The end of Xbox is approaching

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SWORDF1SH said:

RolStoppable said:

My thread is probably better and definitely more interesting. I am not even sure if I want to read your thread (and yes, I have the link and already looked at it).

Making gaming entirely service-based only works for companies who use the same controller every time. So because of that aspect alone it's unlikely that Nintendo will go that route. Theoretically, you could release a new type of controller to work with a service, but that wouldn't garner as much consumer and developer interest as a box that comes with said controller.

Besides, this thread isn't about the end of Microsoft consoles, but rather Xbox-branded ones.

Calling it "popular knowledge" would probably be too generous because a lot of gamers don't know about it. Microsoft themselves refered to Xbox as a strategic defensive business move.

You're going to have to link me to get the context of that statement. Personally I don't buy that they made Xbox to protect windows. You're trying to put round pegs in square holes. For me MS saw how the gaming market was expanding and they wanted a peace of the pie. 

Can't find the link it was along time ago but Billgates said the reason they ok'd xbox was they saw Sony's success and how much  Playstation had grown the market and Kutaragi talking about making playstation the centre of the home starting with PS2, this goal was seen at the time by many as being almost inevetable the only question seemed to be  , when and whom .

MS where concerned they Sony with their entertainment arms would succeed, so they entered to stop Sony owning the home and how Sony leveraging that could impact windows, another driving factor was it gave them a completly closed ecosystem something they lost out on with windows.