ssj12 said:
Zipper said:
Do you think it possible that if not will not be successful, Microsoft will get out of the console race?
They said they see it as something that will give the Xbox 360 another 5 years in the market and will continue in the next generation of consoles with their next console
Let say Natal fails, what do you think they will do? how will they keep selling the Xbox 360? The sales now are obviously great, but how could they keep them? can the Xbox 360 really live beyond it 5th year?
If the Xbox 360 sales starts falling down, do you think they'll just launch their next console to get the advantage like they did in this generation?
Most importantly - What will they do if Sony's next console is successful like the PS2 as opposed to the first Xbox? Will they keep their console alive until the generation after? Is Xbox and Microsoft Games Studios really that important to Microsoft from a financial standpoint to the point where if it fails so hard like the first 2 years of the PS3, they will still keep it?
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1. No
2. They will just take the bleeding of R&D money like they did the first xbox. It will live for a few more years.
3. In three years I see a new xbox, not sooner.
4. PS3 vs Oringal Xbox can't even be compared as the Original Xbox never made a profit off the console itself thanks to Nvidia never shrinking the GPU. If you want a console to compare to maybe PS3 vs the Genesis or one of the other SEGA consoles before the Dreamcast. And no, the Xbox division really isnt that important to Microsoft. They would dump it instantly if investors said so. You could turn on your Xbox 360 one day and never connect to XBLA again, it could happen, easily. They they more thrilled with Windows 7's sales and what future Windows 8's launch in 2012 will bring them.
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Ah yes, another reason to hate Nvidea...yes I am an ATI fanboy! lol
