April 21, 2003
Xbox rationale
"Matthew":http://radio.weblogs.com/0103021/2003/04/20.html#a968 is wondering why I bought an Xbox instead of a Nintendo Gamecube or Sony PS2. Being a proper geek when it comes to gadgetery, I spent some thinking about this, but not too much. I own and have owned a decent array of MS peripherals, like gamepads, mouses and the like, and I must say the quality of these is generally good. Also, the Xbox fits in a larger strategy of an important and successful digital home entertainment provider, with some *real* knowledge about P2P networking, identity services and the like. Given the "success of broadband internet services in Belgium":http://www.strategyanalytics.com/press/PR00035.htm, I believe online console gaming will become big, and you need a company like MS to pull through. While they have been slow in adopting internetworking in their service offer, for sure they have much more experience already then Nintendo and Sony.
Besides, the advent of acquiring "DOA":http://www.tecmoinc.com/games/doax.asp surely appeals to me. ;-)