| rhisc said: MS has been closing its studios. It seems that this generation their plan is to get 3rd party developers to make games for Microsoft IPs like Crackdown, N3, Lost Odyssey, IU, etc. Seems to be more cost effective than operating their own studios. Problem is the consistency of the products. If another Crackdown is made from a developer other than Realtime Worlds it could totally kill the franchise. I found a list of MS trademarks. The video game IP's are pretty interesting.
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It's more cost-effective to focus on internal development. One of the reasons Nintendo was able to turn a consistent profit after losing nearly all third-party support is because of its first and second party titles. Outside of Halo, MS doesn't have anything that impressive in this department.
The 360 simply isn't selling well enough throughout the year to warrant the kind of third-party support that MS is seeking and needs in order to make a profit. The PS1 and PS2 managed to get it, but their sales and install bases were enough to achieve it. The 360 doesn't have this.
Consoles owned: Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, PSP, DS, PS3
