| ZenfoldorVGI said: Microsoft has done everything they can do while maintaining profitability(arguably). They bought exclusives, ran the ad campaign, announced big game, invested in Wii-mote, and did price drops. The only thing left is to drop the price again. If they do that, it'll cost them in the long run, at no benefit. They can release the Wii-mote or drop the price. I suggest they instead focus on competing with Sony. It's more their league. |
Actually Microsoft has an advantage over Sony in that they can leverage their PC dominance to carve out several market segments with a motion type controller.
Strategy - Point and click adventures - MMORPG - PC puzzle/casual type games - Maybe even more shooters.
Bold1: If they drop the price it will be because they see a benifit that fits into their strategy. Since we don't know what their goals are, we can't say what will happen. The decent install base should help push even greater sales in the U.S with a price cut, its a network effect thing.
Bold2: I wouldn't say its an AND/OR thing, they have 3 SKUs to position in the market. A wiimote on one of them would definately be doable and I would say quite feasable. To really pull it off properly I would say they would have to fit a HDD to the Arcade if they include a motion controller so that people can download the types of flash games etc that would go well with it.
Tease.
