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V-r0cK on 06 April 2016
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Shadow1980 said:
V-r0cK said:

I guess you do have a point since with the sales performace of XB1 has been rocky.  I did recall Phil Spencer saying that they'll still be making a next gen console after the release of XB1 and poor sales but I guess things can change internally that we're unaware of.

Well if Nintendo can make the NX after the Wii U then surely MS deserves to make another system after XB1.  Although MS can do without videogames while Nintendo can't. =P

MS most definitely doesn't need Xbox, at least as a hardware platform, unlike Sony and especially Nintendo who are dependent on their gaming divisions. Xbox is probably the most expendable of the big three console brands, both to its parent company and to the console market in general (aside from the exclusives the XBO doesn't have much to offer that the PS4 doesn't). In fact, it'd probably be more profitable to MS in the long run to go third-party, release Halo, Gears, Forza, etc., for the PS5 and whatever Nintendo's follow-up to the NX is (I think the NX will itself be short-lived, a consequence of a mid-gen launch), and make quality Xbox-style controllers and other accessories for every platform (because controllers are apparently very profitable). Since Halo is the only thing that kept me invested in Xbox this generation, MS Studios going third-party would save me a ton of money, so in a way I do kinda-sorta would want them to go third-party.

I do have one reservation about them going third-party, though: reduced competition in the console market. Nintendo has always been a wild card, and unless they switch back to making conventional hardware to rival PlayStation, then Sony would have a de facto monopoly on the AAA sector, and if less scrupulous people become the decision makers in the future then they could end up trying to do what MS tried to do with the XBO. So, if Xbox does serve a purpose in the console market, it could be simply to keep Sony on their toes. I mean, Sony did have to adapt last generation after they lost a ton of market share to the 360.

I wouldn't mind if MS went 3rd party as well.  Last gen I bought a 360 only for the Halo games.  Feels a bit wasted now.

And yes I do agree we shouldn't allow Playstation to monopolize the industry.  Sony has defnitely stepped up this gen because of their situation against the 360 last gen.