Reggie, implies that there isn't a big difference between Xbox and PS4

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Ka-pi96 said:

bowserthedog said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Except Sony and Microsoft didn't lose piles of money at the start of this gen. In fact, they made money...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-24-xbox-one-helps-microsoft-to-bumper-profits
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-31-ps4-helps-sony-to-profit

The Wii U is the only console that lost money at the start of this gen, ironic isn't it?

I'm sorry but where in that article does it suggest that Microsoft profited on Xbox One?  They were losing money on xbox one even before the price drop.

 

 

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-11-07-huge-xbox-losses-hidden-by-patent-royalties-says-analyst

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/xbox-one-has-raked-400-million-loss-microsoft-8-months-1460471

The source I gave quite clearly says Xbox One helped Microsoft to bumper profits.

One of your sources is pure conjecture, while the other one... doesn't really know what a loss is.

It's not based on anything though. It says it helped to bumper profits but it gives no evidence or rational for how it managed to do that. The article i posted breaks down actual financia figures to explain how the xbox one has actually been a loss leader. Even before the price drop which will cost Microsoft hundreds of millions of dollars.