MS could theoretically sell off the XBox franchise to another company for 4-6 Billion dollars, not an inconsiderable sum considering the damn thing never seems to make any money. I think MS is a bad home for a console, as they focus on software and business solutions and a console is a combined hardware/software entertainment market.
The question is, who would buy it?
I could see either another big entertainment conglomerate like Time Warner wanting to get into the game, although it might be a bad financial move.
Rumor has it that EA wants to get into the console business, but seeing as how their business is apparently predicated on the PS3 this might be a bad choice.
Of course, the crazy move is Sony buying up the franchise, then killing the franchise and giving everyone with a 360 a hundred dollar gift certificate for a brand new PS3, now with Resistance 2 AND Gears of War 2. I just don't know if sony has 6 billion they're willing to spend on the endevour.
Wii has more 20 million sellers than PS3 has 5 million sellers.
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