supercat said:
Twistedpixel said:
That still doesn't change the fact that when I boot up my Xbox 360 the online game market place is front and centre in the dashboard 'spotlight' with new content whereas on the PS3 I actually have to hunt for the content or know its coming beforehand. In addition to this every single arcade game has a demo and the Xbox 360 has had points cards available at retail ever since release. Further to this the Xbox 360 gets a significant number of exclusives for its online marketplace and Xbox Live has been growing in revenue far faster than the Xbox 360 userbase itself, 70% growth YOY was the last number I heard at the end of financial year report.
Lastly it was also mentioned by that other guy that the Xbox Live points cards were the number one selling accessory in 2009 for the Xbox 360. Thats in addition to any credit card sales through the Xbox 360 itself and any games on demand sales.
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And yet, the PS3's division made 1/2 as much profits as the 360's division in MS with both companies most recent earnings statements. With the PS3's bigger catchup with software and great pull with developers, how wiill that look now? almost the same?
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That division also includes significant investment in Windows mobile 7, a couple hundred full time researchers into pure computer sciences, Zune (which wasn't released world wide to contain losses). Sony mentioned that most of their profit came from VAIO computers and not the PS3 and they also had profit from the PS2s software/hardware sales and profit from the PSPs hardware sales as well.
