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Rpruett on 19 March 2009
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nightsurge said:

@Rpruett

They have nowhere near similar attach rates. The PS3 and the Wii have similar, but the 360's is like 2-3 more games per console sold than both of them.  And before you try to counter this point, I will make these following statements:
-This is considering the same time frames (first 23 months for each console).
-If you say many 360's sold due to RRoD replacements, then the attach ratio must actually be higher since those new consoles did not require repurchase of games.

We already told you that the RRoD is paid off.

The cost of the hardware falls at the same rate given Moore's Law. Sure the physical dollar amount may be less on the 360 side, but that's just because it is cheaper. The hardware costs are still falling at the same rate, which means the PS3 will never be able to reach near the low costs of the 360's hardware (it was more expensive to begin with, and was a year later so Moore's law hasn't had as much time to affect it).

The attach ratio is skewed by being released a full year ahead of time and when you factor this in they are actually pretty comparable (Still better, but comparable and certainly not some night and day difference compared to other consoles).

 

Is the RROD paid off in those figures?  Are you 100% positive?  Are you sure those figures have assigned the RROD?  I'm not sure,  but I highly doubt you are either.  You are just guessing.

That's entirely the point.  The physical dollar amount being less on the 360s (Which is really the only thing that matters as it pertains to cost?).  The PS3 doesn't need to reach as low as the costs of 360's hardware. At some point, both will be so low it's negligible in difference.

Again you aren't counting Sony's first party studios which most certainly make a profit.  (Something Microsoft doesn't really have).  Which adds profit to their bottom line.

 

The numbers speak for themselves as far as I'm concerned.  Microsoft has managed one year of overall profit. We will see how many more they can manage.