zorg1000 said:
This isn't entirely true, the year headstart certainly helped but Sony's own missteps helped 360 just as much, if not more, than anything Microsoft did in those first few years. It's going to take a hell of a lot more than releasing earlier to take back marketshare from Sony, they pretty much have to rely on Sony repeating what they did with PS3 to do that. |
True, Sony really dropped the ball with the PS3, but even still; it won't hurt MS to try to get ahead into next gen. More cross development with PC using their newly acquired studios could help them lift them into a decent start. Remaining where they are right now could seriously harm the Xbox brand. The biggest issue I see is the will to spend the funds to try a head start, the Xbox division has been hanging more or less by a thread for some time from MS corporation centrally, and plenty of higher ups want to axe it and put focus elsewhere.
