Did Microsoft totally mess up their holiday strategy?

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CGI-Quality said:

OdinHades said:
I think Microsoft simply stopped being desperate. They now have recovered from the major fuck up in 2013 and are working on getting their shit together. Part of that is to just accept that they lost this gen for good. So instead of concentrating on beating Sony, they try to make the best out of the situation and generate profits where they can. They do that pretty good, I would say. I mean, they certainly have the money and could go on an all-out war against Sony, buying exclusives left and right and making timed deals and whatnot. But it's just not worth it. Even if they could turn things around with an investment of 10 billion dollars or so, it would be a pyrrhic victory.

Actually, despite their money, they couldn't go on an all out war with Sony. Keep in mind, this isn't their first gen against the behemoth that is PlayStation, nor is it their first getting soundly beaten by it. If it were as simple as "flipping a switch" and outspending Sony at every turn, they would have done it already (or, at the very least, tried it). Business just doesn't work like that.

Exactly. Agreed 100%.