Teeqoz said:
Arkaign said:
The fact that this is even a legitimate question shows the immense magnitude of Microsoft's failure.
Nintendo, to a point, is a machine MADE to not loss-lead and sell 100M consoles per gen. The Wii kind of threw them off, though attachment rate was probably 1/3rd of what you'd expect in that bizarre situation.
Microsoft OTOH planned for the 2nd coming of Jesus numbers with their console, and fell right into a steaming pile of dogshit. It's doubtful they will ever turn a profit on XB1 unless they crack at least 360 numbers. If you don't know what I mean, it's the vast R&D and corporate salary/bonus expenditures that sink their budgets, not to mention vast sums invested in Kinect2, buying Titanfall, 100-200M marketing campaigns all over the place, etc. The numbers will be horrifying when they finally get leaked down the line. They're masters of obfuscation, but the truth eventually emerges. |
The Wii has the highest attach rate of any nintendo home console so far.
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It had an admirable attach rate, but still far short of PS360, because of all the consoles sold to people who closeted them and never bought a single game (hype buyers for Wii Fit, etc).
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/05/15/ps3_game_attach_rate_closes_in_on_xbox_360_s
