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archbrix on 17 November 2011
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sales2099 said:


Bad reasons.

1. MS if anything should launch at the same time as Nintendo and outspend them on advertising to convince them that Kinect 2.0 > Nintendos tablet. Can't give Nintendo breathing room to convince the public their route is better.

2. Pulling a Twilight Princess with Halo 4 won't hurt the 360 at all. Only the core, early adopters will buy launch consoles.....the vast majority will do a wait and see approach. Your gonna get millions buying the 360 version and more early adopters with the next Xbox.

 

So, Microsoft should spend a fortune when they don't have to on a new console launch and advertising just to launch Xbox 1080 with Halo 4 against Nintendo, when "the vast majority will do a wait and see approach" and purchase Halo 4 for the 360 anyway?  Talk about bad reasons...

You fail to realize that it was a completely different situation with Twilight Princess.  Nintendo knew it was in their best interest to release the game for the Wii, as the Gamecube was ailing badly.  With the 360 it's a night and day difference; with price cuts, steady third party support and Halo 4, Microsoft not only has the opportunity to have the 360 sell really well for one last year without a successor, but also make a lot of profit, not lose money on an expensive new system when their main competitor, Sony, won't be out for at least another year.

They'll be in a much better position for a strong launch with better priced hardware a year after Halo 4 and 360's sales have died down a bit.