Xbox 720: How Microsoft Could Determine Sony's Fate

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Can only see it being a battle like this gen no real winner of the two (in term of profit microsoft win)

Microsoft could be the bringers of there own downfall to be more sucessful next gen they need to start producing new ip's aimed at the hardcore from there own studios, Halo will always be a big seller and it's a guaranteed exclusive, Forza will always have good sales and as long as Gears stays on the Xbox then thats a great seller but too much reliance on these in house franchises (i know gears isn't in house) could be deadly if they run out of steam. Kinect will likely be a focus as well and that worries me greatly as my Kinect is a dust collector these days and has been for quite a while!

Sony really need to make profit from the get go or at worst a very small loss, coming out at a high price again will be a damaging blow really, they also need to focus more on there OS improving the flow and features is vital to getting back some reputation. PSN need to remain free and be more reliable (although i've never had a problem with it) and the intergration of things like cross game chat (cross video chat maybe?) to improve the social aspect. A Mic with each console would be a great move as well (double edged sword really when it comes to online play) throw in everything you'd need for motion controls or dump the idea!

Nintendo are going to stuggle i think, hoping to achieve anything close to the success they achieved this gen would be very nieve and throwing a console to market this year could be a bad move especially as the console is starting to sound expensive! They need to throw alot more weight behind online functions and make it work well, new ip's are needed to claim marketshare from Sony and Microsoft, reliance on Mario and Zelda is a safety net but they need to start pursing multi-plats and making sure there of equal quality to it's counter-parts (or better)