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Ballmer - Xbox 'Can Take Sony' In Next Generation

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday July 14, 2004 @04:19PM from the fighting-talk dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to GameSpot, a Q&A with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has him saying that, although the company's Xbox game console isn't making money (or bleeding them dry), the pain has been worth it. 'We have gone from nowhere to a significant player,' he said, adding: 'I am betting we can take Sony in the next generation.' Guess things are set to get even more interesting with the forthcoming next-gen console launches."

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The simple trend of failure by Jim+Ethanol · 2004-07-14 16:42 · Score: 1, Redundant

Buhahaha... The reality is that Microsoft has continuously failed in EVERY new venture it has ever attempted when it us unable to force feed it to users via it's OS monopoly. Period.
Case in point:
Windows CE - After many years and many many Palm still dominates PDA's, not to mention Linux in the embedded market!
MSN - A large cost center that only gets hits until people figure out they can change their start page, or better yet their browser!
Ultimate TV - MS to own your living room. What happened to that?
Microsoft Money - Despite MS giving it away, EVERYONE still uses quicken.
Xbox - Another financial retard, still born and being kept alive by Daddy Gates deep pockets.
The list goes on and on... the fact is that outside of the core monopoly, they've never seen a financial success. Despite their best efforts. Given that history tends to repeat, I don't think Sony has much to worry about. At least not from MS. Sorry Steve.