Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
I read your first post it just wasn't clear what you meant. you said: Give the XBOX one free with a 2year XBL plan at $/month.. Or get an XBox one for $100 and 2 year xbl plan at $20/months. You never specified that this would be an additional price, plus I have no idea were you got 25$ a month from when MS sells 1 year xbl for 60$. Do you see why I was confused. What you shouldv've specified is a simple payment plan. Going from your more specific post, its a good idea in theory, but in practice it would be a nightmare in logistics. They would also still take a huge initial loss that would only be recouped about 20 months in for both plans. Not only would microsoft hit the supply problem that Sony is facing, but they would be dumping money manufacturing and shipping the xb1 with losses that dwarf the initial ps3.And buy the time those intial xb1s are payed off, they would've accrued a huge amount of debt. |
they apparently studied the case with the 360 http://www.bing.com/search?q=Xbox+360+for+$99+with+Monthly+Payment+Plan&src=IE-TopResult&FORM=IE11TR&conversationid=.... you get the HW right now "free" and then you pay a premium every month... I know me and my friends when I was younger and had less money would have jumped on the oportunity back then if we didn't have one already
I have no clue if they did it or not since I had already the 360 by then
well debt is not the issue for MS for the long run at least not as much as other company especially if they can recoup that loss by fidelizing people early with XBL subs and people would buy games after that too.. to that you add ad revenue on a bigger instal base etc etc... beside supply and retail I don't think there would be any obstacle to that on MS part if they wanted to even more if they needed to....
we'll see it's an option I think they'll consider again this gen
