Did Sony get too cocky not matching the Xbone's price drop this holiday season?

[Mr Puggsly]

DialgaMarine said:

Mr Puggsly said:

You assume MS never sold the 360 at a loss, I doubt that's true. It was a very powerful and reasonably priced console at launch.

Use your head, you know there are plenty of things MS funded for many years without seeing a profit. They dropped Zune and put their focus on Windows Phones and Tablets. The iPod lost relevance as Apple put their focus on other products. But how is the Playstation Vita doing? Sony is still pouring money into that, right?

As the X1 userbase grows it becomes more financially worthwhile. Just like with 360 and PS3, they were losing billions of dollars but arguably became financially worthwhile later on. Fortunately for MS I don't believe X1 is losing PS3 or 360 levels of money.

PS4 is making money but not Sony. So they can't throw money around to stop competition from thriving like they've done in the past.

 That's not an assumption, it's a fact. From the day the 360 released in 2005, MS was making a profit of $75 per console. Same story with the original Xbox. 

Name said things?

Strange. Noone ever made that argument for PS3. 

Funny, Sony recently posted that they're in their best financial position since 2011. The company isn't doing anywhere near as bad as people like to claim. Also, interesting statement, because Microsoft has neveeer used their money to stop the competition from thriving. Sega Dreamcast and Halo anyone?

I honestly don't believe the 360 was sold at profit. Certainly not the $299 core consoles.

Name said things? Bing, phones, tablets, Xbox, etc.

By the way, there is a perception that Zune was some failure that came and went quickly. But the reality is Zune was produced for 5 years and then MS put its focus on other mobile devices like WIndows Phone. I think its funny Sony fans keep mentioning Zune even though Vita is a failure that Sony barely supports. Sony even renamed the Vita TV to Playstation TV, they want people to forget about Vita.

Sony is cutting losses buy getting out of markets. Thus becoming a less relevant company.