| yvanjean said: Wow some people on here are totally clueless about finance and business. News flash Microsoft Xbox division is profitable and making money. This thread is claiming Microsoft can't afford to release after Sony? IF Microsoft wanted they could release a next gen console for free, they can afford to do anything. Does it make business sense, that's the real question! The OP is forgetting that Microsoft have a 4k ready consoles already with the Xbox one X, that means Microsoft can wait it out and let Sony release the PS5. Xbox one X can compete directly with the PS5 on price point alone and by that time Microsoft will already have release their plan for the next consoles that should trump of all of PS5 hardware. Microsoft has already shown that they want to be the leader in power and that their entire focus is switching to software in order to really compete with Sony. Beating Sony would be nice but that is not Microsoft motivation, they are first and foremost a business interested in generation profits. That's what really drive the company. Being the market leader would mean much high revenues and profits therefore that is one of their indirect goal. If Phil is still head of Xbox, Microsoft for the Xbox Two will build a consoles that will continue the tag line "The world most powerful consoles". I hope they wait for Sony to reveal all their card and have price parity with the PS5 when they release their next console. The entire focus for Xbox Two will be on it's consoles exclusives launch lineup on the "The world most powerful consoles". |
You accuse people of not knowing about finance and business, and then go on talking about Xbox being able to give away consoles if they wish? You may want to check out a mirror to see the person who is not in the know. There's a reason the X is so expensive.
Xbox ≠ MS. MS has its own priorities. And it is obvious by the lack 1st party SW and 3rd party exclusives, as well as a decline in marketing deals, that Xbox is not as big of a priority for them. They also have investors that they need to answer to. If next gen they decide to give away consoles for free, or even a large discount, investors are not going to be happy. There were quite a few of them who wanted them to pull out of the console biz at the beginning of this gen. I imagine its going to be even more next gen if the PS5 gets a whole year on the market by itself. I mean they are going to be launching against a console that at that point would probably have sold ~14M already, with no signs of stopping.
Also, it would be pathetic for MS to even attempt to use the X as competition against the PS5. It can't even compete against the weaker Pro. How is it going to compete against a PS5 that blows it out of the water, power-wise? As for the XB2, it's going to have a problem with competing against the PS5. Not only is PS a much larger brand WW, but there is really no chance of it being incredibly more powerful than the PS5 without also being more expensive. The reason being, there is no way MS is going to let Sony release an entire year before them. They will try to keep it to 6 months later, but most likely will try to launch at the exact same time. Anything more would be suicide. They also do not have a good structure built up to push out high quality exclusives like Sony does. They are going to give it a decent push next gen, most likely using 3rd party exclusives, even it just timed, but Sony is going to be ready with true, high quality exclusives.
