Reasonable on 27 August 2008
Nothing is out of the question of course... but the scenario you paint is pretty unlikely. While short term it might get the SW developers a tonne of money in the end it would likely harm them.
MS ability to 'buy' market decreases the further you go from US in most cases - due to lack of market penetration plus the fact many non US cultures see this sort of approach as essentially unfair competition and it would only gain MS negative brand perception.
They might push ahead anyhow - but likely they'd just hand Nintendo the next generation as well as this one if they did.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
