6 Reasons Why Xbox Live is Failing 10 Years Later

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sales2099 said:

TC_Squared said:
Microsoft's goal upon developing Xbox Live was to more or less monopolize the video game industry via online gaming. Despite how many are sticking with Xbox Live, the fact that so many others choose PSN over Xbox Live indicates that Xbox Live is failing to achieve its goal. I own both, and I by far choose to play my games on PSN for free, or watch Netflix without having to pay additional fees.

The title of this article is "6 Reasons Why Xbox Live is Failing 10 Years Later", not "6 Reasons Why Xbox Live is Going Under 10 Years Later". You wrote it well, spurgeonryan.

Companies strive to lead. With Europe and Japan out of MS full grasp....to say Live was intended to be a monopoly is absurd.

Failing implies a lack of success. Live is the most lucrative console network in the world.

In fact, the guy with the best deals is usually the one who needs a boost or to expand their position. PS Plus is basically a desperation move. Sure, as gamers you won't see it that way and call it fan service, but its only done because PS3 wasn't this generations leader like Sony planned.

Do you even know why MS got into the video game industry?

http://beepdf.com/doc/62901/why_the_xbox_brand_failed_and_continues_to_fail_in_japan.html

As long as Sony is winning in Asia, and Europe for that matter, MS is failing. MS and Sony have two different goals, and MS's is far more complex. It reminds me of how the Confederacy simply needed The Union to back off in order to win the Civil War, but The Union needed the Confederacy to actually surender in order to win. Not only is Sony not surendering--if you will--they are selling more per year than MS, which results in Sony continuing to gain ground over MS (although slowly).