Microsoft is teh DOOMED! Yahoo reports....

ok ok maybe a bit of a stretch but yahoo seems to think microsoft and stevebalmer are living the nightmare senario that xbox may not be able to save them from.... sounds familiar *ahem sony* the link is in the next post because gamespot hates ease of use from a phone.

ok ok maybe a bit of a stretch but yahoo seems to think microsoft and stevebalmer are living the nightmare senario that xbox may not be able to save them from.... sounds familiar *ahem sony* the link...

TheEroica

Good riddance.kuraimen

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]Good riddance.TheEroica

[QUOTE="TheEroica"][QUOTE="kuraimen"]Good riddance.kuraimen

[QUOTE="TheEroica"][QUOTE="kuraimen"]Good riddance.kuraimen

Good to see. They need to learn it the hard way.

What they've done with Windows and Xbox are terrible.

Good to see. They need to learn it the hard way.

What they've done with Windows and Xbox are terrible.

GamerwillzPS

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

Good to see. They need to learn it the hard way.

What they've done with Windows and Xbox are terrible.

blue_hazy_basic

No, no. I'm just glad that it happened to them so they can learn to get better next time.

Good to see. They need to learn it the hard way.

What they've done with Windows and Xbox are terrible.

GamerwillzPS

This article is more like PC is dying rather than microsoft is dying.... The mighty iPad lol is still nothing more than a glorified e-reader

Well dropping core in 2009 surely didn't help. Heil68

All this opinion states is that the Xbox division with 20 billion is not big enough to save the total Entertainment and Devices division that has $364 million in operating income if it should collapse .

Do Cows understand anything they post ?

Yet another Cow failboat leaves the harbour to join the Armada of stupid !

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Well dropping core in 2009 surely didn't help. TheEroica

This article is more like PC is dying rather than microsoft is dying.... The mighty iPad lol is still nothing more than a glorified e-reader

neo418

[QUOTE="TheEroica"][QUOTE="Heil68"]Well dropping core in 2009 surely didn't help. kuraimen

For MS to compensate that big a loss with just the Xbox division everyone on the planet should have to buy at least two !

the article clearly states that the xbox brand is a success but that its 365 million dollar section of microsofts business is small by comparison TheEroica

Sony and MS are in an interesting position for next gen

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Well dropping core in 2009 surely didn't help. TheEroica

[QUOTE="TheEroica"] the article clearly states that the xbox brand is a success but that its 365 million dollar section of microsofts business is small by comparison kuraimen

As for the "people will lose their jobs" argument..........welcome to the economy?

IF all illicit drugs suddenly dissapeared from the country, people would lose their jobs. I'm so glad we have drug addicts and alcoholics, they are great people because they provide jobs!

srsly.

by that logic the ps3 surely isn't a ps2 either.cainetao11

As for the "people will lose their jobs" argument..........welcome to the economy?

IF all illicit drugs suddenly dissapeared from the country, people would lose their jobs. I'm so glad we have drug addicts and alcoholics, they are great people because they provide jobs!

srsly.

dxmcat

Yahoo is about as reliable as VGChartz.

We're Yahoo...We've laid out a worse case scenario for MS. We've sort of been keeping track of it, and honestly we don't know if any of it is actually happening, but we took the time to write yet another article in the long line of articles we have written, that show we know pretty much nothing about the computer and gaming industries.

I think I'll hold onto my MS shares for a while longer.

I do think MS is in trouble, because with the exception of the 360 they seem to be swinging and missing with almost all their new innovations and products.blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="TheEroica"] the article clearly states that the xbox brand is a success but that its 365 million dollar section of microsofts business is small by comparison kuraimen

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="TheEroica"] the article clearly states that the xbox brand is a success but that its 365 million dollar section of microsofts business is small by comparison TheEroica

Meanwhile, in the real world, SNE just hit an all-time low...

When will these idiots realize that the ipad is a SUPPLEMENT not a replacement to a desktop. My company bought a lot of Ipads over the last couple of years as well, only to find out that they cannot replace desktops and at best, is a decent email and messaging device. For almost anything else you need a real computer, ESPECIALLY in the Enterprise sector. Microsoft will be ok.

Fanboys just can't help themselves, I guess. They can't possibly limit their irrational hate to SYSTEMs in SYSTEM Wars, let's instead argue multinational corporations, the workings of none of you have a clue about, and whose videogame divisions represent a minority (in MS's case an infintesimal minority) of the company's earnings. :roll:

Yes, MS's core business has long term challenges to its' continued dominance, but for crpies sakes, this is a YahooFinance blog in which most of the sections begin with something along the lines of "We don't know". :roll: Why not just post what your local gas station attendant thinks next time? The only portion relevant for this forum is the Blurb about XBox... and it labels the division a "Bright Spot".:|

Seriously fanboys, if you're going to play Company Wars Rule Number One should be: YahooFinance = VGChartz.

I will never give up my desktop and laptop for a tablet.

Yahoo is a joke.

[QUOTE="TheEroica"][QUOTE="Heil68"]Well dropping core in 2009 surely didn't help. kuraimen

But, the TC stated that one of the reasons MS is doomed is because of Sony. That is not at all what the article says. It says that the success of the XBox brand has not been enough to offset losses in other areas.

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="TheEroica"] Heil ya gotz ta reeeeead.... xbox = massive success... everything else = bomb.StormyJoe

But, the TC stated that one of the reasons MS is doomed is because of Sony. That is not at all what the article says. It says that the success of the XBox brand has not been enough to offset losses in other areas.

When will these idiots realize that the ipad is a SUPPLEMENT not a replacement to a desktop. My company bought a lot of Ipads over the last couple of years as well, only to find out that they cannot replace desktops and at best, is a decent email and messaging device. For almost anything else you need a real computer, ESPECIALLY in the Enterprise sector. Microsoft will be ok.

heretrix

Point 1.
Isn't this rather because there have hardly been games pushing PC hardware? All speculation. I wouldn't be surprised to see PC sales slowing down over time due to development costs rising exponentially.
Point 2.
This has always been a worry for MS. Since there still isn't a very userfriendly and moneyfriendly alternative to Windows, this is also not happening yet.
Point 3.
Consumers are not all idiots. After repeating this pattern of Windows mishaps for some time, people were anticipating Windows 8 to be kind of a 'filler' OS till we see a significant upgrade. There is hardly any good reason to upgrade to Windows 8. A bad product selling poorly does have little to do with Apple... Is the writer working for Apple?
Point 4.
Is about phones, not PC's.
Point 5.
Is also about phones. Does the writer have a phone fetish? I thought Windows phones were crap to begin with.
Point 6.
Office is dying because there are volunteers making free office programs that work just as well. MS has been overcharging for office 'apps' for decades, it was going to die eventually. Nothing to do with Apple again.
Point 7.
No idea.
Point 8.
I'm not a microsoft freak, but 7 and 8 seem to boil down to "If MS stops selling their products, nobody is going to need the things they do for their products." Ok.
Point 9.
The Kinect is horrible as well, so why not mention that that is going to end as well?
Point 10.
Is just a joke I guess.

So, basically I don't really find the article very interesting and feel like I wasted time reading something so off. I agree Microsoft will have to adapt fast to extend their reign over the PC, but it is filled with wild speculation around some of the writer's wet dreams.