If I was Sony or Microsoft:
1) and I had just had my biggest software release ever sell 8M copies but so little hardware that people are actually debating where the peak is or if it is
2) and the competition outsold the both of us combined in hardware on the strength of a smaller IP that sold a fraction as many copies
3) and when the hoped for “delayed” hardware sales turned out to be another sharp decline and the competition actually gained .3%
4) and if the following week they sold 300K machines a week before their big release
5) and the following month sell 1M consoles in a non-holiday period
6) and realized that they were selling more software per unit and even more 3rd party software
7) and they were on track to best the PS2 while I was on track to sink below the GameCube
8) and knew they were profitable on every unit sold since they launched
9) and knew that I was still struggling to get into black ink making it impossible to do a price cut that I knew I needed to make
What would I be thinking? It would have to be very, very grim.
I like Nintendo, the direction they are taking and my Wii but I am honestly concerned that this is building into what could be a complete debacle that could seriously hurt gaming as a whole.
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