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Intrinsic on 17 September 2014
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kumagawa said:
Acevil said:
Maybe they can survive and profit without outselling the competitor.


Microsoft doesn't want to "survive" in the video game space they want to dominate.

The shareholders will not tolerate the game division coming 2nd 3 times in a row if the sales don't pick up I expect xbox one to be discontinude or the whole division sold off by mid 2016.

Steve Ballmer saw Microsoft through record profits every year and they still got rid of him for 'underperforming'.

Xbox has nothing to do with why they got rid of steve balmer. As if when people look at sony and microsoft they forget that their gaming divisions are just a part of their whole companies. 

Steve was booted because of everything else. Windows 8, windows phone, the surface... all those things under performed. As far as microsoft goes, when there is a problem with their windows business, there is a problem for everyone as that is their core business. The profits their gaming division brings in is nothing compared to what they make from their windows division.