It’s been just a week since Microsoft executive Shane Kim remarked to VentureBeat that his company believes the Xbox 360 has a 10-year lifecycle (thanks in large part to whatever Project Natal will eventually turn into). And yet today, we’re hearing something quite different from a major third-party player. Now, far be it from me to pontificate on the technological potentiality of the 360 over the next several years, so I’ll let senior vice president of EA Games Europe, Patrick Soderlund, do it for me.
During an E3 2009 interview, Soderlund told Official Xbox Magazine:
Rah! Rah! Flame bait! Flame bait! Yeah, I get it. Soderlund also said that the 360 is his favorite console, and that, “If I was Sony, I would have a headache,” so simmer down people. And just because Soderlund believes the 360’s technology can’t be pushed any more (which is a major accusation that would require hard data to prove, which Soderlund does not provide) doesn’t preclude the 360 from being capable of churning out quality titles for years to come, as shown by the perennial success of Sony's second console offering, the PlayStation 2.
But enough of my ramblings, what do you think about the Xbox 360 apparently topping out in its just its fourth year on the market?
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KharismaKid
@ l33t 360
Dead Space, Rock Band, Fight Night Round 3, Mirrors Edge & Burnout Paradise all run better on PS3. Need for Speed, SKATE & almost every sports game gets the shaft when it comes to PS3.
YoureSoFunny
360 maxed out b/c it's been around longer hahaha or b/c they don't wait to max out they give you all you need!!!.......as for the PS3 I just wish they can hurry it up with chats across games!!!
Osamabama
Video games are gay.
RedRingshelved
@Infamous_Bizarro Happy Birthday GUY! You like my statement about the xbox360 being maxed out? The thing about that is also this is the third installment that is going to released on the xbox360! Gran Turismo 5 is the first full installment being released on the Playstation 3! Gran Turismo 5 makes Forza motorsport 3 look like 8-bit!
tlevel5
EA continues to be the biggest joke in the gaming industry
raziel_hell
Infamous_Bizarro@ GT dates back to ps1. You are one of the first to start crying about head starts
IcemanMX
The Xbox 360 will last for more than four years.
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N8R
@Bizarro
I figured that making you laugh might be the best actual present I could give you considering the circumstances.
lyoko2
yes sony won e3 with there magical wand and psps games :/
SouthernCDogg
They wanna create some buzz because they're fallin' off.
Infamous_Bizarro
@x_nation
thanks man
@N8R
thanks, and lol, that's messed up! a blind attack!! grrrr haha
Infamous_Bizarro
@raziel_hell
Forza series sold 5 million COMBINED
GT Series Selling over 50 Million COMBINED.
before you try to make a excuse of saying there are more GT's than Forza
well here is my comeback. GT ONE sold 10 million, GT2 sold 10 million, GT3 sold 14 million i think I proved my point.
well how are they playing catch up? on something they own any racing game on
lyoko2
sony fanboys its ea, EA for pete sake there not hideo kojima ,there not bioware THERE EA.
N8R
@Bizarro
Happy Birthday, dude. I got a present for ya?
*Opens box and it's full of bees. Then I hit you with a superkick, and my theme music starts playing as your lay lifelessly helpless to the swarms of bees stinging you*
down311
"Look at Forza Motorsport 3 and compare that to Sony's Gran Turismo 5! Yea I would say the xbox 360 is maxed out! LOL! Go Sony and all your awesome exclusives show off that raw power of the Playstation 3!
Funny, at E3, the GT developers went into the Forza demo, they took tons of notes and pictures. That's the first time they have ever aknoledged another racing game and that was quite the statement for Forza.
LameFace
ps2 came out with a lot of awesome games after it was "maxed out" so it's not like this should be a huge deal. but i do think sony is starting to hit their stride but the only way convert some xbox ppl would be to have more 1st party exclusives and to lower the price... but i expect consoles to last for eight to ten years now, but thats just me
ddf
well cod mw2 look better the killzone2 10 time lost planes2 look crazy so the p3 still cant supass the 360 on graphics
Tmidiman
@ DVDajoobs
That's a very good thing that the PS3 is finally get momentum. Maybe if people can be happier about their purchase they won't feel the need to try to convince others how great it is.
x_nation
This whole flame nonsense with these companies is old, it has lost it's luster (for me at least). It has turned into the same shyt different day. If it isn't a negative discussion about the PS3 it's about the 360... EA grow up.
@ Infamous_Bizarro
Happy Birthday.
Infamous_Bizarro
@l33t
lol nice try nice try. but anyways what you think of the new iPhone? i'm gonna get it..
btw told you Sony won E3
http://www.strategyinformer. com/editorials/4517/e3-2009-wh y-sony-won
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