Microsoft stock just hit a new 10-year low.
Analysts cut forecasts for Microsoft, citing "downward pressure on PC unit sales.".
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This could spell major trouble for microsoft, especially since it comes after multiple failures like Zune, the Yahoo bid, Vista failure, Xbox 1 failure, the RROD, the Xbox Live downtime failure, and the 360 failure to gain market share worldwide vs the PS3 (although it's doing ok in one country, the US).
I wouldn't be surprised if they try to cut their losses by giving up on gaming much sooner than expected. After all, they were outsold by the PS3 last year and this year too, and the 360 is basically dead or dying everywhere except in the US.
If MS doesn't intend to stop with gaming, why was there only one AAA exclusive this year (Gears 2) compared to so many on PS3 (MGS4, LBP, Resistance 2, Wipeout...). Why did they close studios like Ensemble too ? They need to cut their losses right now.
....just wait for fanboys spinning this story as if they know what it is all about.
Didn't they just say they were recession proof?
Check your 401k, ALL stocks are down. We are in a recession gang.
-Death
everything is down - the economy is crashing but mark my words the one company to pull out of this whole thing will be sony because M$ will abanden their gaming market before it costs them alot of money and nintendo has already abandend theirs - to be honest i dont know how the wii is still selling without any games i would pick a 360 over a wii but im happy with my ps3 - and another thing sony will stay with the ps3 for as long as it takes