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Azzanation on 13 April 2017
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Intrinsic said:
Azzanation said:

Gamers still look at it as a Sales race even when Phil has mentioned many times its not a race. Its about making money. Scorpio isnt going to outsell anything and it doesn't have to because its not going to be a mass produced product like the XB1 or PS4. Its a premium product meant for console only gamers that want true 4k gaming.
Its all about profit. MS could undercut the Scorpio to $150 and claim they have the best selling system if they wanted to and they can and still be afloat.
Its why i dont base my decisions or care about sales numbers. Its all about these companies making money to continue to deliever us these machines in the future.

Sales never tell the true story.

So your decisions are based on the cmpanies making money?

And you may say MS doesn't care about sales and how even MS themselves say they don't care about sales (go figure)...... but I am willing to bet you $50 that MS would probably love to be the one that is pushing on 60M consoles sold and not the one still trying to hit 30M. And being that they don't care about sales I can't for the life of me understand why they were and have been slashing the price of the XB1 as much as they have.... especially last year.

But hey waht do I know. MS says they don't care about sales.

But just outta curiosity though; doesn't more sales also mean more profit?I mean its not like sony is selling teh PS4 at a loss right?

Do you understand the difference between a Buisness Market and a Sport Competition?

Sure its a no brainer that all companies want to sell the most products, i also want to be the richest guy in the world, is my life over because i am not the richest man in the world, do i just give up on making money because someone else is making more money than me? Does Xbox have to outsell the PS4 to be a profitable brand? No. It doesnt. MS can give Xbox away for $1 for many years just to claim the title of best selling console in the world if they really wanted to win a sales race. They dont and i am glad they dont either. Sales mean nothing if your not making money on it.

Also you do know for the first few years of a new console being sold they are losing money on it. I believe only now Sony are making profit on the PS4, not 2 or 3 years ago. If every PS4 was sold at a loss *Lets say -$1* and than you have a console that goes out to sell 30m in its first 2 years.. what does that tell you? The real profit is in the software and the subscribers. We all know Xbox has a healthy subsciber rate and there own software is normally up there with the others, yet they didnt sell as many consoles as PS4 which is where the gaming industry normally loses money. 

I am not defending Xbox, i couldnt care less how much they sell. Sure it would be nice however it doesnt tell the true story. Iv been playing World Of Warcraft for more than 12 years. I am a subsciber since 2005. Is WoW the best selling game of all time? No, is WoW one of the most profitable games in history? Most likely yes. Actual physical copies/Hardware is all a bonus and slightly helps, its not a make or break competition. Theres no Gold Trophy at the end of a season on who wins the sales race. Its not a sport like many of you try to believe. Its a buisness. Like Cars. I own a Jaguar, its definifty not the best selling car in the world. Does it make it not a good car? Far from it.