Will Microsoft ever win a gen?

[Mr Puggsly]

Dallinor said:

Mr Puggsly said:

PS3 caught up because Sony was willing to sacrifice billions and billions of dollars. Hence, they bought a sales lead over the 360.

The biggest reason MS won't win a gen is because they don't care enough. Nintendo is all about gaming. Sony's best thing going might be gaming. Game consoles don't bring in mega profits these days and the market seems to be shrinking.

What industry are you looking at?

MS have been willing to sacrifice billions just to get a foot in the door. 

They don't care?  That's a complete cop out. Like a child when he loses who says "I wasnt trying anyway". They're in this business to be number 1. It has always been their intention, and it's reflected in their aggressive marketing and business practices. 

It seems MS lost billions from bad decisions, such as working with Intel and Nvidia.

Sony also lost billions bad decisions. They thought releasing a $600 console was a good idea and to eat heavy losses from price cuts.

The reality is game console are as profitable as they used to be. Many people are moving away from them. Sony is clearly out of the handheld console industry. Nintendo is struggling with a home console and 3DS isn't as successful as its predecessor. MS interests is clearly not in game consoles, period.

I'd be surprised if this isn't MS last game console. Perhaps they're going to try and close the gap between game console and PC next.