| theprof00 said: Microsoft IS preparing for life after xbox though. He's absolutely right. It is a sad fact that the console has had such a...erm..challenging beginning. It's had exclusives panned and attacked, it's undergone a 180 in strategy TWICE...its creative offerings are simply not putting up the fight that they should be...and on top of which, they've (within a year) gone down to retail promotional sales of 279$ or 329$ if you don't count a free gift card as a sale. Even worse, it can't outsell its main competition except for during holidays, in one country. Now MS is saying that all xb1 games are going to pc. They're unveiling a new way to play games (with hololens), they're cutting price again (for real this time). The xbox1 designer even left MS about 3 weeks ago. I think it's pretty obvious that xb1 is going away... sooner than later. The whole point of the xbox was to recoup the livingroom from sony and reintegrate the computer as a major player. While they didn't necessarily accomplish their goal, technology and social media has undergone a change that has well, put the computer back into the livingroom. The writing is on the walls, folks. |
How are the "creative offerings" not there? Because they do not come out with games of unpopular genres?
PC and console focus are both achievable especially considering gaming is a multi billion $ business right next to the film industry.
Focus on PC gaming isn't a bad thing...its hugely profitable unlike consoles. But some games just play better on consoles. People are forgetting the 360 is still doing okay as it sold the most copies of CoD:AW over the holidays.
If you think MS console sales are bad and think they will exit the console scene because of it then shouldn't Nintendo do the same thing? Generation is still young and even if MS doesn't catch up to Sony they can still be successful.
Besides, if this gen last another five years PC tech will be light years ahead moreso than last gen.
