Is Microsoft the only one of the big 3 who knows how to run a video game business at this point?

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kowenicki said:

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

kowenicki said:

Seece said:

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

Hes right. Nintendos Wii was the only profitable system from the very beginning. Microsoft and Sony were bleeding money from the beginning of the  gen until about 3-4 years after launch. Sony and Nintendo know gamings roots. It involves some sort of handheld market and they they are both capitalizing on it. The handheld market is larger than that. Handhelds are more profitable than Kinect. It's Microsoft who is out of the loop my friend. Look how many PSP's and DS portables have been sold. Microsoft doesn't dedicate enough companies into variety. The focus companies on one thing or nothing at all. They still have a lot to learn.

Your posts are becoming more laughable. MS would stupid to enter the handheld market, now more then ever. MS Xbox division was profiting 2 years after 360 debuted, not 3 - 4.

Indeed.  Why would any company enter the dedicated hand held market now... ?

Actually profitability is dependant on what Microsoft has to offer. Quite frankly thats all up to them. People asked why Microsoft would even join the console race, but they did and look at them now.

Gaming consoles were set to become media hubs and try to take a place in peoples living rooms rather than kids bedrooms.

Dedicated handhelds are at a dead end.

Portables are set to be portable multimedia devices thanks to Sony pushing what Nintendo and companies like Tiger electronics made huge.