XBONE having problems with eSRAM yield. Crazy Buttocks confirms.

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Lafiel said:

kitler53 said:

i've been told MS have mountains of money to ensure that the xbone is succesful.  wouldn't taking a high cost per chip for a couple of months until you can get better yields be worth it?  its not like this kind of issue should take years to figure out.  faced with missing this holiday, down specing the system, or taking a short term financial hit,..  i'd take the hit and hide it in MS's billion+ quarterly profits.

I'm not so sure about that. Molyneux said in the after show discussion for the X1 reveal at IGN that when he was still there they had 2 possible routes, but both were planned with profitability first in mind - the console as it is now he said was like a mix of both concepts, but I doubt that they dropped the aspiration to be profitable from the start.

i'm also for a while now under the impression that MS was pretty much done throwing money at the xbox business just for the sake of it.

it's just a personal hunch though, don't anyone ask for sources. Yes, i'm looking at that guy over there.