S.T.A.G.E. said:
crissindahouse said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Nsanity said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Microsoft came into the gaming industry to make money, so their attention is generally focused on Sony and not Nintendo. Same goes for the major following behind Microsoft if they take sides. |
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No...read the story of why Microsoft came into the industry. Sonys marketshare was a threat and they threatened the PC market (multimedia and os), so the Direct X team convinced Microsoft to create the Xbox. Since then they've lost sight of their defense of PC and have actually aided Sony in picking at the PC market, taking devs and attracting more attention to consoles. Thank goodness for Steam.
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so what you want to tell us is that a company is selling new products to stay alive and won't get raped by another company in the future?
i never thought that!
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To stay alive? Microsofts shareholders wanted out, but they ignored them and have repeatedly thrown it in their face about the success of the 360. Microsoft didnt need to be involved in the gaming industry in that capacity but just like Apple they dont w
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"Sonys marketshare was a threat and they threatened the PC market (multimedia and os), so the Direct X team convinced Microsoft to create the Xbox."
and if you think that was the reason for the first xbox, it should be not so hard to think that a new playstation 3 would be the same threat because of multimedia and os? and about the future and microsoft aiding sony the last years and whatever, since then the xbox 360 is profitable (maybe not overall but the last years) and the brand is important for microsoft and is used for much more than only gaming so they will obviously stay with the xbox brand and a console.
