Xbox One missteps may end up costing Microsoft $1 billion

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steverhcp02 said:

Dark_Feanor said:
I don't understand the article wording:

Will MS loose 1b by cuting Kinect or that is this the revenue they lost ( 2mi consoles x $500 ) advantage Sony gain early on.

I agree, from teh way I read it Pac is saying over the life of the console its costing MSFT 1 billion. Which he could not know....no one could.

It most certainly has NOT cost MSFT 1 billion dollars LTD so it cannot be up to now that hes referring to.

Moral of story, Pachter.

That's why it's called a prediction.  He's estimating that if MS hadn't made the missteps that they would be in much better position now and going forward.  That if things continue the way they have been, that they will have missed out on $1B dollars in revenue.