Big N back to respectability in the console arena, but their strategy to forgo creating a nextgen HD system for something different will gain them marketshare from consumers who are not willing to spend over 300 for a new system and one that has a much more kid-friendly reputation.

In the end, I see the gaming marketshare 5-6 years from now looking like this: 40% PS3, 35% Xbox 360 and 25% Wii. Give or take 1-2 points.
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