What's wrong with Microsoft?

[Veknoid_Outcast]

The Fury said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:
While I do think Microsoft has, in some ways, negatively influenced the industry this generation, I don't think it's fair to criticize them for moving on to X1 and producing fewer first-party titles for X360. The launch is one month away, after all. Microsoft wants it to be successful. Why wouldn't Microsoft divert resources to its new product in the months and years leading up to its launch?

Anyway, isn't this rather common? Sure, there are often a handful of high-profile releases late in a system's life cycle, but generally software support dries up. Games like Donkey Kong Country 3, Syphon Filter 3, and God of War II are not the standard; they're exceptions to the rule.

"Not everyone can afford a new console, 70 million gamers won't switch instantly. I'm sure they'd like some games."

I'll add that they have paying subscribers. No new MS release for a while means they are using the network they are paying for by playing 3rd party only. What was their last release? Gears of War Judgement?  http://www.microsoft.com/games/mgsgamecatalog/ 

Why not just not pay and play these 3rd party games on PS3 instead (if you have one)?

Those 70 million have a huge catalog to choose from, even without new releases. If there are consumers out there who have, in the past seven years, played every X360 first and third-party game, then God bless them. Because there aren't enough hours in the day to do so. I have an entire bookshelf of X360 games I still need to unwrap, let alone play.

Also, what is the big deal if most of the recent X360 releases are third-party games? Those count as games too, don't they?