endimion said:
market share is meaningless apple has been proving it for close to a decade now that you can easily make monstrous amounts of money while being second by huge margin on almost every single segment of the industry. Software monetization is where it is at, so no matter the market share if MS sells more XBO so far than 360 and keep selling as much software and services than last Gen they are doing better than last Gen period no matter how the market shares fluctuate. So no so far it is still a success even for MS, maybe not the one they expected but a success never the less |
And what is the iPhone's profit margin? Apple uses low quality parts to improve their bottom line. Last I checked, their phones were selling at $600 when they cost around $150 to make.
As for your remarks about software monetization, Microsoft lost that too. Most of the people subscribed to Xbox LIVE Gold are now on PS+. I'm surprised that no one mentions this, but multiplayer games on the Xbone feel dead compared to PS4 multiplayer games. It's hard to find a match on titanfall or CoD: AW. Games also sell much better on the PlayStation this gen in every single country.
Microsoft's best bet this generation is not to try to make a profit. Their recent firesales show us that they understand this. Microsoft does not expect to make a profit this generation. Their only chance is to prevent as many 360 owners from switching over to the PS4 so that they have a chance with the next Xbox, and the only way they can do that is through deals. I'm hoping that they remove their multiplayer paywall, because paying to play online is some form of bullcrap, but I won't get my hopes up. Microsoft won't make a profit this generation.
