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landguy1 on 13 August 2013
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bananaking21 said:
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Why else would they do it. It's the only logical answer. 3rd party has lost their ass to gamestop.............

why? well the reason is something has microsoft is very popular with. greed



Corporations are all greedy.


some prove to be more greedy than others


Oh yes, there is one company that comes to my mind: It sold their digi-cams which were only compatible to their own flash-memory-solution which was also more expensive than the competition with absolutely no advantage, sold mobile-phones which were only compatible to their own flash-memory-solution (again more expensive) and currently sell a mobile gaming system which, again, only works with a proprietary memory solution which, again, is more expensive than the competition, with no advantages.


yet the vita sold at a loss, doesnt seem so greedy. how about this company. their gaming controller uses AA batteries so 1) production costs are less 2) people would buy a battery pack after buying the controller. also that controller is only compatible with certain headphones, so 1) consumers need to buy an completely new headset 2) consumers buy an adapter. thats 4 examples with just one controller. company A while sounds greedy, but certainly company B sounds much worse

Selling a product at a loss because your costs exceed the price the market is willing to pay doesn't make the company less greedy, it makes them foolish for designing a product that can't be built to sell into the marketplace at a reasonable price.  If Sony could mark the up Vita another $100 and sell them, they would.  The market won't let them.  Soon enough, we will see if the market will let M$ sell the XBone for $500 too.

Your example of M$'s controller is legit though.  I do think that it makes some sense. This was a big debate back in 2006.   M$ studied gamers habits and came to the conclusion that gamers prefer to swap the powerpacks out instead of hooking up cords to play when the battery died.  So, they have gone to that format in their design in both the 360 and the XBone.  With most decisions of design, you have trade offs.  Either you make the rechargeable battery internal and go against what your buyers(not necessarily the PS buyers) want or do you offer them the feature they asked you for.   Either way, the cost is there for the buyer to decide if it matters to them.  Does M$ make more money from this?  Of course they do.  Every option on any item you purchase cost you money.  If you want the shiny rims it cost more.  Some people think the shiny rims look better and some don't.