The PS3 won't make it past 2012 in America at retail.

[Infinity]

BenVTrigger said:

Infinity said:
The only way the 360 is not going to come in dead last in worldwide sales this generation is a $99 Arcade model being announced at E3. Microsoft's investors are already crying foul at all the money being wasted on the 360, the weakest product in the whole company. The only way they could sustain a $99 price point is to liquidate their remaining units and discontinue the 360. I think that they will not do this and Microsoft's stock value will continue to tank as the current leadership insists on throwing more money at this product.

 

 

I find it very difficult to believe this is a real post....he's joking right? The 360 is far from a failure and perhaps with the last xbox shareholders were worried but not so with the 360. Do you realize just how much cash they make off of xbox Live alone? As to your prediction that the only way to not come in last this gen is a 99 dollar arcade I have a simple question to ask you.

If they are so doomed to last place then why is it outselling the playstation every week? Go ahead and use the whole price exscuse all you want but I'm getting tired of hearing that. Sony set the price that way so if thats the answer its not that MS is lucky. Sony shot themselves in the foot and shouldn't have been so arrogant. Its their own fault they're in last.

Xbox Live does not make as much money as you think. In its most recent quarter, only Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices division (Xbox 360) posted a loss for the company. Needless to say, investors do not want Microsoft to continue funding a money losing product like this. The same thing happened to Sega, but Microsoft is a much larger company. However, with leadership like this it won't be forever.