Surprise! Microsoft Finds Nintendo WiiWare Strategy 'Confusing'

AllroundGamer - 544 days 11 hours ago

:D Shane Kim is the new Bill Gates, someone should throw a pie at his face, so the comedy would be complete :)

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kindi_boy - 544 days 10 hours ago

nothing more confusing i've seen this generation more than the 50 million microsoft paid for GTA IV DLC.

and Nintendo is obviously targeting kids and now moving on to women who knows what they might think of in the future... aliens ?

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bama - 544 days 6 hours ago

Kindi the point of GTA IV was not to gain profit but to stop Sony from gaining profit. They created the Xbox as a response to the PS wanting to replace computers.

"We posed that question to company-specific research firm Directions on Microsoft analyst Matt Rosoff. His answer in short:

“I don’t know.”

Still, he explained his uncertainty. “Remember that Microsoft partly entered the game console business for defensive reasons,” Rosoff said. “The company was concerned that a PlayStation successor would become the default gateway to networked entertainment in the home—Ken Kutaragi promised as much—and cut into consumer PC sales.”

He continued, “It's very hard to calculate the worth of a defensive business. I personally think Sony will have a really hard time with the PS3—fewer games at launch, $200 price premium, and yet they're losing more money per console than Microsoft is on the 360. More long-term, imagine no PlayStation 4 and how Microsoft might profit from such an environment.”"

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