How did Microsoft do it?

[dib8rman]

@ 1 Year Myth

Saying that Xbox360 had a 1 year advantage is a myth - the concept is nothing more than a marketing ruse used from platform to platform. It's given credit (false) for attributing to the transition in the past, but other down played values came in to play in this transition.

Why would developers abandon the PS2 with an install base of over 100 million(20 million units sold a year on average) to go for Microsoft's install base which by the end of 2006 was nearing 6 million.

For the first year Microsoft was directly competing with Sony's Ps2 at a loss, but those games still sold like crazy, and RROD and so on and so forth, that’s part of what amazes me.

There was no 1-year advantage, as that would mean a preemptive of some sort, when at that time it was competing with the Ps2 and the GC. By that time Microsoft discontinued the Xbox so that isn't going to be noted – wonder why they discontinued the Xbox; because they didn’t want to compete with that too.

@d21lewis

I did, the entire post is just reemphasized by the last comment.

I'm saying that your basing your judgments on feelings of individuals - any argument should be based on a pyramid concept, you lay the foundation, and you make sure each part can hold up the next - until you get to the point.

However the way people feel about things isn't a strong building block, the only way peoples feelings about products can be measured is by following the money, that in the terms I used it is called "the market's decision." Where the money goes is where the market is.

That is why many companies like talking about revenue over profit, it shows their investors that a lot of money is flowing through their company, however the definition of that number can be destroyed by having expensive to produce and expensive to consume products... then again the word expensive is determined by the value placed by the market.

If people aren't buying product x but are buying product y - which are performing essentially the same tasks then chances are product y is more valuable or given a higher value. (There’s more to it than that)

If I simply said "I feel the PS3 can 'sell' more than the Wii because it has Blu-Ray which is the standard."

These are subjective and in some cases anecdotal talking points, they can be argued till the ends of time. The reason being that your talkin about selling something, one can not feel what the market will do, you can observe it though and predict it's actions based on historical context; which when observed accurately leads to an accurate result.

"Nintendo knew their product would sell - they just didn't expect it to sell this much, and this fast. "

That has been quoted so many times - it's not even funny anymore.