| Voltaris said: I'm really irritated by this "just because they can afford it" excuse for Microsoft's victory. At the end of the day Microsoft is a business like any other and they have the primary goal of making money, they aren't going to just aim for victory to please their fanboys, they will aim to make money regardless, so i doubt they will never let price parity be achieved, and i doubt they will outsell ps4 in the US ever |
I could not agree more!! You are EXACTLY right. I've seen a few people respond to my own comments with stuff like, "well MS will just buy this gen they don't care if they lose money they have endless supply" ... UMMM How dense are these people?
How do you think they got to the point they are at? By being extremely stingy with their money. That's how ALL corporations must be and ARE. Especially multi-billion dollar corporations. Yes they CAN afford to do a crazy deal like this for a few months during the Holidays, they CAN afford to take this loss and they are going to do it. For a few months. It has been good press, they have had good numbers on consoles and software, and people are talking about the One more than they have since launch. BUT you better bet they DO care A LOT about their profit margins and they could give a sh*t less about fanboys who think MS doesn't care about money lost. They do in a big way. They made this move to ultimately increase their profit in the long run. Which I think they might have done. They don't make decisions like this on a whim and they definitely don't do it to please fanboys. They are a corporation who's ONLY worry is making money. People seem to be very ignorant to this obvious fact. Glad you pointed it out.
