How Microsoft's strategy is failing

[Darc Requiem]

TheBigFatJ said:

papflesje said:
I'm afraid you're ignoring the massive games still coming (GeOW2 and Fable2 WILL sell).

And the PS3 is indeed up compared to last year, but let's admit it, they were doing LOUSY last year, so it's no surprise that they've stepped up a gear right now.

I wonder what MS will do to keep up with the PS3, but they haven't done as badly as some may believe (although I do think they have to step it up as well).

But Gears of War 2 is just a sequel to another FPS game.  It was the one that really introduced a good, solid cover system, but that's not an MS innovation and the game looks to be nothing more than a good, solid sequel.  Bringing those along is expected behavior, not innovation.  Every company will do that.

I agree that MS has done well overall.  There are a lot of bright spots.  But it looks like they're starting to lose grip as Sony gains some traction in the market.  And while Sony has a lot of interesting products in the pipeline compared to Microsoft, most of them still haven't materialized and yet Sony is still beating MS in its only very successful territory.

nice analysis but too much ms bashing

What in particular do you think is bashing?  I don't intend to bash Microsoft, but I am trying to take a critical look at their strategies because /something/ isn't going all that well for them.

 

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