Are you forgetting the last generation?
Sony was able to pull back their catastrophe of a launch and after a very long time even overtook 360 sales, and that was with a large disadvantage in release times.
Microsoft could easily do the same thing this generation. Its far too early for anything to be decided or requiring "miracles". Even more interesting are the other platforms available today and coming soon that may alter the typical sales of consoles in the long term. Again everything is very uncertain, this gen more than any
And are you forgetting the sacrifices Sony had to make with that turnaround?
- Complete redesign of the console and the console's market image.
- Drastic cost-cutting measures
- Restructuring (bye bye kutaragi)
- Sinking millions of dollars to right the ship.
It wasn't just an easy jog uphill, it was a fucking marathon up a mountain. If Microsoft were to go the same way, it would be with a similar path:
- Complete redesign of the console and the console's market image
Already happening. The TV TV TV focus is almost a distant memory, and Phil Spencer is an obvious choice to lead a new game-centric path.
- Drastic cost-cutting measures
Not much on this front yet, but Kinect being thrown out would be an easy guess of what's going to happen.
- Restructuring
Don Mattrick? gone. Signs pointing now that the entire focus of the XBOX team is changing, for the benefit of gamers.
- Sinking millions of dollars to right the ship.
Well. That's going to have to happen now, isn't it?