ssj12 said:
omgwtfbbq said:
X360 will do better than Xbox at generation end. Microsoft jettisoned the Xbox because they screwed up their contracts, they basically bought commodity parts from Nvidia and Intel, meaning these companies could keep all the benifits of cost reduction and screw Microsoft over, as they couldn't go anywhere else for these parts. What that meant is that they were still losing money on each Xbox at the end of the last genration, and basically couldn't keep selling them. This time, Microsoft owns the designs on the CPU and GPU (and everything else), and simply license the production. Therefore, they get the benefits of cost reduction, and negotiation for manufacturing. They also know they can't do the same with the 360 or people will completely lose trust in the brand. A lot of people already have. |
you do know the GPU is made by ATI/AMD... and the rights to it is owned by ATI/AMD |
No, he was actually right. Microsoft hired ATI under contract to develop the GPU, paying for its design upfront. In return Microsoft owns all rights to its design and the freedom to manufacture any way they can. Currently it's being manufactured by that Korean semiconducter Fab conglomerate I think. Called TEC or something like that.
