Microsoft's Gamble With Xbox Business is Finally Paying Off (article)

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ultraslick said:
And with such a heavy emphasis the article is putting on XBL, and it's success- they fail to mention that a negative point to consider when buying an XBOX360 is the subscription fee for XBL, the individual price of proprietary hard drives, and the ridiculous $100 wireless add on required to get online, and use all of the features. The lack of Blu-ray and the fact that the GTAIV DLC was bought for $50 million,(more underhanded tactics hurting the industy) plus the always looming possibility of having an RROD, or a disc error, plus the loudness/poor design of the console- are also contributing factors when looking at the 360 side by side with the PS3. This article should not be so biased, and spell out all of the facts.
PS3 is now outselling 360 for 14 straight months, and without its big hitting exclusive games.
Ofcourse software will sell better for the 360. When looking at the userbase/comparable attach ratio for third party games, the PS3 is actually doing better for the user base that it has.

The 360 is turning a profit, but because this is the fact that Microsoft seems to be focusing on, pretty much secures the fact that they are not willing to easily take financial hits on the console in the future. This is a guaranteed win for the PS3, in all aspects since unless Microsoft cuts the price/ adds more features/ first party developers/hardware reliability/free online.... They simply can NOT compete.

Why would an article meant to show how Microsoft's Gaming Division is making money want to mention those things? The amount of scrutiny that MS has to work under in the gaming industry is ridiculous.