How M$ could win, at least in NA.

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Imperial said:

rocketpig said:
In some ways, MS has already "won". Thanks to Nintendo, Sony is seriously weakened throughout the world. Now MS can concentrate on profit and try to expand their market in every region, which appears to be happening. The 360 should finish with no less than 35-40m sales, up considerably from the Xbox and its 25m userbase.

MS will also be launching first again next generation, giving them the ability to correct their mistakes from this generation and try to expand their market again.

In the short term, though, there is little to be gained from them throwing money at the problem to weaken an already weak Sony when they can sit back and try to turn a profit on the 360. No matter what they do, the PS3 will probably end up passing the 360 in WW sales anyway.

rocketpig , you consistently proove yourself to be an MS fanboy , many of your posts are riddled with bias and incosistencies.

Firslty MS hasn't "won" anything it's quite on the contrary , MS stand to loose the most from this generation ( in terms of profitability) . Where have you got the Idea that Sony are seriously "weakened" like the PS3 is the only console affected by the release of the Nintendo Wii.

The only thing MS  can concentrate is avoiding irrelevancy with it being outsold on a WW basis week by week since Janauary , Japan's interest still at an absolute minimum and the PS3's strongest line-up of software since launch.

If MS launch again first it'll no dought damage consumer confidence in the 360 , receive poor software support due to the high costs many developers will experience with new technology , hardware , software , trainning obligations etc. Also taking into consideration it'll damage MS's profitability further if the 360 doesn't have a decent life.

What are you talking about an already weak Sony ? , Your coudln't be referring to the PSP that sold more than 20X the number of 360's in japan could you ? or the PS2 that continues selling like crazy years after it's launch ? or maybe the PS3 that's outselling the 360 on a weekly basis ?

Sony is not already weak? Sure PS3 outsells 360 in Japan every week, but PS3 + 360 barely = 10,000 units weekly. GTA the PS2 staple sells more on 360. Did you see NPD? Wii > Playstation Brand + MS Brand. How can even the biggest PS fanboy not recognize they are greatly weakened. If the Playstation brand = videogames, it isn't the PS3. The PSP is doing fine. This thread was about PS360, and clearly the PS3 is no PS2. Yet.This thread was asking if M$ could make sure it never happens.