@TheBigFatJ,
You have some mistakes.
Xbox 360 is now profitable so the shareholder argument doesnt hold water anymore. Shareholders dont say kill something that is now profitable because in the past it wasnt. If MS shareholders did Windows would have died years ago.
Xbox 360 sales to consumers jumped 22% if I recall correctly. Yes they didnt ship as many to stores, but they sold more to consumers. Last year MS gave all sorts of incentives to retailers to take extra stock. Retailers had special bundles, rebates, coupons all holiday season last year because MS passed $ onto them so they would stockpile consoles. Shipments of 360's nearly all year long in 2007 were down because retailers didnt need to replinish. Yet in the end more 360's were sold to consumers. Not to mention the RRoD problem held back sales until MS came forward and gave people the 3 year warranty.
Also notice in 2008 the 360 has already sold as much in 3 weeks that the 360 sold in 2007 in 4 weeks. This while the most popular 360 sku's are in short supply.
Libraries sell systems not individual games
