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Mr Puggsly on 21 September 2014
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CGI-Quality said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

No. MS is actually paranoid about coming second to Sony in any way shape or form which is why anytime you see Sony make a move MS responds.  When the 360 launched a year ahead did Sony respond? No. They waited until the hardware was ready. Phil Spencer might be a nice guy but Microsofts reasoning is not healthy at all. There is no spin, just accept the company as they are.

Microsoft insiders came out twice about Microsoft:

1. The old vice president about why Microsoft even joined the idustry.

2. The reason why the 360 was rushed while knowing the R&D wasn't complete to beat Sony a year ahead to market.

It was always because of Sony, never Nintendo and always because of either some competitiveness or vendetta for Sony not wanting to partner with them.


http://techreport.com/news/13974/microsoft-insider-xbox-360-was-rushed-to-market

Much agreed here. Even if that was still the case, Sony isn't losing billions to beat Xbox and are, currently, handily doing it. I only disagree with you regarding paranoia. I'm sure they know they will lose to Sony at this point (for a third time, mind you), but I believe being competitive, in general, is what they're after. 

The PS4 will remain #1. Not much else they can do to change that.

OT:  I actually hadn't noticed, but I think the systems will trade blows for a while, with the X1 taking a permanent lead by mid 2015.

STAGE always talks about how MS has a vendetta against Sony and wants to crush them. He thinks losing to Sony in a console arena is personal blow to MS and they will do anything to stop it. In reality, it seems MS just wants the Xbox to be a profitable endeavor and a market they can push other products on.

MS didn't even make a significant effort to stay ahead of PS3. To the contrary, Sony worked harder and spent more to catch up with 360.

If MS was as desperate to get ahead as STAGE thinks, well the X1 would have launched for $299.



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