(Business Perspective) Does MS really need Xbox Hardware?

[Azzanation]

zeldaring said:

Azzanation said:

Does not matter. With competition we still have these companies taking advantage of you. We have only had 1 modern Generation that was considered healthy across the board interms of competition, however that healthy competition only looked good for the consumers, business wise, the PS3 lost $5b and the 360 lost $4b. Those consoles almost killed the brands themselves. 

You can pretend having competition is helping, all you want, the reality is it isn't. Nintendo, Sony and Xbox have all tried to cheat you while competing with eachother. Meanwhile on PC, its mainly run by Steam for gaming. Now compare Steam to the console industry. Which ecosystem actually offers the best value to its customers. Is it the 3 big one's competition in the console market or the 1 that basically is a monopoly on PC? 

I think this is a ridiculous take. Let's say wii dominated the console market and killed Xbox and ps then we would have been stuck with crap hardware for decades. Same with Xbox one if it was the only console we would have been forced to buy kinect 2, much weaker hardware then ps4 and online games only. competition is always good for the consumer. 

The Wii did dominate the console market..

It doesn't matter if competition exists or not, these companies will continue to try and exploit you. Customers speak with their wallets, if a device came out with an attachment no one wants, they just wont buy the console. Its as simple as that. No one is forced to buy a Nintendo, PS or Xbox, its all optional and companies know that they need to impress their customers to get them to buy the hardware otherwise customers will just game on their phones and PCs.