The 360 was dead last worldwide. Is MS in trouble?

[NotStan]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Seece said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

ZaneWane said:

Fanbase is growing and Microsoft are profiting so it wouldnt matter if they were to fall into 3rd place.

This would suck for Microsoft, because their whole plan was to keep Sony behind them until they switch systems.

No, it doesn't suck remotely for either now, whatever happens.

MS NEEDED to be 2nd place for the first 4 years, to gain standard multiplat development.

What, you think when PS3 gains 2nd place the xbox and all the multiplat games will crumble? No, nothing will change except a lot of PS3 fans gloating, and getting pissed off when Greenberg continues to claim 360 is 2nd place in reference to NPD

That may be so, but Microsoft stated that they will be in the race as long as Sony is with the 360. They are in no rush to switch systems. They want to keep Sony behind them the entire duration. It's going to fail.

No that's just the wishful thinking of fans, for a corporation the best thing to do is maximize profits, whichever way you spin it, they are doing it. Of course the MS fans would want 360 to be ahead of PS3, whereas the PS3 fans would just love the day when it takes over, so they can gloat over internet forums. Seece is most likely bang on with it, having been the market leader in the HD consoles department has ensures that 360 gets the 3rd party support both this gen and the next, it was no case of the original Xbox, which barely sold anything and majority of the 3rd party, served the PS2 instead, but now quite alot of the franchises - Resident Evil, MGS etc are also moving onto 360. MS did market penetration, by both launching early and at a great loss in order to gain market share from the giant that was Sony.