Persistantthug said:
Dodece said:
@persistanthug
1. If memory serves me correctly the PS3 had five price drops in its first year on the market. Two in North America, two in Europe, and one in Japan. Which started out cheaper then the rest anyway. Without those the console would have bottomed out, and died quickly. Major developers threatened Sony in public that they would with withdrawal their support of the platform without those price cuts.
2. Even with the price cuts the machine as a pure game console wasn't very attractive. It really didn't have a lot of games. All of the major exclusives were ages away at that time. Thankfully for Sony their price cutting made their console the cheapest BluRay player on the market. The early software attach ration was somewhat proof that a good number of units were purchased primarily as movie watching devices.
3. While Microsoft spent a billion dollars to repair the hardware failure fiasco. The system itself has generated a very impressive profit for the company. Wiping out that loss many times over. The major difference between Microsoft and Sony is this. Sony is passing on savings to regenerate its customer base on its current platform. While Microsoft has funneled the wealth into building the brand. Which they have been busy about the past few years. Microsoft has been building, and buying studios at a impressive rate. Microsoft has basically eliminated the software gap moving into the current generation. They now have as many studios as Sony.
4. Seeing as the Xbox/Xbox 360 are actually sheltered within a larger division. Your last statement isn't fact but pure speculation on your part. The division houses a lot of different product lines, and the amount of money just going into pure research and development is also unknown. Besides I have never heard a cacophony of cries for Microsoft to discontinue the brand. Unlike some companies Microsoft has a way of always coming up jackpot for the investors.
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The American price drops were 2007 = $500...... 2008 = $400......2009 = $300........2010 = ZERO price drop........2011 = $250.
Feel free to add all of the other regions if you want, but personally, I don't know or understand exchange rates. That's why I only refer to American....no offense to anyone intended.
Secondly,
But to show you that what I said about MS has ground: Why did Microsoft close ENSEMBLE, close DIGITAL ANVIL, close ACES, and close FASA studios?
Had you or anyone else ever wondered why, Instead of Microsoft buying their good buddies BIOWARE, Microsoft instead had to stand by and watch EA snap them up.
Because while it is true Microsoft has virtually limitless $......MICROSOFT GAMES does not.
Microsoft couldn't spend the money at that time. Sure, you can say XBOX brand is doing fine now, but back then, XBOX was seen as an anchor to Microsoft, and it was made many times worse when RROD hit.
I really don't want to turn this into a Microsoft thing. So I'll try and stop there.
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