QUOTE(beasty54 @ May 21 2008, 08:20 PM)
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Not quite sure how you think its possible the 360 could become a failure
The 360 has the highest attach rate for games and even holds the record apparently, has sold over 12 million consoles, is home to some of the top selling games of all time, and has the best online gaming community IMO (in terms of integration)
Microsoft holds the record for highest attach rate AT THIS stage of it's lifespan. And for the record, there was another console that held several of those records as well that was ultimately a failure - The Dreamcast.
While Microsoft is obviously in a very different position than Sega was, the Xbox 360 is in no way the huge success that Microsoft likes to pretend that it is.
The simple fact is that despite launching a year before any other console, with a tremendous amount of quality, exclusive titles, the Xbox 360 is surprisingly not selling substantially above the numbers that the original Xbox did at this stage of it's lifespan. When you factor in the extremely high price of the PS3 along with the lack of quality titles, the fact that the Xbox 360 has not moved more consoles is very troubling for Microsoft.
So, while I wouldn't go so far as to say that Microsoft has to worry about the Xbox 360 being a 'failure', I personally would be very surprised if it was still leading the PS3 in installed userbase 2 years from now.
I'm not saying that they can't do it, but Microsoft definitely needs to pull a tricks out of their sleeves if they want to retain their lead over Sony.