kowenicki said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
kowenicki said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
well i wouldn't go as far out and say Microsoft are the only one of the big 3 who knows how to run a video game business at this point. that's simply not true even with the profits forecast.
the big 3 are doing things differently, and wht they do differently may not always be the way to profit.
remember this. all 3 companies have made losses this gen and turned a profit. running a business is a balancing act that my not always work.
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The difference for Sony and MS is that gaming isnt their core business and to a degree they can suffer losses and prop that up from elsewhere or they can use gaming as a trojan horse for other areas of their business.
Gaming is Nintendo's business.
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First off Sony can take more hits than Microsoft in terms of profit and loss because the investors are well aware of Sony's videogame division and support it. They will prop it up and have been for quite a while. Yes, this is Nintendos bread and butter, but Microsoft makes one wrong move the investors bitch. They don't really like the gaming division, but if its profiting they aren't complaining. I saw a video on the creation of the Xbox in marketing and pretty much the key people involved in its existence have been fighting for it to continue (and still are) literally a handful of people. Bill Gates was just a face. I cannot imagine how much those guys had to go through when making the proposition for the kinect to the investors. They have my respect. Well...not Bill...as far as the gaming industry goes.
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Thats nonsense tbh
What you are essentially saying is that the most profitable firm by a very long way out of the three (MS corp makes many many times what Ninty and Sony corp make combined) is the most likely to bleat about a loss.
During 2010/11 Microsoft made 4 times the losses of the original xbox in profit... in just one year... or in just 3 months if you like.
If MS didnt ditch the adventure into gaming at the end of the original xbox then they will never ditch it while it makes money. They are guaranteed a few hundred million dollars in LIVE revenue alone now. A few vocal shareholders, who will be eating their words, dont force a massive corporations path.
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