| couchmonkey said: All that said, I don't expect PS3 to surpass 360 in the next year or even two years. It may eventually, but MS will put up a much stronger fight on that front. It just hasn't had to try that hard so far because Sony screwed up so badly. |
It didn't try very hard against the Wii. What makes you think it will try very hard against the PS3? There is also the question of whether Microsoft can really compete with Sony in the console market. Sony did a nice job of breaking both of its own legs before leaving the gate with a console that cost upwards of $800 to manufacture, but they'll recover to some extent eventually as they can push this cost down (it will be a long, slow process and they'll be lucky to get it under $300 within 5 years).
There is, of course, profitability to consider. Sony is good at generating profit from its games division. Microsoft has never generated even a year of profit and is about 7 billion in debt. If they had to operate that division as a profit center, what would they be doing right now? Not competing, that's for sure. So even if they can compete for pure numbers, they have to turn that into profitability and compete while generating a profit. That will be much, much harder even when you lie outright to your customers telling them that all Microsoft published games will be $50.
