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Originally Posted by gekko
Earl, why are you trying to make something out of nothing?
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Hey, there are a lot of gamers who agree with me.
I just had a look at their line-up while doing the two threads, and they are really weak on any type of 1st/2nd party content.
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Originally Posted by Vampyr
No offense, but this doesn't make a lot of sense. 
Since when has increasing your market share, increasing profits, and drawing in more support for your platform than your competitors not been a good business move?
I am actually a strong advocate for -not- making plans for the future, especially in the world of business. You will always be operating on guesses which will probably turn out to be wrong. It is much wiser to react to situations than to try to guess what will happen, especially in terms of business.
Microsoft is doing the best possible thing they can: increasing revenue in the current market. As long as they continue to produce a quality product, they will have developer support and in turn customers. |
And I give them credit for most of that. (I'm still not sure how much profit they actually make on this model since they lump gaming into their entertainment section)
The fact of the matter is, we've seen a perfectly good example of what happens when you don't think of the future when Sony went from the PS2 to the PS3. They lost about 75% of their userbase so far. MS doesn't have that big of a userbase to erode as much, but the fact is if all 3 consoles start off on equal footing next gen, MS is in a terrible position.
I mean honestly, as far as I know, outside of Kinect stuff, MS has 4 major exclusives land up for the next 2 years. This generation, who knows when it will end, but would be the perfect time for them to experiment with new IPs and see what does and doesn't stick. Instead of trying to force the situation next gen by paying developers off again.
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Originally Posted by Professor S
Mass Effect 2 (the game, not the franchise) going multi-platform well after it is still relevant means virtually nothing in terms of "the state of MS". Games have jumped multi-platform like this before, and they will again, and it likely won't change anything.
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Mass Effect 2 on its own means jack squat. I'm almost certain I mentioned that. Its when Mass Effect 3 rolls around. MS no longer has it as a checkmark on their console if it comes out on the PS3 as well.