As Xbox One Launches in Japan, Akihabara Gamers Really Aren’t Standing in Line

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Burek said:

setsunatenshi said:

prinz_valium said:
Microsoft should abdone every market that isnt us, uk or China
give the Gamers what they want. a playstation Monopoly


this is sad. hope they got decent preorders so reach 35k+ first week sales

Not sure you noticed a little company known as Nintendo exists too... it has been around for a few decades now. Would hardly be a monopoly, now would it?

Bringing back the days of PS1 and PS2... oh no... what a dreadful thought you conjured. /s

I think today's console market would be doing well even with only two competitors. Hopefully, MS shareholders will soon realize that it's senseless to throw away all that money into a bottomless pit.

This tragic disgrace today should be enough to bring division closure talks back to the table.

I agree... the way Xbox has been competing has hardly done any good to the industry. Throwing money at already made/published games with the sole purpose of keeping them from the competition (Tomb Raider recently, Mass Effect 1, Titanfall, etc) does absolutely no good for consumers. Take industry talent and create your own exclusives, games that wouldn't exist otherwise, now that would be a worthwile endeavour and one that could actually justify the continued MS presence in the console gaming space.

So yeah... selling the division off to a possible competitor that has a different approach might be the way to go. I doubt they will close shop during this generation though, they might as well push through and try to recoup some R&D money.