| MonstaMack said: I dunno. MS is just starting to get insane profits (look at last quarter profits) for the 360 which is eliminating RROD cost, and maybe even the original XBox costs in the long run. |
Xbox 360 will definitely recoup the losses of itself by the end of the year, and since we are unlikely to see its successor this year, reasonably Holiday 2012 is the earliest we will see it, so thats another year of profits to offset Xbox 1.
But, it would be smart to point out, the only reason it took MS 6 years to break even on Xbox 360 is because the venture cost them 3 billion (2 billion on losses, 1.1billion on rrod) and they didn't have a profitable platform to help cushion the brunt of the damage. Now they do, and it's best to do that while the system is at its peak. Leave it too late like Sony and the PS2 and there won't be enough profit to cover the new console.
