(Business Perspective) Does MS really need Xbox Hardware?

[Machiavellian]

Ryuu96 said:

Not to toot my own horn but do you have any counter to the points that I made because I haven't seen any so far.

I would say there is no arugment at this time to counter your point.  MS makes a lot of money on having a console in the market place.  GP is not ready to stand alone and probably will not be for a while, MS reach in mobile is very limited and their titles still have not really hit the market nor had any impact.  Before MS can even think leaving the console market hardware their games need to hit and hit hard for a while.