| Metallicube said: It's the third console curse. Everyone has to go through it... N64 - Marked the first time Nintendo was not in 1st, lost many of its third party supporters. Sega Saturn - Huge decline in sales from which Sega as a hardware company would never recover. Even the awesome Dreamcast could not save it. Atari 7800 - Major flop which pretty much marked the end of Atari as a hardware company. MS may be in trouble with its next console O_o |
Have been thinking the same thing, but strangely I still see MS as being best positioned to lead the market for the 8th gen.
If the best online services can be tethered to a subsidized hardware platform under an improved XBL subscription service (that offers a more inclusive package than XBL Gold) like cell phones and their current $99 Xbox 360 experiment, and Kinect 2.0 develops into something that is more than a novelty/hobby kit item like they currently have in Kinect 1.0, in addition to providing what could be solid if not seamless integration with commonly used tablet PCs, there really isn't any reason why they shouldn't be able to improve their market position unless first party games become the determining factor for ultimate success.
I have my suspicions they won't, as much as I am about games first when it comes to consoles.
