Midway: Xbox First Of Current-Gen Systems To Die?
Date: Friday, August 04 @ 23:23:10 UTC
Topic: Xbox General
Talking in the conference call following the Midway financial results announced earlier today, Midway execs commented sharply on the swift dropping of support by Microsoft and game publishers for the original Xbox console.
Responding to an investor question, Midway executives noted: "Clearly, Microsoft has shifted onto the 360. Xbox software sales, month over month, continue to drop pretty quickly."
They also noted: "PlayStation 2 continues to perform very well", commenting: "PlayStation 2 should be around... Sony has a very good history of supporting their platforms long after the new machines come, and Nintendo has a pretty good history there as well."
However, with Microsoft's only partial success with backwards compatibility, and many games sitting on shelves with consumers somewhat unclear whether they might play on the Xbox 360 or not, the Midway execs suggested: "Xbox is going to be the platform that, after the holidays, it's certainly going to be pretty difficult to certainly sell any new games for."
News-Source: www.gamasutra.com
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