Microsoft Q1 2009 earnings report today (2:30PM PST)

[Bitmap Frogs]

Dolla Dolla said:

Bitmap Frogs said:

If the NextXbox is to launch at the end of 2011, R+D costs should start hitting big in 2010. It means whatever is left of 2008, 2009 and a few months of 2010 (roughly 6 quarters) is all that's left before the R+D costs drown the division. Average it at 200M profit per quarter and yeah, make it 5 billion sunk costs before it shoots up again. Unless they do what's rumored sony will do, release a minor update with minimal R+D costs and sell at a profit from launch onwards.

Methinks it would be wise to do a marginal increase, much in the vein of Gamecube to Wii. Only increase the processor power a bit, make the graphics card a bit stronger, make the RAM a bit larger and faster, use the same architecture so Devs know how to tap into the power of the machine, full backwards compatibility with the previous gen from day one, etc.

And start with a MAX price of 299. That would be a sweet 8th gen.

 

Nintendo has changed the rules =)