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Mr Puggsly on 18 July 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Well Sony does put out more games so I'm not surprised.

MS is in the business of making Halo games and charging for online play. And that's far more profitable.


not really.

it isn't profit,its just revenue

Didn't they generate like a billion dollars the past year or something? I know I read something about that.You don't think they walked away with some profit?

yes they did but that was just revenue

you were talking as if all of it was profit and that it would be more profitable


Bullshit, I just said its more profitable. I didn't say they profited a billion dollars from Xbox Live.


but you said its more profitable and how do we know how profitable it is?????????

Well I know it doesn't cost a billion dollars annually to deliver online play. I mean Sony doesn't lose a billion dollars offering it for free.

Also, they make enough to have Activision and EA complaining. It also motivated Sony to offer PSN Plus.



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Solid_Snake4RD on 18 July 2010
Mr Puggsly said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Well Sony does put out more games so I'm not surprised.

MS is in the business of making Halo games and charging for online play. And that's far more profitable.


not really.

it isn't profit,its just revenue

Didn't they generate like a billion dollars the past year or something? I know I read something about that.You don't think they walked away with some profit?

yes they did but that was just revenue

you were talking as if all of it was profit and that it would be more profitable


Bullshit, I just said its more profitable. I didn't say they profited a billion dollars from Xbox Live.


but you said its more profitable and how do we know how profitable it is?????????

Well I know it doesn't cost a billion dollars annually to deliver online play. I mean Sony doesn't lose a billion dollars offering it for free.

the servers cost alot and the exclusivity that they try to purchase costs alot

Also, they make enough to have Activision and EA complaining.

the Activision and EA complaining isn't about what MS makes

its that more people have to pay for XBOX LIVE to play online and also when people play the games online,they forget about other games

It also motivated Sony to offer PSN Plus.

how the hell is PSN plus motivated by it as it is a totally different service


WilliamWatts on 18 July 2010

Live = software.

Live = first party software.

Live = Elephant dung sized poop over Sony 1st party software profitability.

If you'd said games, of course it'd be different.



Solid_Snake4RD on 18 July 2010
WilliamWatts said:

Live = software.

Live = first party software.

Live = Elephant dung sized poop over Sony 1st party software profitability.

If you'd said games, of course it'd be different.


oh so tell me how big is that LIVE elephant dung size profit?



themanwithnoname on 18 July 2010
Rainbird said:

It would be interesting to see how many games the two sell on their respective digital services, and how much money that makes for them.


That's a good point. Microsoft has been publishing way more XBLA games than they have retail games, at least this year.



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WilliamWatts on 18 July 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
WilliamWatts said:

Live = software.

Live = first party software.

Live = Elephant dung sized poop over Sony 1st party software profitability.

If you'd said games, of course it'd be different.


oh so tell me how big is that LIVE elephant dung size profit?

Probably bigger than Sony's entire first party for the entirety of the current generation.



Solid_Snake4RD on 18 July 2010
WilliamWatts said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
WilliamWatts said:

Live = software.

Live = first party software.

Live = Elephant dung sized poop over Sony 1st party software profitability.

If you'd said games, of course it'd be different.


oh so tell me how big is that LIVE elephant dung size profit?

Probably bigger than Sony's entire first party for the entirety of the current generation.

now you are completely wrong



Serious_frusting on 18 July 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
WilliamWatts said:

Live = software.

Live = first party software.

Live = Elephant dung sized poop over Sony 1st party software profitability.

If you'd said games, of course it'd be different.


oh so tell me how big is that LIVE elephant dung size profit?


Ok i will explain what i think they mean.

 

Sony will make like what say 10 games a year. M$ what like 3 or something?

Know lets say that M$ sell like 13 million of them games. Sony sells like 22 million of them games.

Those games cost money to make so M$ were more profitable then Sony. Even though sony made the most revenue.

Te M$ get money for Live. And i am damb sure that keeping live going and maintaining it costs less then making a game. and it has how many subscribers? say 20 million. That is huge amounts of revenue they are getting and spending a little amount of money to get that means you are more likly to make a profit.

 

All they are saying to you is what M$ is doing has a better chance of making profit then what Sony is doing. Sony is spending more money on these games for a lesser return then what M$ is doing with live. They have a good buisness plan.



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Serious_frusting on 18 July 2010
WilliamWatts said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
WilliamWatts said:

Live = software.

Live = first party software.

Live = Elephant dung sized poop over Sony 1st party software profitability.

If you'd said games, of course it'd be different.


oh so tell me how big is that LIVE elephant dung size profit?

Probably bigger than Sony's entire first party for the entirety of the current generation.

Now your just being stupid



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Solid_Snake4RD on 18 July 2010
Serious_frusting said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
WilliamWatts said:

Live = software.

Live = first party software.

Live = Elephant dung sized poop over Sony 1st party software profitability.

If you'd said games, of course it'd be different.


oh so tell me how big is that LIVE elephant dung size profit?


Ok i will explain what i think they mean.

 

Sony will make like what say 10 games a year. M$ what like 3 or something?

Know lets say that M$ sell like 13 million of them games. Sony sells like 22 million of them games.

Those games cost money to make so M$ were more profitable then Sony. Even though sony made the most revenue.

Te M$ get money for Live. And i am damb sure that keeping live going and maintaining it costs less then making a game. and it has how many subscribers? say 20 million. That is huge amounts of revenue they are getting and spending a little amount of money to get that means you are more likly to make a profit.

 

All they are saying to you is what M$ is doing has a better chance of making profit then what Sony is doing. Sony is spending more money on these games for a lesser return then what M$ is doing with live. They have a good buisness plan.

yes but all the XBOX LIVE $1b doesn't only come from subscriptions but also from game purchases,etc

PSN has all that revenue too,just not the GOLD LIVE subsciption

 

i know LIVE doesn't pretty good job at making money but he was sounding like all the money coming in is pure profit