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Kasz216 on 16 May 2008
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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 ?


 You don't get it.  Microsoft didn't get into the videogame wars to win.  They got into the videogame wars to take Sony out of the number 1 spot because they were afraid of Sony trying to monopolize the living room by making an entertainment hub... well like the PS3... but with a few more bells and whistles, as Microsoft believes such a roll should be played by Media PCs.

Would Microsoft like to be in first?  Yeah, why not.  However i'm sure they're happy with Nintendo being first who just wants to "make games" and won't try to conquerer the living room.