Its over for the 360

[shams]

roadkillers said:

shams said:
MS has too many options at the moment, and is still making too much money on the 360 for it to be "over". Sony (entertainment) will lose a lot of money this qrt - and MS (entertainment) will still be making a profit.

All MS have to do is announce a "revamped" 360 (with no RRoD confirmed), a GTA bundle and a price cut - and sales will explode. Heck, even I'm biding my time now before I pick up a 360. Only thing stopping me at the moment, is the sudden "flood" of Wii titles to get first.

Its looking more and more likely that they are flushing existing inventory out of the pipelines, before introducing the new models.

Even MGS is nothing compared to the beast that GTA4 will be.

MS making money? Since when I've never heard them making money of video games. Well beside when Halo 3 was released but there still making money off that?

Well, like both the last two quarters. And they will make more money this qrt, and all through this year (according to them).

The difference, is now MS are producing 360s at a profit. This is something they struggled to do with the XBOX. That along makes this generation different.

Sony Entertainment will struggle to make any money this qrt - check the analysis that was done of all the financials when they came out. Basically the huge sales for the PS2/PSP over Xmas qrt, balanced out the losses for the PS3.

This qrt has much lower PS2/PSP sales, but (proportionally) not that much lower PS3 sales. You'll see the figures at the end of the March qrt anyway (in about 2 months) when the yearly reports hit.

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Either way, anyone suggesting the 360 is "over" is a joker. Its wishful thinking from Sony fans, and nothing more.