Feniris said:
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Well if you release your systems at a loss then it makes it harder to make money. I know it isn't all about market share but all console manufacturers strive to be on top (and waiting almost 2 years seems a bit too long). They can easily release a system in 2013 and sell it for a profit thus making money and keeping themselves in the race. At most they should strive to be at least within a 50 dollar loss per system sold at launch not 100-200 or whatever the PS3 was. They can wait all they want to release their system but the making money comes from a different strategy. Don't build a 1000 dollar system and try and sell it for 600.
Sure both Microsoft and Sony would rather hold out as long as possible before releasing their next system (so they can gather more profit from the current generation). However, once one of them pulls the gun, the other will be right behind. An early launch can help (360, although rushing it caused the RROD which most gamers apparently forgave Microsoft or dealt with it) or be disastrous (Saturn) depending on the way they handle the launch.
