Can Microsoft afford another price cut??? erm NO

[Sardauk]

The Fury said:

Sardauk said:

The Fury said:

c0rd said:

The Fury said:

Sardauk said:

Even then, Sony has something out of those technologies, Blu-Ray, if this is Sony's last game console gen then they can be in the knowledge that Blu-ray succeeded in the HD market. What does M$ have?

 

M$ wouldn't have gained anything directly, however you can say they've destroyed (or at least weakened) the Playstation brand . Many believe the threat of Sony's PS cutting into Microsoft is the reason they got into console gaming in the first place.

Now, I'm just confused. In what way was Playstation ever threat to M$?

 

 

 

... or did I mistake what you were getting at?

 

 

 

 

No no, you right about it, that is some very good input. Don't get me wrong about iTunes, it was an example of business model, not technology.

I don't think it is digital equivalent, it is just another way of making money  (in the end, that is the goal of every company). The Bluray technology is truly an evolution ... but isn't it too late already ? The XBOX remains first a gaming plateform linked to online content... but that trojan dream in the living room... I don't know ... 

What I'm saying is that I believe the classic console/distribution mode is dead. The console is the vector not the center of the system. Edit, distribute a cd (while all the commercial intermediates)... this is almost dead (a bit like the CD market). 

If everybody had a huge HD on the console and a globalized distribution market on the internet (a bit like Valves is doing with SteamEngine)... who needs BlueRay ? We will reach this situation in the coming year, storage is less and less expensive while internet connection are going at very fast speed. 

It is all about services (XBLA/PSN), not media .. I think ...