Can Microsoft afford another price cut??? erm NO

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ManusJustus said:

First rule of economics: Only consider cost and benefit in the future, not the past.  It doesnt matter if XBox made a billion dollars or lost a billion dollars in the past, the only thing Microsoft should (and since they are ran by people who understand economics, do) consider is potential costs and benefits in the future.

 

while true you can get a picture about how a price drop or a large game could effect sales... we look at the past to get an idea of the future because the trends don't generally buck unless something huge happens