sethnintendo on 30 July 2013
| sales2099 said: "360 lucky to sqeeze by Wii for 2nd" You do realize that profit and marketshare mean far more to companies then total sales mean to us right? If total sales mattered then MS could have easily dropped their 2008 prices to remain on top. 360 gained tremendously compared to its predecessor and is in full profit mode. If X1 makes a profit and only sells 40 million lifetime, that alone is reason enough to make another Xbox successor. |
Funny you mention profit and market share mean more when talking about a Microsoft home console. First xbox was in the red the entire time. The 360 had massive losses in the first few years due to selling it at a loss. 360 only started making profit a few years ago. I don't even know if they are completely in the black with the 360 over its entire life cycle. Microsoft as a whole is probably still in the red for the entire xbox division since the first xbox launch.
I know Microsoft is making money now off the 360 (and has been doing for last few years) but are you sure they made a profit from 360 since its launch? They took some massive losses in the first few years of the 360.
