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ookaze said:
kowenicki said:

I think it was actually a "pc in every home"  pretty much job done then in the western world.  think how much Microsoft are going to make on pc related stuff over the next 10 years.... russia, india and china! huge!

 

 

So much nonsense. MS is doomed with its console then.

Because despite people and Bill Gates wanting to rewrite history, some people just won't lose their minds because of lies.

MS is not the one that put a PC in every house, IBM is. That's the IBM PC that entered every house, MS provided the OS.

The IBM PC, having the name IBM on it, being cheap enough (Personal Computer is what PC means), outsold the MAC despite having an inferior OS, just because of IBM name at the time.

MS surely is not the one that put it in every house. Sometimes I have the feeling people believe PC are made by MS.

Eh, on PC outselling Mac at the time, price had a lot to do with it. If Apple had allowed cheap clones, the story might have been different.



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I thought Microsoft was already making a good profit on all models even with this price drop with the new chips in production.

My guess is they lose on the Arcade and break even with everything else.

Either way they are lowering the price next year to. They want to sink Sony, so don't be fooled. They will undercut Sony as much as they can because they only want to compete with Nintendo.



It's just that simple.

I thought they were past the "losing tons of money" and into the "riding profitability" stage.

Microsoft befuddles me sometimes.



Every Sony fanboy posting their MS hatred on a Windows-based machine are helping the 360 stay in for the long haul.

Funny because it's true.

Apple ftw!!



Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?

Every company no matter how much money they have they want to make a profit.



 

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fastyxx said:
Every Sony fanboy posting their MS hatred on a Windows-based machine are helping the 360 stay in for the long haul.

Funny because it's true.

Apple ftw!!

 

 Good point, This is when the sony fanboys will come rushing in and "Claim" they own a mac lol



ROFLOL...I love all the sony fanboys ranting about this move by M$....like Sony's cut last holiday season wasn't done for the same reason, and now that Sony has shot it's wad with nothing left...oooops....guess they should have saved some fuel in the tank for the holiday push.



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MS wants to beat the PS3 at any cost. Sadly I don't think this are going to help their situation very much.



microsoft will still be making money on consoles with the price drop.



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fastyxx said:
Every Sony fanboy posting their MS hatred on a Windows-based machine are helping the 360 stay in for the long haul.

Funny because it's true.

Apple ftw!!

nice one. But I prefer to have a computer I can actually find software for....

OT: well, that doesn't surprise me they are willing to take a loss again because this is pretty much make-or-break for them. I mean, Japan is non-existant for both HD consoles (and the PS3 is outselling them there), they're getting royally owned in Europe, and the 20GB "clearance sale" in their strongest region couldn't even push sales over a console that costs $100-$200 more. Nothing has worked so far. If this doesn't work, nothing will. Fortunately for them though, I'm pretty sure this will work. However, they would have been smarter to wait until closer to the holiday season because doing the drop now gives Sony time to counterattack before the holidays if they have to.

 



Not trying to be a fanboy. Of course, it's hard when you own the best console eve... dang it