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Travis's avatar

I think Xbox needs to start thinking like a developer, not a publisher, if they want to keep the engine steering in the right course. These guys constantly use the excuse that they have a trillion-dollar company backing to get away with almost anything now. Playing ‘house clean-up’ all the time isn’t going to work for everyone.

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Zack Goodwin's avatar

Ngl, it's kinda funny reading this, when I have a pretty good idea how the next review is going to go. But I'll hold off on talking about all that for now. I think one thing the 360 did right is that it was COOL. More so than the PS3. So much more (obviously) than the Wii. Microsoft's marketing division really hit the bullseye with that name. It just has a ring to it.

When this generation got started, HDTV was still new, and it would be years before I could experience it. Once I did, though, omg, Microsoft and Sony betting on it as the future made sense. I will never forget playing Mass Effect 1 in glorious 1080p on my roommate's 40" screen. Also Mirror's Edge. (I was not a shooter fan, so I barely cared about Halo). Those games will always live on as shining stars in my memory as unforgettable experiences that really showed what all the fuss about power was about.

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