| obieslut said: but i think microsoft only entered this market to keep sony out of the living room and they seem to be doing an ok job of it. |
Surely they were doing it to enter the living room in the first place. M$ had no place there, they are a Opertating System maker and a software developer. If they expect to try and move in on an area where Sony (and other electronics companies) rules then they didn't think this through.
In my view, they've done a bad job at it. The Xbox was a failure, it lost billions and the only reason they are ahead now is because the 360 was released early but with faults. Major faults that meant 1 in 3 broke down from being 'used'. Nintendo's GameCube wasn't as successful as the PS2 but they still made money, and we all know what a overwhelming success the Wii has been.
Their only success has been Live which sadly is dependent on something that could fail.
I do however expect them to be back next time but again to be last out of the next generation between the Playstation 4, SuperWii and 720. Before they launch the 720 they need to test the hell out of it, this isn't a piece of software tha you can just shutdown and restart.
Answering these questions: Where will it go? will it fade? Will MS ever run out of money? Will they team up with ORANGE and make brighter future's for all of us?
Carry on with what it's doing, and adopt Blu-Ray as disc device. No. No but that's why it will still be there and the only reason, I'm surprised board members haven't had a go at the department yet for losing billions. I hope so.
Hmm, pie.
