fatslob-:O said:
gergroy said:
fatslob-:O said:
gergroy said:
That is a far too generalized analysis. The problem with Microsoft isn't that it can't compete, it is that it can't compete globally. The 360 will be the market leader in the biggest market in the world, that is no small feat. It is also the most profitable market with the biggest software attachment. However, Microsoft struggles in a lot of Europe and is completely dead in Japan. That isn't necessarily bad for Microsoft. Their sales numbers for their hardware isn't something to dismiss. This generation was so even that saying coming in third place is somehow bad is just a pathetic argument.
I would also dispute the fact Microsoft lost money, I'm pretty sure it has been established that the 360 has made a profit, although not a large amount, especially in microsoft terms... |
Why would you do that since investors are going crazy to eliminate the xbox division. The xbox 360 has made profit but it is meaningless since investors see the bottomline.
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ok, let me get what you are saying here. You are questioning my dispute of microsoft losing money because some investors supposedly want to sell the xbox division (completely unconfirmed and would never happen and also doesn't prove anything). Then you go on to say that the 360 did make a profit, like I said...
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http://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-investor-wants-to-fire-ballmer-and-sell-xbox-division/ (There you go.)
The investors see it as what it is.
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yeah, follow that link back to the original article. It is an analyst that is saying that, not the investors. Like I said, unconfirmed. The investors haven't and won't publicly say what they want to do, because they are looking for a spot on the board. Something that activist investors tend to do. Just like the activist investors did with yahoo to try and get them to sell to microsoft, and as we know yahoo is owned by microsoft... oh wait, they aren't... Also, doesn't prove anything against what I said. Investors might want to lose the xbox division because it doesn't make enough profit to be worth it to them, not because it doesn't make a profit. Like I said, the 360 made a profit, but in microsoft terms in was very small...
