Don´t cry for Microsoft just yet.

[NightDragon83]

Dr.Grass said:

DirtyP2002 said:

Dr.Grass said:
Don't give a shit about their profits. As long as everyone can agree that the bone loses as a games console then it's fine.

(of course they can still turn around that ship)

 

I think this is one of the main reason people talk about this DRM stuff this much - there is not much left to hate on.

How about how they abandon their consoles at the end of their lifespans?

Kinda like Nintendo did with all three of their previous consoles?  of course, the N64 and GC were on their last legs entering their 5th year on the market respectively, but even the Wii which is now their best selling console of all time had the plug pulled on it more than a year before its successor even arrived, and that along with the cumbersome launch of the Wii U has killed off all momentum that Nintendo had built up over last gen.

M$ pulling the plug on the original Xbox was a strategic move on their part to get as many Xbox gamers as possible to become early adopters of the 360, and it paid off in spades for them.  The original Xbox was pretty much dead at the end of '05 anyway... no major games were coming out for it with the exception of the typical yearly multiplatform titles.