Will Microsoft target Nintendo in the next generation?

[Lord N]

Khuutra said:
No.

Microsoft's whole purpose for getting into the gaming business was to keep the Playstation from taking over the living room because it was a threat to the Windows platform - the PS3 was one more step towards being a PC replacement, after all.

The Wii is about as threatening to Windows as cable television is.

 

 

 

Now that Sony's(and Microsoft's) convergence plans have been been rejected by the market and Nintendo isn't a threat, then there isn't really a reason for the Xbox to exist anymore, now is there?

If that's the case, then Microsoft should just devote it's resources back into the areas in which it actually performs decently on a consisten basis, operating systems and office tools.