CGI-Quality said:
VideoGameAccountant said:
Fair point. Let me put it this way. The Wii U flopped and its games are definitely to blame, but Nintendo has been good about keeping a loyal fanbase. There were games on the Wii U that the Nintendo fan liked, even if it couldn't appeal to a wider market. This is also why Switch can succeed because Nintendo's games do attract people when the company has their shit together. Nintendo held on to their core, but Microsoft doesn't seem to be doing that. The base seems to be gone.
And to answer your second question, it depends. Strong games always drive system sales and one game can change everything. The problem Microsoft has is they didn't create another hit after Halo or Gears. Rare never released a major success on XBox and their other studios didn't do much besides Fabel. The Kinect experiment may have also hurt them because their studios were focused on making Kinect games rather than the next big series. So when Microsoft tries to go away from Kinect, there's nothing to go back to. Sony's line-up isn't great, but at least its something and at least the company has a long history in games. With Microsoft, the rats all fled the sinking ship. The Wii U kept Nintendo diehards, but I can't say XBox One kept the Microsoft diehards. That's why I think this project won't work.
As an aside, this looks like experimentation. It seems Microsoft is more looking into alternatives rather than trying to save the XBox One or try to relaunch with a new system.
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I'm curious, what constitutes a "great line-up"? They should define a console, not a company. One machine can have a better line-up than another, from the same company.
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Not exactly sure what you are talking about specifically. If it helps, think of it as a portfolio. Nintendo has a lot of series to draw from and they have shown they can push units when done right (the Wii U is an example of when its done wrong). Microsoft really only had Halo and Gears. When both of them struggled, they had nothing left to keep consumers. It would be like placing 80% of your portfolio in a single company and that company goes bankrupt. Microsoft hasn't been able to make a hit since those games, so once they started to decline, so did the XBox brand.
