Rumor: The next Xbox: Always online, no second-hand games, 50GB Blu-ray discs and new Kinect

[Ail]

green_sky said:

Ail said:

Looks to me like many people in this thread have very selective thinking...

Heard of smartphones and especially Iphones ?

They doing pretty well right ?
Yet not every rural community or developed country has good wireless signal, even less good 3G or 4G networks........

You do not need to target 100% of the market to be successfull..........

 

Yet most of the people in this thread have been arguing that fundamentally Apple's business model is wrong.

Apples and Oranges really (Pun sort of intented). The iPhones are not really breaking records in markets without 3G and 4G networks. Most of the big sales come from developed markets or rich emerging markets (China, Brazil and parts of India). 

If you really think that ignoring a large subset of people who are prospective customers would be good strategy for launching a console that would serve as Microsoft/Sony's entertainment centre till the year 2018-2020 is selective strategy or thinking. Than i guess i am wrong. Even PC gaming allows an offline mode and it is the most connected as far as internet connectivity is concerned. 

The phone market is a lot bigger than the console market, yet Apple is successfull while ignoring part of the market.

Apple sold 48  millions of Iphone last quarter.......

I think it's safe to say that you can apply the same strategy and only target core rich markets and be successfull too with a console.( and yes, those rural US markets with no internet are not the markets where the richest segment of the population concentrates...).

I'm not saying it's cool or not, but from a business point of view it makes totally sense...

Bottom line is when you're selling an entertainment device you want to target the segment of the population with high disposable income...

And finally lets not forget that from all accounts the majority of Microsoft XBoX profits come from XBoxLive Gold subscription. So why should Microsoft work hard to provide a console for people that won't in the end get Xbox Live ?????????