Microsoft Advised To Sell Bing, Xbox
Microsoft has been advised to sell its Bing services and Xbox devices.
The software company behind Windows has been advised to cut their losses in order to cut costs and maximize profits. However, as much effort as they’ve invested in both areas, the prospect seems extremely unlikely.
Microsoft has been pushing recently to integrate Bing into every service they now own. PC, Surface, tablets, Windows Phone, and even Xbox Live have all seen or been targeted for use with Microsoft’s Bing service. They are trying to turn Bing into more than just a search engine, much like Google, which recently interconnected nearly everything they do.
It is a debatable observation that Bing might actually be a better search engine than Google, possibly due to Google’s tendency to drop offending websites (such as Kim Dotcom’s Mega) from its search results because of too many complaints.
Microsoft was advised to sell or give Bing away to Yahoo or Facebook, as the service has been running in the red for years now. They were also advised to dump the Xbox devices and sell the services to Samsung or other electronics companies.
After everything Microsoft has put into the Xbox One, we doubt they will be ready to just let it go yet. Even in the light of consumer outrage over their inability to answer specifics at their reveal event last month, Microsoft still thinks they can pull enough sales between the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One to keep them profitable.
If Microsoft expects to remain profitable with the Xbox One, they should really consider retooling the whole console and giving the customers what they want, as previously reported in The Inquisitr, instead of denying rumors and then offering further details at E3 2013.
Do you think Microsoft should just cut their losses and dump Bing and Xbox? Can they still pull off being profitable in spite of everything that’s happened recently?
