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Nem on 31 January 2012
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Damnyouall said:
Kasz216 said:

any economist will tell you the secondary market helps, it doesn't hurt


Spot on, like the rest of your post. I happen to be an economist (degree in economics/international management). Only an uneducated (or unintelligent) person would think that a secondary market is bad.

I have to say, it's pretty ironic how few people here appear to have any professional knowledge about economics. After all, this website's primary raison d'etre is SALES.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone in this thread besides me have a business degree? Do any of the moderators have any business education?


Business area yes. I have a marketing degree, wich is not exactly the same as economics. I am posting as consumer here and less as a professional. My area is more towards where products are aimed and who they are aimed at to achieve profit. The obvious conclusion i already gave: Microsoft cant afford to not aim at a huge chunk of their current market and alienate it, it would be a sure way to make the product fail.

Thus, there is no chance in hell this will happen. Unless, you know... corporte decisions are made by people with more power than brains.

 

A bit unrelated, but who is making incredible marketing decisions is Nintendo. They are dominating the handheld market and i believe they have a real chance with the Wii U. Why? Simply because their systems are differenciated. They all have a hook that you cant get with any other system, and with the difference in power beeing increasingly less noticeable... i do believe Nintendo have a chance to dominate the home market once again. Sony might be pushed out of the market this generation due to the Japan bottleneck aswell, in my opinion.