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What do you think would happen?

It would dominate 15 3.54%
 
It would be successful en... 57 13.44%
 
It would flop 158 37.26%
 
Vita would be a huge success in comparison 192 45.28%
 
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Aerys said:
IsawYoshi said:
Aerys said:
How could they support more than one console in the generation when they cant even offer a good support to Xbone ?

Microsoft has much less games coming to Xbone than Sony has to PS4 even if Sony support 3 consoles at the same time, that's insane to think they could make a handheld.

PS3, PS4... what's the name of the third one they are supporting? PS2? PSP? 


an awesome handheld called Vita.

Sony has more first party games coming on Vita next year than microsoft has on Xbone. That says a lot

Quantum Break and Halo killers on the way? Confirmed?



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Wright said:
pokoko said:

Which is probably what would happen with a Microsoft hand-held.  They would have to dedicate an vast amount of resources to creating content, which I just don't see happening, never mind that Japan would ignore the device, taking away a huge market for hand-helds.


Are you really sure about that? Considering how popular handhelds are in Japan, don't you think they'll give it a try?

Japan hates Microsoft consoles.



Goatseye said:
Aerys said:
IsawYoshi said:
Aerys said:
How could they support more than one console in the generation when they cant even offer a good support to Xbone ?

Microsoft has much less games coming to Xbone than Sony has to PS4 even if Sony support 3 consoles at the same time, that's insane to think they could make a handheld.

PS3, PS4... what's the name of the third one they are supporting? PS2? PSP? 


an awesome handheld called Vita.

Sony has more first party games coming on Vita next year than microsoft has on Xbone. That says a lot

Quantum Break and Halo killers on the way? Confirmed?

Lol, i dont see a quantum  break on handheld.

 

Pretty much yes, speaking in quality terms.

 

If microsoft cant even offer a good support to Xbone, how could they develop for handheld ?

 

 



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

There is no need to. At least to my knowledge their phones and tablets sell much better then ones made by Sony.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

It would flop really bad. Zune anyone?



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sales2099 said:
There is no need to. At least to my knowledge their phones and tablets sell much better then ones made by Sony.

You know Sony ranked at number 5 for most android smartphones sold last year, right?



Nintentacle said:

If Microsoft made a handheld, what do you think would happen? I don't think it would be successful. I think Microsoft would make the same mistake Sony did with console-like games on handhelds. It would be more successful than Vita thought, since I think Halo and the other ones would sell more than Uncharted, and there would be more marketing.


They already have... Surface.  THey recognize that it is too late for them to get into the handheld market.  Nintendo owns it anyway.  THey know that it is going to shrink and die over the next 5-7 years anyway.  People won't bother with handhelds by then and will only just use their smartphone or tablet that they will already have.  It used to be that you didn't get a cell phone till you got to college, then it was mybe in your last year of High school.  Then it became younger and younger.  Now, parents buy their kids smartphones instead of handhelds when they ate 10-12 years old.  As the trend continues, the smartphones have become so cheap, they will soon just get them smartphones when they are 5 years old.  You don't have to turn on the cell service, they can just use wifi for internet and to download games.  This is where it is going.



It is near the end of the end....

Somini said:
sales2099 said:
There is no need to. At least to my knowledge their phones and tablets sell much better then ones made by Sony.

You know Sony ranked at number 5 for most android smartphones sold last year, right?

Ok, just tablets then. :P



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

 

Somini said:
It would flop really bad. Zune anyone?

as bad as this thing?



Aerys said:
Goatseye said:
Aerys said:


an awesome handheld called Vita.

Sony has more first party games coming on Vita next year than microsoft has on Xbone. That says a lot

Quantum Break and Halo killers on the way? Confirmed?

Lol, i dont see a quantum  break on handheld.

 

Pretty much yes, speaking in quality terms.

 

If microsoft cant even offer a good support to Xbone, how could they develop for handheld ?

 

 

Was it your favorite plastic box that came out with more than 2 big studio developed game? I can't remember.