Will Microsoft ever win a gen?

[Captain_Tom]

Puppyroach said:

Captain_Tom said:

Ninten78 said:

Do you see Microsoft ever winning a gen or do you think it'll just alternate between Nintendo and Sony?

Not at this point.  Everything MS ever does that isn't Windows/Office is a half@ss attempt at leeching off an existing market.  Name a product, and I will tell you how.

Until they commit and get some managment who actually care about what they are selling, they will always be a small part of the markets they are in (Cellphone, console, tablet).

You could tell me how the Surface tablet and Windows Phone fit into that definition :). And they have been in the gaming industry longer than Sony so why wouldn´t a console be the natural progression? And btw, they have been almost as succesful as Nintendo these last two generations, and sold equal to Sony last gen, so how come they are the ones who aren´t commited?

-The surface tablet was a great idea, but they announced it a year before it came out.  By the time they released it there were other better and cheaper Windows 8 alternatives.  Tablets aren't new, Apple found how to make them popular and MS only jumped on the band wagon when they saw other's make money.

-It's the same thing with the Windows Phone.  They doubted smartphones until Apple made them work, and then jumped on the bandwagon again.

-They have been in the gaming industry by default, not by choice  (Developers know most people have Windows).  However instead of capitalizing on Window's gaming success, they got greedy when they saw the PS One's success.  The original Xbox was a "Me Too!" device that had more crap thrown on it (Like the Surface and Windows Phone).

They don't create markets, they leech off them.  Almost every other tech giant I can think of created a few revolutionaty fields they continue to compete in till this day.