Mendicate Bias said:
vlad321 said:
Mendicate Bias said:
vlad321 said:
Mendicate Bias said:
Your arguing that a company that has posted a profit for every single year since its creation doesn't know how to run a business. Do you honestly think that they don't do market research before they make these decisions? Sorry but I'm going to be more inclined to trust business decisions by a company that posted a multi-billion dollar profit last quarter than some dude that thinks PC's>everything on a forum.
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You do realize that the people running it have changed? Also I'm sorry but it's a well known fact that businesses have been out of touch with the consumers. The only reason Windows has posted a profit is because it had just about no competition on its 2 main revenue streams. It's until very recently that Macs and Linux have become viable alternatives. So I'm not gonna be a blind fanboy who is completely ignorant of how PCs work, and their history, and point out a major flaw in Microsoft's strategy.
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No competition, seriously? They have had massive competition in browsers, search engines, home entertainment systems, Office, heck even their OS has had competition. They released a premature product with Vista and came right back with Windows 7, probably the best general use OS on the market. And the whole time they were posting a profit. Its not called being a fanboy, its having common sense.
Two decades ago PC gaming was pushing the OS market, not anymore. Like you said most PC gaming is going towards flash, so clearly something else is keeping Windows on top. Pushing more games onto the 360 will not hurt the sales of their OS in the least.
I'll say it once more, a company that posts a profit every quarter doesn't make decisions because it feels like it. Their is market research done, budget reviews, sales trend analysis and a bunch of other statistical research. Some guy sitting in his room posting on a forum does not know how to run one of the most successful multi-billion dollar business's in history better than the people in charge at MS.
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And have you realized that Apple has been getting a biggr and bigger marketshare of the OS market? Hell even Linux has had more penetration. This isn't about them not making profits. It's about them making less money by getting rid of PC gaming than if they supported it. Why? Because their Xbox devision's profits are so marginally small compared to their OS/Office that it's not even funny. They'd have to increase the Xbox profits a huge amount to account for even a 1% drop in their market share of OS/Office.
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Yes but a good company doesn't look at what makes it money now, a good company looks into the future and tries to identify major revenue streams for the future. As much as you don't want to admit it consoles are only going to get bigger in the future. Its probably going to get to the point where having a console is as common as having a PC. When that happens MS wants to have the infrastructure in place to take advantage of the market. So just because the Xbox isn't a major revenue stream for the company now doesn't mean it won't be in the future. Markets are always changing and MS is investing now to secure their future.
Theres plenty of third parties releasing games on PC so PC only gamers don't have to worry yet. Besides its not like PC gamers have any alternative OS's for gaming. MS doesn't have to worry.
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Exactly. They need to show that they can be as strong as the competitors on this market, they need to show that they can have some games before the competition, they need to show that they can have exclusive games for the x360 that won't be released on any other platform, they need to build an userbase for their next console and make something bigger. The console market is growing fast and Microsoft is just trying to follow this path.
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