Colin:
> In all, the hardware in all of them is fairly comparable, with
> the PS2 and X-Box above the GC.... but the X-Box isn't really
> any better than the PS2 with it's dual processors... so really,
> it's gonna come down to games.  And that means it's gonna come
> down to developers, and who wants to develop for who.

    MS has a lot of support from the PC side (or maybe they just bought them
all).

    Americans can make some pretty good games, believe it or not.  :)

> Nintendo will always have it's niche.  I think the real battle
> will be between the industry leader, Sony, and the newcomer,
> Microsoft.  Sony has already gotten a bit of bad comments about
> the difficulties of developing for the PS2, so I guess time
> will tell.

    Programmers don't care about how hard something is to develop if it
makes them good money.  For the ease of development to really matter, the
competitors have to be within striking range of PS2.  You're not going to
turn down money just because it's hard to code.

> My guess is still that Sony will come out on top.  Lots of
> computer geeks have a distrust of all things Microsoft, and I
> think you'll see that factor into sales.

    I doubt that's going to be a significant factor consider how big the
video game market is.

    But Sony has a huge lead that's hard to overcome for anyone if they
don't screw up.


Don