This is a lose/ lose for MS. if they don't take somekind of action to boost themselves into the wii's market share next gen, nintendo will become so firmly entrenched it will take years and billions of dollers to try and steal a part of the market away. On the other side of the coin if MS does go casual you will see a lot of the 15-26 males crying about kidddy games and the such. remember to compeat with somebody you have to be doing something comparable to them.

Yup.

Sony error was try to outspend Microsoft like they did with Sega.

I think they'll target "money for the overall company".

Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't think so. Microsoft's main purpose with the 360 is to try and recruit so-called "hardcore" gamers into the PC gaming market, while at the same time extending the Windows monopoly to set-top boxes. Nintendo doesn't care about set-top boxes and can survive in a wider market now, so there is no real need to compete.

But the current economic conditions may change things. So-called "hardcore" gamers can't sustain the console market by themselves anymore. Microsoft has no choice but to broaden its focus, and that will inevitably bring it into conflict with Nintendo. At the same time, it would likely also complete the process of converting the "hardcore," who will flee the tide of Other People onto what had been "their" platform, and they will have little choice but to go to the PC.

But if this happens, it'll only last for a generation or two. Microsoft cannot hope to lure anyone else onto their platform in significant numbers -the very things which attract the so-called "hardcore" repel other markets- and so, having failed to capture both markets, the 720 will not do well as a console. But by getting the "hardcore" onto PCs the platform will have completed its mission, and so Microsoft will then bow out of the console market and focus on Games for Windows.

Yes, but they will end up failing.

All I can say is microsoft stopped the dominating playstation, I wouldn't underestimate them tackling nintendo next round

Lets not forget Google Laptops. Windows op system market share is dropping slowly and, as someone mentioned, even tv's are integrating basic pc/ net software. How about Google's digital cloud software (if thats what its called) which allows you to store Word, Excel etc right there online when you need it. Mobile Phones, mini laptops for 500$, its a busy market right now.

Nintendo did what Sony and MS didn't have the balls to do, take a gamble on new forms of control, and in much the same way that Apple won the mp3 market Nintendo is winning the console/handheld market. That the Wii is white is not a coincidence.

But above all else Nintendo have got loads of experience making games for everyone. They have always thought about the whole market, and unlike Apple who have always thought simple in terms of users and op. software on their imacs Nintendo has done exceptionally well at it.

All nintendo (or sony) have to do is get preinstalled software agreements with Opera (already done but in terms of capability to offer cloud software, go to google) and then have fast enough dual processors to perform multiple functions on their machines. MS is then very very screwed.

Heres an article on Google's cloud, interesting stuff and i just noticed Yahoo's doing it too. There is alot more competition than MS care to think about.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9978409-7.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9989019-93.html

What? Arn't you paying attention. Sony shot themselves in the foot. Remember how everyone was saying a yr or 2 ago how MS had made the mistake of putting DVD tech in a next gen console, that it wasn't enough capacity?.

You won't hear anyone say that now. BR is too expensive and Sony put themselves in a position to be undersold. Simple as that.

Over the years I have noticed that Microsoft is a dangerous company primarily because they’re really good at learning from their successes and failures, and the successes and failures of their competition.Over the years I have noticed that Microsoft is a dangerous company primarily because they’re really good at learning from their successes and failures, and the successes and failures of their competition.

While I could be wrong, I suspect that Microsoft might be focusing on being in a similar price, performance and form-factor range as Nintendo was with the Gamecube while incorporating a (then fairly inexpensive) Blu-Ray player and using an modified version of the Wiimote and Nunchuck; in my opinion, their focus with the Wiimote modifications will be to included most of the buttons of the XBox 360 onto the Wiimote. When you combine this with the software and services provided by the XBox 360 already, this will be a very compelling package for many (if not most) consumers.

theere doing it all ready. but so far your in the movies and lips have no found the same success as mario kart and wii fit