Forbes contributor Adam Hartung dropped a bomb on the business world this morning when he forecast the complete collapse of Microsoft's business and the company's sudden exit from the entertainment market. Hartung draws on Surface's mediocre sales and the PC market's woes to claim that "Microsoft makes nothing from its xBox/Kinect entertainment division."
He goes on to make dire predictions related to Windows, Office, and Microsoft's other businesses, but we're going to focus on the Xbox comments -- they're easily the most entertaining.
Let's start with the claim that the Xbox division is unable to make a profit. That's easy to check -- all we need to do is consult Microsoft's own press releases.
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Bottom line just saying Samsung could do it and I am sure they could make some new innovations along the way. Now would I want a company that has never been in the gaming industry really making a console no but do I think over time they could make one sure.
This would never happen anyway Microsoft would probably let the Xbox die before they would sell it to someone just like Sony will die before they sell anything of theirs of any real importance.
You do know that Samsung is a holding company right. They don't develop the technology. Try doing research first before you speak. You sound like effing 12 year old's on here talking about stuff you don't have any knowledge about.
LMFAO so true, all the products would switch names from Samsung Galaxy to Samsung Xbox(Samsung X).
but then again this is a console doom article.
Naaaa, that's just some pipe dream.
"Sayonara Sony"
http://www.forbes.com/sites...
So....ugh...well...thats quality journalism /s
I wasn't aware that Sony owned the Xbox brand... Or that a company would sell an asset to themselves...
Seriously. Sony could release a MP3 player for kids, put one million dollars into it, watch it flop, and some analyst will go "sony is doomed" Same here. MS releases a Tablet, which is doing fine compared to other tablets, but its not selling like iCrap so "microsoft is doomed" Lets all pretend MS spends millions on advertising, exclusive content, etc for absolutely no reason at all.
There is a reason why these analysts are not CEO's. If they truly knew everything, they'd have a CEO position somewhere.
At the same time Windows 8 is underprerforming where 7 coasted and Vista...was Vista. MS is at a point where their main staple isn't as solid a seller as it use to be. And Xbox has generally been a struggle. Nevermind what can be said or proven with Kinect.
Not saying that analysts know everything, but there are more than a few examples of CEOs running businesses into the ground while reporting nothing but profits.
Some CEOs are terrible at their jobs just like some analysts are bad at theirs. MS was late to the tablet/smartphone party and its cost them huge market share. There is a reason Steven Ballmer got called the worst CEO of 2012 after all.
A whole year "headstart" is as much as 5 years with compitition, they blew that!!!
You wont see anything like this in the media, cause it hurts them just as much.
Really? I have a feeling that you are just throwing out random speculation due to the lack of logic for your claim. I bought the HD-DVD addon to support the format over blu-ray. I also like the idea of kinect, although Im not to fond of its use in games besides the possibility if voice commands. In fact it has inspired inclusion of the same technology in Televisions, uses in the healthcare field, innovative ideas such as the smart shopping cart, not to mention all the random stuff you can do with it hooked to a PC. Care to backup your claims with evidence?
"A whole year "headstart" is as much as 5 years with compitition, they blew that!!!"
What?
Your deluded already, you bought into the gimicks after all.
Prety funny actually :)
"The PS3 stand head and shoulders above the 360 son. #54.1"
"The PS3's Cellis packing 7! SPU's at 3,2 Gigahertz.
Sony will not release a weaker CPU system within the PS3, mark my words. #12"
"As a gamer i have "ZERO" interest in the WiiU, its clearly a gimick in the lines of kinect.
Give me more well build games. #24"
"The DualShock 3 is a great solid controler already.
A LCD screen would only distract from the screen, it would be a cheap gimmick, something Microsoft would be interested in, watch!
If anything should be added, it should be input and or feedback.
A "hyper!" powerfull rumble is a good idear. #101"
"Move! is factualy a better version of the Wii Mote.
And Wonderbook is just a nice little thing for the kids, thats all it is, and thats all its been promoted as, not pushed down the troats of core gamers, you know, like MS did with kinect. "
"I don't know what is more pathetic, microsoft giving out money to plz stay on their system.
or the xbox3fixme player who don't know its a small part of their own money they get back for paying to use their own internet on their own console..."
"Sony went through hard times, but outperformed on every single level when it come's to consoles.
Its online service is superior on every front, from Free stable online play, to blowing Live! out of the water with PSN premium.
Greater ammount of quality exclusives packing the best graphics out there.
How is this to make up for a comback?, in the eyes of bought and sold media maybe, but the gamers are having a blast already. #33"
So Mr. DigitalSmoke, maybe you should look back through my comments. You'll see I am a technology lover, not a fanboy like yourself.
BTW, learn how to use the english language, it'll make your arguments seem a little more worthy.
it makes you sound like a 12yo sony slave...
FYI, Sony bought Gaikai couple of months ago! business can loan money!
Also its only referring to income, what's been brought in. What does the operating costs chart look like in comparison?