I'm not surprised the XBox division is bleeding so much cash. Microsoft should never have gotten into the hardware business in the first place. Every time they release a new piece of hardware is cause for a face-palm.
15 years ago, when no console maker had a viable strategy for going online, MS should have built a cross platform solution that made online gaming possible for every console. Does that sound familiar? A cross-platform solution for a number of competing hardware makers?
This division would probably be a huge part of Microsoft's business if they had pulled it off. Just think of the leveraging possibilities if every gamer over the age of 25 had an XBox live account, instead of the much smaller subset of gamers over 25 who also owned a Microsoft console.
I think they're back on the right track with Windows phone, but Google already beat them to the cross-platform solution.
15 years ago, when no console maker had a viable strategy for going online, MS should have built a cross platform solution that made online gaming possible for every console. Does that sound familiar? A cross-platform solution for a number of competing hardware makers?
This division would probably be a huge part of Microsoft's business if they had pulled it off. Just think of the leveraging possibilities if every gamer over the age of 25 had an XBox live account, instead of the much smaller subset of gamers over 25 who also owned a Microsoft console.
I think they're back on the right track with Windows phone, but Google already beat them to the cross-platform solution.