Was this gen unwinnable for Xbox?

[Pemalite]

Leynos said:

Pemalite said:

I don't think it really matters who wins and loses, another company having three times the sales doesn't really impact me as a consumer if I still get the games I want.

What matters is if it's profitable and thus financially feasible to keep pushing out hardware.

This is why the GameCube was not really a failure. Nintendo made a profit. Xbox did not. Xbox outsold Gamecube.

Agreed. Xbox was a failure that generation by comparison.

shavenferret said:

Pemalite said:

I don't think it really matters who wins and loses, another company having three times the sales doesn't really impact me as a consumer if I still get the games I want.

What matters is if it's profitable and thus financially feasible to keep pushing out hardware.

No sir, because microsoft has done very well with it's profit, and yet they are being pushed right out of the competition and now we are making a thread about its failure.  So, market share must matter as well.  In other words, the past matters only so that you can use it to gauge the future.  That's the whole premise behind pricing stocks and whatnot.    

Also, if needing to "keep pushing out hardware" is of the essence, then they really aren't doing enough of that, are they?   

Microsoft is doing a full pivot and embracing the PC community, which is far larger market.

No point selling lots of hardware and not making money, that's not successful.