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S.T.A.G.E. on 28 July 2011
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fallen said:
zarx said:

New platforms are expensive to introduce and MS are the only ones currently not introducing one. Also the Xbox brand has been bleeding hundreds of millions for years and cost billions to establish and will need another 15 years of profit to make the money back. 

Being the only one bassed in the USA where they make they majority of thier sales also helps with the weak US dollar which hurts Sony and Nintendo.


Uhh no. 360 is likely already profitable for it's life, which leaves just the ~4b they lost on Xbox 1. Additionaly, it's been all smooth profitable sailing for 360 for years now, and like PS2 it will have many profitable future years. All wild speculation on my part but I'm guessing 360 could erase all Xbox 1 losses by the time it's said and done. Leaving their next system to start out in the black.

Doesnt sound impressive but for a company like MS to break into videogames and create a worthy brand like Xbox, get millions of boxes on top of TV's, create the XBL network which is used to sell movies and so on, and not lose any money over it? Pure gold for them.

And Vita is FAR from the only reason Sony is losing money. In fact they're losing less money now that they're introducing Vita than they were before. Ps3 is why they lost so much money in the past. Now they are doing better because PS3 hardware is profitable.

 


Hes right. Nintendos Wii was the only profitable system from the very beginning. Microsoft and Sony were bleeding money from the beginning of the  gen until about 3-4 years after launch. Sony and Nintendo know gamings roots. It involves some sort of handheld market and they they are both capitalizing on it. The handheld market is larger than that. Handhelds are more profitable than Kinect. It's Microsoft who is out of the loop my friend. Look how many PSP's and DS portables have been sold. Microsoft doesn't dedicate enough companies into variety. The focus companies on one thing or nothing at all. They still have a lot to learn.