| Azzanation said: Xbox did compete with PS head on. They did it last gen and beat Sony at their own game, so they can do it. However the cost of doing it doesn't fit well with a mega corp like MS. RROD lost $1.5b for the 360, the total loss was $3b so RROD wasn't the main issue. The PS3 lost $5b and that's without an RROD issue and paid subs to help balance it out back than. The collateral damage isn't worth it so that's why they changed Xbox the following gen with the XB1. https://www.vg247.com/2013/01/07/xbox-360-and-ps3-losses-total-8-billion-ex-sony-employee-paints-grim-future/#:~:text=Animal%20Crossing-,Xbox%20360%20and%20PS3%20losses%20total%20%248%20billion%2C%20ex,Sony%20employee%20paints%20grim%20future&text=Xbox%20360%20and%20PS3%20have,by%20industry%20veteran%20Ben%20Cousins.&text=%E2%80%9CConsoles%20like%20Xboxes%2C%20PlayStations%20%26,a%20loss%E2%80%9D%2C%20said%20Cousins. How i see it, MS wanted to change their direction as the 360 loses isn't good enough for MS so Don Mattrick made the changes to the XB1, adding in DRM, Power of the Cloud and always online etc to move the console away from the 360 and towards a more digital future, and that's why we have GamePass, Full Backwards compatibility, Power of the Cloud (XCloud) Multi-platform releases (Steam) and cross gen games now. Those ideas are only getting pushed even further with the Series X. So here we are again, back to the original ideas of the XB1 however the difference is now, people are more accepting of the idea. |
Last gen is very bad example because both Sony and MS decided to use the approach to release consoles that are very expensive to make. This approach is bad because it makes you lose more money the more consoles you sell with no guarantee to return the investments. This gen both decided not to lose money on hardware at all. Which made both companies profitable almost from day one. So the point is, if you release a console and not losing a lot of money on it, it becomes important to sell as much as you can, because it makes you more profitable in the end. That's just how modern day console market operates. Microsoft still can compete with PS head on like they did last gen in modern reality and if they do, it will make them extremely successful if they manage to beat Sony at this game. Microsoft just needs to get their shit together and start becoming more competitive. I'm not a market analyst but I guess it will pay off pretty well for them in the end if they do it.
