(Business Perspective) Does MS really need Xbox Hardware?

[DonFerrari]

Ryuu96 said:

Machiavellian said:

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.

I feel like I'm being conveniently ignored.

What a waste of time.

"Xbox will make more revenue with less cost" - Only need to ask yourself if Xbox has more selling power than ABK for this to prove true.

Actually we could even ignore all the details and margins and just ask, what would be the total profit on current situation and what he expect it to be doing what he suggest (won't even ask for justification, breakdown, etc). Because even if the profit margin were to increase with this move the total profit would certainly decrease (even if MS doesn't give the numbers).