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Soundwave on 28 October 2014
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iTechHeads said:
Soundwave said:
iTechHeads said:
Soundwave said:

Anyone else find these threads funny?

It's like a homeless guy worried about Brad Pitt losing money on a restaurant venture. Brad and Angelina are going to OK, don't worry, lol.

MS makes *billions* in profit every year, and will make *billions* in profit next year no matter what the XBox division does. MS can afford to take a temporary loss on the XB1 if they want to. This is the same company that spent like $7 billion buying Skype. 

Sony is the one that hasn't made even a dime in the last 7 years and is bleeding money like it's going out of style overall. Worry about them.

Why so defensive? No one is accusing Microsoft of going bankrupt. This is strictly about Xbox One and how much of a loss Microsoft is willing to take in trying to play catch-up to the PS4.(emphasis on trying)


MS can take a very large loss if they really cared to. If they really wanted to they could take a giant dump on Sony and buy out several key third party games and win this generation. If they *really* wanted to. This cut is maybe giving them a $20-$30 loss per unit in the USA ... that's nothing but peanuts for MS. 

In fact I called this price cut way beforehand. They were always going to go for it simply because they can afford to. 

No, they really can't. If they could do that they would have done it years ago. The best they can do is maketing deals with key 3rd party games, which they're already doing.

The only 3rd party games they can "buy-out" are startups like Titanfall or those which need more exposure like Tomb Raider. Microsoft cant buy Call Of Duty if they wanted to. It's not that simple.

I can guarantee you that Microsoft will never buy any "key" 3rd party games this gen. Yes, they have deep pockets but that really doesn't matter. Money doesn't buy you success. Just look at Zune and Microsoft Surface or Windows Phone. Why aren't these selling well? Microsoft has the money so what happened with these products? Why isn't the Xbox One outselling the PS4 with multiple price drops, free games, retailer promotions, Call Of Duty partnership, FIFA partnership, Assassin's Creed partnership, Titanfall exclusive, Sunset Overdrive exclusive and all those other launch exclusives? How come all of this isn't enough to outsell the PS4? It seems like Microsoft is doing everything they can to try to sell Xbox Ones. They keep pouring money into the Xbox One but it's just not working. You need more than deep pockets to sell a product. 


They bought Minecraft. If the heads of Microsoft really wanted to unleash war and made winning the game industry a huge priority they could start throwing money around like crazy. 

Don't confuse the two, MS is a legit high roller, they are playing at the big boys table in Vegas staying in the penthouse suite, Sony is not that class of company anymore, Sony is the guy in a cheap knock-off suit at the regular blackjack table who really needs the next hand to work for him or he could be hurting. 

For MS the game industry is just a fun little diversion like a billionaire who buys a pro sports team, it's not really a core part of his business, it's more of "well what can I buy that's bigger than a car, boat, hotel, etc. to keep me occupied".