Where is Microsoft headed from here on out?

[JRPGfan]

reviniente said:

Intrinsic said:

I think you really have a myopic way of looking at things. 

 

1. this isn't 1994
2. As with (1) the financial statement of gaming today is significant!y different than at a time when game development center around the use of sprites on a 2D plane. 
3. the average PS1 game cost $800k to $1.8M to make. the average snes game costs even less. The average PS4/XB1 game costs over $30M-$50M. 
4. in 1990's a game selling 1M copies was a big deal (platinum hits) today? a game selling 1M copies is a failure because it wouldn't recoup it's investment. Or at best it breaks even. 
5. lastly, what sense does it make comparing a console in this gen to the sales another console accomplished over 20yrs ago???!!! If you are gonna compare anything, compare it in a similar timescale with the platforms it's competing with. 

The XB1 ends this gen not even matching the sales of the 360... and somehow you think that's not a failure? The PS3 finished last gen with around 80M in sales. And both I and Sony thinks it was a failure. While Sony won't. admit it, everything about the PS4 shows they set out to never make the same mistake again. 

 

How on Earth do you know this?

It sounds right.. though.