drkohler said:
kowenicki said:
AnthonyW86 said:
Xbox 360 hardware up 329%
Xbox 360 software down 7%
I sure hope Microsoft makes a profit on the new 360 hardware....
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Software is hard to track and judging by the official software charts those software figures are wrong.
And Im sure the hardware is very profitable....
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How do you know? I am pretty sure that MS, at this point, loses a lot more, and I mean _a LOT more_ on every 360S sold than Sony loses on every PS3S sold. (This has to do with people not understanding the difference between manufacturing costs and production costs - a destinction many do not seem to grasp).
And if the software estimates are anywhere near what they are given here (...no increase at all), MS does not ofset the losses from the hardware in any shape or form, at this time. This all bogs down to being able to shout "Look how we sell more hardware than our competitor" at the top of their lungs, at whatever costs the shouting is accompanied by.
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Microsoft loses "A lot more"? HAHA, sorry, but that's pretty funny.
Perhaps if you were to provide specifics about how you came to this conclusion, rather than a reference to an ambiguous comparison between production/manufacturing costs, your argument would carry more weight?
Additionally, you are of the belief that Microsoft...MICRO-freaking-SOFT, decided you know...lets lose a LOT more money on a system we were previously making a nice profit on, just so we can shout "Look how we sell more hardware than our competitor"...
Really?
On topic, outside of POS advertising, I'd guess there has been little if any nationally televised campaigns on the 360S, is this true in Others as well?