| Carl2291 said: http://www.gamesonsmash.com/?p=8164 I think after this life cycle is over Microsoft will focus solely on their software and operating system. They have only commented on their longevity in out lasting the Playstation 3, but nothing in regards about making another console. |
And that sums up the wish of everyone who is anti-Microsoft in the console business. Or, it is at least a WISH of them. Microsoft has a Zune for a reason, and the XBox brand for a reason, it is so that they have a foothold in an area that has growth. This is why they are there, and they are willing to lose money to do it, as they had done with Internet Explorer, in order to eventually dominate it.
I would be curious to see exactly Microsoft try to write code in an area where they don't have a foothold on the platform. An exception to this is Mac, but you don't see them doing Nintendo or PSP games for handhelds. Microsoft refuses to be a competitor where they don't control the platform, as a norm. If they drop out of the hardware business, then they are done doing games, and won't have any presense in the videogame business. If you may of noticed, they don't have any studios now that do games for PCs.
