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makingmusic476 on 15 February 2008
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madskillz said:
gebx said:
Aj_habfan said:
Hear that people? 360's are in short supply! Run to your local store and get one while you can!

Don't be jealous... I'm sure the PS3 will one day be so popular that it will be in short supply also.

@OT

Really not impressed the way MS is handling their console division. First off they lose out on buying Bioware, they totally drop the ball in Europe, and now they can't properly supply NA.. ah and that's just the start of MS screw ups with the 360.

"OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!" I say!

 


MS is making money - they don't need to go into debt buying Bioware. Europe - not quite. They have had minimal advertising and the lofty PS3 is only outselling it by what 20K max? MS is just grinning right now. They didn't have to drop the price - they didn't have to sell stripped-down 360 - it's like Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd in "Trading Places" - at the end, they are telling folks to sell their orange stocks ... and when it hits rock bottom, they tell them to they'll buy their shares.

MS is gonna drop the hammer and play this like a sonata. I could be wrong, but based on how much of the PC OS they have locked up, and how they like to dominate, I can definitely see this happening.


But they DO need to start ensuring more exclusives for the future. What happens if Mass Effect 2/3 and KOTOR 3 are multiplat?

Microsoft needs to start building up it's 1st party line-up. In-house development is the primary area in which both Nintendo and Sony excel over Microsoft, and it is the primary reason why I believe (and have consistently been saying) that the ps3 will pass up the 360 worldwide by the end of this generation. The ps3 is guaranteed a large amount of exclusives because of Sony's in-house development teams, while the 360 is reliant primarily on 3rd parties, and with with more and more 3rd parties moving towards a multiplatform strategy, that's not in a very good position to be.

What bothers me is that MS isn't looking to change their situation any time soon. Just look at this past year; Sony bought Evolution Studios (MotorStorm) and Nintendo acquired Monolith Soft (Xenosaga). In comparison, Microsoft let BioWare and Bizarre, two of their strongest 2nd party developers, get bought by EA and Activision, both of which have a history of making multiplatform games.

At least they have Ensemble Studios (easily their best studio, imo) working on the 360 now, but they need more than that.