What Microsoft should do to stay competitive.

[Azzanation]

Jumpin said:

Microsoft is too much of a soulless corporation—they’re about ROI and lack a culture of creativity beyond imitation and assimilation: “let’s buy them out so we can own their successful product” and “let’s copy that successful thing they do.”

I mean, looking at Microsoft's successes: MS Office. There are cheaper and free products out there that work better than MS Office, so why can MS get away with charging a ridiculous subscription of 70 USD year for MS Office and still win? Because the cheaper and free products are imitators of Office. But Microsoft can’t even learn from their own successes. They are blind to the fact that the Xbox (in this case) is the imitation brand. If they still had a creative soul, they could create hardware as fresh and original as the NES, a Gameboy, a PSX, a PS2 a DS, an iPhone, a Wii, or a Switch - but all they do is imitate or assimilate.

Otherwise, I’d say Microsoft needs to stop imitating Sony or Nintendo and make an original videogaming platform. But they’re effectively the Borg of the video game industry. Like the Borg, ROIs and lacking creativity. And even with overwhelming power and resources, Microsoft's Xbox tends to get bested by much smaller entities who have cultures of creativity.

This is a very odd take.

The Xbox brand actually innovated the industry over the generations, the only time they played it safe was with the Series S/X.

Xbox entered the market with their own game Halo and took the industry by storm.

Nintendo entered the market with their own games and dominated.

Sony Moneyhatted 3rd parties away from Nintendo to leap frog to the top.

Tell me whos soulless out of the 3 again?

The issue is the industry isnt big enough for 3 big hardware manufacturers. It has choosen the two. It was Nintendo and Sega to now Nintendo and Sony. The 3rd manufacturer always struggles to stay in. Its shown in the history. Thats why we have seen so many brands drop out of the hardware industry. Its not sustainable unless you are 1 of the top 2.

Last edited by Azzanation - on 14 February 2024