sieanr on 07 October 2007
konnichiwa said:
Since I put that sentence in my sig I already got two friend requests XD. |
I also agree that this was Nintendos last shot, although they were making a tidy profit in the GC gen. Bigger companies, like Sony and Microsoft will leave when they stop making money or when its too expensive to fund consoles for their alterior motives.
Personally, I see Sony as more likely to leave at this point than MS. They've had recent personel shakeups to try and reform the company and start making profits in other divisions. The gaming division, a once dependable cash cow is now a liability and a source of bad PR (especially for stockholders). I do think that they'll try one last shot if the PS3 bombs (relative to former successes), but it will be an attempt at a reinvention of the brand - to a degree this is already happening with the new managment at SCE.
MS has plenty of other reasons for giving gaming a shot, and some seem to be paying off nice dividens (movies/tv marketplace for one). Shareholders may not like the division losing soo much money, but with the profit from Word and OSes its not nearly as bad. MS is already doing far better this gen than last, and they aren't one to give up after two failed attempts. For all the companies faults, they are tenacious and determined to finish something once they start it and wont be satisfied until the Xbox brand has accomplished their goals.
Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?
ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all.
"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away"
