| SOLIDSNAKE08 said: yeh microsoft may be doing well making profit at the moment but they got other things to worry about. like why is the wii and ps3 outselling them after all the pushes they've been making. |
I would say Microsoft has the least to worry about...
Game development, particularly AAA (and even non-AAA core game) development is very risky (just look at how many studios have folded this generation) and Sony is going out of their way to take on even more risk in that department by aquiring new studios. Next generation when game budgets increase it's going to be even more difficult to make a profit and the failures will be even harder for the money making games to cover. Unless Sony plans on making a lot of money with its hardware which I really doubt they're in for losses.
As for Nintendo I think they're going to recover with the 3DS and to a lesser extent the Wii this year, but I think there's almost no chance of the Wii U hitting the ball out of the park like the Wii did. Also part of Nintendo's problem is that after the huge successes of the Wii and DS the expectations for the company are now unreasonable and there's nowhere for the company to go but down. They'll still make a yearly profit but I think they're in for some serious challenges in the future particularly from Apple but also in their glacial pace in adopting online gaming.
