Microsoft has Sony sweating

In recent news, we were told by ironstarmovement that Sony has Microsoft sweating and they couldn't find much to congratulate the software giant for accomplishing. GamesThirst believes that their opinion couldn't be further from the truth; in fact their piece is so far fetched that one must wonder what was going through the author's mind when he wrote the article. In all honesty, it's Microsoft who has Sony sweating tears as they try to keep up with the unexpected rise of the Xbox 360 and all the services offered on the console. And we're not just blowing hot air, we've listed a few of the reasons why Sony's playing second fiddle to the software giant.

1) They follow every move Xbox Live make ~

There's no arguing that Sony's doing all it can to keep up with the juggernaut that's Xbox Live, and it's so blatant not even the most avid PS3 fan could deny it. Almost every feature PSN has, Xbox Live had it first; and there's no end in sight.

2) Live Get's Facebook and Twitter,

Sony follows and soon will add Facebook and Twitter. The Xbox Live community has been enjoying cross-game-chat for years now, and what do you know? Sony will soon implement the ability via a firmware update.

3) Microsoft is the only reason PS3 owners have a cheaper and slimmer console so early this generation;

and it's because the Xbox 360 was giving the PS3 a good whipping week after week, month after month and year after year at retail all over the world. Truth be told, it's only this past September the hardware giant got its grove back. And I believe Sony would have kept the price of the PS3 at $399 for much longer if sales of their flagship console were not being choked by the Xbox 360.

4) Everyone who keeps a close eye on the gaming industry knows that Microsoft has outdone Sony by miles in the advertising deparment,

but guess who's doing a better job these days? Sony. "It only does everything," is the theme of their new ad campaign and without a doubt, it's the best I've seen in years; hec it's the best of seen ever, and that's saying a lot. Once again PS3 owners can thank Microsoft for keeping the pressure on Sony, in fact I'm beginning to wonder should I have given this article another title, more specifically: "PS3 owners should thank Microsoft for their many blessing." Because the more I think of it, the clearer it becomes that the very same fanboys who bash Microsoft unforgivingly are the very same ones who should be thanking the company. Think about it.

5) Sony pumps out exclusive after exclusive to keep their base happy because Microsoft keeps stealing all the third party games which once called the Playstation home,

which is yet another reason for PS3 owners to be grateful. There's no doubt in my mind that Sony has outdone Microsoft when it comes to exclusive games, and they had to; for most of this generation, the Xbox 360 had been cheaper than the PS3 and almost all the games that were available on Sony's black box could also be found on Microsoft's system. Sony had to answer, and answer they did and the results produced massive hits like Uncharted 1&2, inFamous, Resistance 1&2 just to name a few.

To conclude, I would like to note that I'm neither a PS3 nor Xbox 360 fanboy. By now judging from the news and articles we bring, you should know we cater to all gamers. Search through the site for yourself and you'll find what I'm saying is all true. But the recent article that claimed Sony has Microsoft sweating is just far off cue, hence our reply.

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11.17.09 Ernice Gilbert