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<blockquote data-quote="TwistedBishop" data-source="post: 2680491" data-attributes="member: 12503">Regarding the Xbox games on PC, that's one area Microsoft is really hurting itself.&nbsp; For Nintendo and Playstation you're usually able to point to A-list titles and say &quot;that's why you need the system&quot;.&nbsp; For Xbox the standard answer is &quot;but they're also on PC&quot;.&nbsp; I used to think that it was just an oversight, and they didn't realize how a severe lack of exclusive titles made it hard to sell people on the system.&nbsp; Then I started reading interviews where they say it's intentional, games appearing on the PC as well as Xbox, in order to give the player more choices.&nbsp; It does, sure, but it also makes the console's sales a lot weaker.&nbsp; I personally can't stand playing anything but a MMORPG on the PC, however most people don't have that particular hang-up.&nbsp; The choice of $150 for an Xbox to play Fable, or $0 and just use your PC, isn't very likely to result in console sales.&nbsp; And that's not even talking about the $400 Xbox360.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwistedBishop, post: 2680491, member: 12503"] Regarding the Xbox games on PC, that's one area Microsoft is really hurting itself. For Nintendo and Playstation you're usually able to point to A-list titles and say "that's why you need the system". For Xbox the standard answer is "but they're also on PC". I used to think that it was just an oversight, and they didn't realize how a severe lack of exclusive titles made it hard to sell people on the system. Then I started reading interviews where they say it's intentional, games appearing on the PC as well as Xbox, in order to give the player more choices. It does, sure, but it also makes the console's sales a lot weaker. I personally can't stand playing anything but a MMORPG on the PC, however most people don't have that particular hang-up. The choice of $150 for an Xbox to play Fable, or $0 and just use your PC, isn't very likely to result in console sales. And that's not even talking about the $400 Xbox360. [/QUOTE]

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