I saw this following quote in an article today (the full article can be accessed herehttp://bit.ly/alvXxA). Speaking of the newly announced Xbox Live funcitonality that will come to Windows Phone 7 Series, Jason Chen of Gizmodo had this to say:
“Despite the potential, Microsoft’s fighting an uphill battle on roller skates. They’re two years late to a mobile games party that’s already been defined by a competitor—a competitor that has a product with a three-year headstart.”
All I want to say is this: Look at the Xbox. Like the mobile Xbox Live experience, the original Xbox arrived on the scene many years after there were already well-established industry leaders. In fact, I would argue that the Xbox itself had an even though battle than that facing the mobile experience. It came into the market in 2001, 7 years after the Playstaion 1 (1994) and 16 years after the original NES (1985), but has since become one of the most successful video game consoles out there. The fact that Apple is currently dominant in mobile gaming and has a 3 year head start is really nothing compared to this, and with the full force of the already incredibly well-developed Xbox Live network behind it, I have absolutely no doubt that this system will succeed as least as well as Apple’s mobile gaming has, if not more.
