| kowenicki said: The new 360 will be more profitable than the old one... thats the whole point. Its just a redisgned case (smaller - cheaper) with a cheap HDD thrown in (cheaper than that old 120GB add on), a wifi adaptor (cheap) and a smaller chipset (cheaper). Add to this that the Elitre was already very profitable and they can also ship more now for the same price... smaller box and you see where you are going wrong. |
Interesting that your answer proves every point I made. You have no clue about mass manufacturing costs and production costs, and even prove yourself wrong in the same sentence (small hint: adding/changing components increases, not decreases, costs for the first production runs). Do you have any idea what the R/D costs are for:
a) a new case b) a new hd case c) a new interface (Wifi) d) a new power supply e) a smaller chipset (and particularly e) could be massive depending on what really is inside the chip carrier)?
and f) your "super profitable Elite" sold for $50-$80 less in Europe than a PS3. Explain why Sony loses $ on a console but MS is "very profitable" on essentially the same thing that sells for 25% less?
