If MS doesn't come 1st next gen or the gen after , should they pull out ?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

skiptomylou41k said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:
As MS targeting Nintendo after Sony is KO, or at least not dangerous anymore, isn't a remote eventuality, maybe Nintendo should hit first, targeting MS when it's still fighting Sony...

was the gaming industry always this viscious. I remember people only cared about playing the games and no one was attacking each other about the systems. My friends all had their preferences, some liked the nintendo games, others prefered sony games, and a lot loved the dreamcast when it came it. Each system had its own draw and people enjoyed what they had. I never remembered people attacking each other until the past 2 gen when microsoft entered the market. Maybe its just because the internet wasn't as prevalent then. I don't know.

This is true, but in this particular case the issue is not the now usual "console war", but MS considering blasphemous and deserving to be stoned to death whoever tries to "steal" the "living room hub" that MS considers belonging to its products by some sort of divine right. A simple competition amongst consoles could become harsh, but the fight wouldn't reach the goriness we see when MS feels its cash cows are threatened. And I fear this time MS will have to fight dirtier than ever, as Office is declining and Windows, despite not being threatened by PS3 right now, could be attacked even stronger by Nintendo. The only thing saving MS is that Nintendo gives priority to its core business and won't release a Wii2 with enough RAM and mass storage ahead of schedule just to shatter Windows' Media Hub ambitions. But when Wii2 is released, there won't be mercy for MS, if Nintendo will be able to provide what's needed to make Wii2 become a media hub keeping it profitable and reasonably priced, it will do it.

So maybe MS should better concentrate on just making XB360 and every other diversification project profitable, as there's nothing it can do to protect Windows from erosion, the magic bullets that stopped Sony are ineffective on Ninty.