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A203D on 15 May 2010
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ironman said:
Zipper said:

Do you think it possible that if not will not be successful, Microsoft will get out of the console race?

No. They will try again next gen.

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?

Yes, if natal sales fail, the 360 sales will not dip much lower than now over the next few years.

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?

I have mixed feeling about this, I just bought my first 360 after being able to use my brothers for two years. So I really would like to have this gen last a little longer so there are more games for the 360, on the flip side, I would love to see what the next console will be.


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?

Who cares, as long as they make a profit I think they will stick with it and try again next gen. MS looks at the long term as well as the short, they are very business savy.  

The sales are declining year on year, and i think the sales will continue to decline faster than they have if natal fails. i'm saying there will be great sales, but just not that great; honestly natal is very good, very innovative, but i dont see people like, girlfriends & older people getting into it. i dont see it proloning the life cycle by 5 years.

i think launching a new console is absolute sucicide especailly if natal fails. theres no advantage in that, the components and the performance would have to exceed the ps3 for it to compete with sony. which would make it more expensive to manufacture, and more expensive to consumers. evidently the sales of the wii show that the consumer wants the best bargan, and the PS3 which is the most expensive has sold the least of the 3 consoles. most importantly its very expensive and time consuming to develop HD games, GTA4 costing $100 million, and GTA5 i think is the longest game in development. i think theres no way any developer would think about supporting a new console in the next 4 years minimum.

As for the PS3, i think if microsoft did release their next console, sony would use the PS3 to compete with that. because PS3 already has a complete package, HD games, blu ray player, PS move, 3D etc. it would be sucicide to release new consoles, when the PS3 & 360 havent reached 50 million yet and wii has not hit 100 mil either. considering its taken 5 years to reach 40 million and sales are decllining year on year, then by the next 5 years, arguabally the 360 wouldnt have reached 85 mil.

thats says to me that there just isnt a market for a bigger, better, more expense consoles, especilly in economic recovery and espcaily when the current gen consoles seem to be capable of everthing you want these days. why would anyone pay more for something that can already be done on a cheaper console.