Forbes: Microsoft Should Give XBox One To Nintendo

[Normchacho]

Soundwave said:

Normchacho said:
Spot on. Mark my words unless there is a seismic change in the console landscape to turn things around for them the Xbox One will be the last Xbox released under MS.

I don't think we'll see consoles just go away anytime soon. I think there are enough people devoted to games to create reasonable demand and I think the console makers have done a good enough job of making them valuable beyond simply playing games. But I still don't think the market is large enough to support three major consoles.

In my opinion the perfect scenario for the console market would be MS dumping the Xbox division onto one of the existing console makers or dissolving the hardware portion and just making games for the other consoles. If they just sell it off to another company like Amazon or Apple we just end up in the same situation of a market that is competing itself into the ground.

Well I don't think they have "dump" the business, think of it more like "entrusting" Nintendo and having a favorable relationship with Nintendo so that some of Microsoft's ancillary needs (like say wanting Skype on a home console, wanting certain Windows OS features, etc.) are met. 

Microsoft Game Studios would still be around, they could still make the Halo games, they'd just be supporting Nintendo instead. 

I disagree because I don't think the current hardware is enough to support the brand. The only real way for that to work would be if Nintendo and Microsoft made a console together and that wouldnt' really work either.

I say that because it would pretty much be Nintendo trusting it's future to how dedicated Microsoft is to the console market and with all the pressure for them to just cut and run. I wouldn't bet the future of my company on it.

Like I said, the best option that would allow MS to stay in the game would be to go to a software only structure that would eliminate the costs of having hardware and would free up the market for more financial stability.