Nintendo--VS--Microsoft

[Perfect Stu]

If any company were to pull out of the videogame market in the next 5-7 years, I'd say it would be Microsoft. I know they're an enormous company, but they're the only company of the 3 thats losing money (and a lot of it) from their videogame division. Now, they do have a lot to spare, and they seem very dedicated...so I don't see them leaving anytime soon...but big company or not, investors get pissed off when the company is taking huge financial hits. I don't think the XBox will ever become profitable...but I do think that Microsoft has to make sure that their next system will be.

For Nintendo...it's hard to tell. They have a system going that seems to keep raking in moderate amounts of profit consistently, but I don't know how long that can go on. Over the past 7 years they've lost a lot of market share, and the GBA seems to be their foundation. If Sony's PSP can seriously compete with that, we have a whole other story.

Sony is the market leader, and they've recently invested a TON of money into future technology. They have a long term plan in place, so I don't see them stepping out of the videogame market in a LOOONG time.