Prediction: Microsoft will launch the Xbox Two in 2017 or 2018

[Mr Puggsly]

AlfredoTurkey said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I'm making an assumption based on your words and the things you conveniently ignore. MS isn't in the console market solely for gaming but its crucial part of having a successful entertainment device. Therefore MS employees people who are passionate about gaming to handle that. The same thing goes for Sony by the way, Playstation is not just a gaming device and Sony uses the Playstation brand to push services that have nothing to do with gaming.

Its a safe bet Nintendo is relying on 3DS for profits these days. The Wii U is their biggest home console failure ever, which is most surprising given it followed their biggest console success ever.

You don't need data on Vita. Its lack of support and being virutally non existent at many retailers says it all.

Microsoft didn't hire people who were passionate about gaming. They hired Don Mattrick. They were trying to do a bait an switch, and failed. Putting Phil in place was a move to improve their gaming division, sure. But I don't believe they're interested in competeing in consoles anymore. If they were, you wouldn't see them letting their biggest and best IP go to PC. You wouldn't see them letting Titanfall go. You wouldn't see them letting the COD marketing business go. The Xbox platform is owned by the richest company out of the three by miles. They could afford to spend big, but they're not. Why? To me, it's obvious. There's no "winning" by doing what they're trying to do. They're not even competeing anymore. 

And as far as units sold, it does not equal failure or success, profits do. I use to think just like you, but recently, I've come to realize that it's foolish and arbitrary to use "units sold" as a means of judging a companies successes. Nintendo is making a killing. They're doing better than either company when it comes to gaming. So, really, who's the victor? The company that sells the most pieces of plastic? Or the company that makes the most money? Ideally, those two things should go hand in hand, but they obviously don't and we're all foolish for buying into the pissing contest of "unit sales".

So Don Mattrick represents all the passion in gaming at MS? This is why I say you have an anti Xbox agenda. You say crap like that and give no credit to people at MS that make notable games.

It seems like your idea of competing is money hatting Titanfall 2 and buying the marketing of CoD. You don't want to give them credit for making or funding good games I guess.

MS does spend a lot of money. They have a lot of games coming, I assume more games will be announced this year, we don't know what marketing deals they have planned with 3rd parties. It sounds like you aren't happy unless MS is wasting an endless stream of money.

Nintendo's success right now has more to do with the 3DS, not Wii U. By the way, you're very critical of MS not competing enough. But you boast about NIntendo even though they are barely relevant in the home console market. If NIntendo is doing so well right now financially, maybe you should criticize them for not buying Titfanfall exclusivity or CoD marketing. :-p