Where is Microsoft headed from here on out?

[vivster]

Intrinsic said:

vivster said:
I do believe that Microsoft has a clear vision of where to go, the problem is they don't have any pedigree, which is what their competitors are selling on. They never really had a chance.

Messed up thing is that they aren't even trying to build that pedigree. they can't ride on the back of Gears, Halo and Forza forever. 

The thing is that to even have a chance to compete against the massive brands of Sony and Nintendo they would have to put a gigantic amount of money into it. Like more money than Nintendo and Sony put in combined, while risking not to succeed anyway. That's a pretty huge ask. Normally I'd say that MS should put in the effort to make themselves a proper competitor but if this gen has shown anything it's that competition in the console market means shit. There simply is no competition since every competitor thrives in their own bubble with barely any influence from others.

So right now the best bet for MS is probably to be financially profitable. What that means for them, I wouldn't know. But they don't seem to want to drop the Xbox brand anytime soon.