The original XBox was very reliable, more so than the PS2. Microsoft is learning, first they made a high powered, almost indestructiable machine then they trimmed costs and made a cheaper system that is prone to malfunction.
They are learning the ropes.
shanbcn said:
MS lost 200$ million last quarter and Sony made profit of $50 million. Xbox360 brand is far from making any money with coming price cut. |
How did Sony make a profit when they were minus 2 billion dollars coming into this fiscal year--far bigger losses than any other gaming company, MS included. There's no way they made $2,050,000,000 in just the last few months. I won't deny that they "made $50,000,000;" but I can't believe that they've miracuously overturned the money they lost the first year the PS3 was out.
Resident_Hazard said:
How did Sony make a profit when they were minus 2 billion dollars coming into this fiscal year--far bigger losses than any other gaming company, MS included. There's no way they made $2,050,000,000 in just the last few months. I won't deny that they "made $50,000,000;" but I can't believe that they've miracuously overturned the money they lost the first year the PS3 was out. |
tut tut tut, no no no. the last fiscal report showed that sony made a profit for that quarter lol
| jkl2207 said: maybe they should buy sega out and then get sega to be their console making bit while MS concentrates on software |
I doubt things would actually play out that way, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft contract with another company to produce "second-party hardware." The resulting successor console would still be sold as a Microsoft product, though it would be produced and built (probably to Microsoft's specifications) by this second party.
The thing to keep in mind is that Microsoft got into this market for one specific purpose: to extend the Windows monopoly to set-top boxes via gaming, both from a user perspective (get them playing Microsoft games) and from a developer perspective (lock them into DirectX). Neither of these actually requires Microsoft to build the physical machine, as long as they write the underlying software and license the games themselves. From a business perspective, it makes more sense for them to partner with a company that has more experience with hardware to work on that aspect.
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megaman2 said:
LMAO!! But i agree MS must fix the rrod problem and tell consumers they haved fixed the problem, there is no point in cutting prices if the rrod is still present. If microsoft manages to fix the hardware problem, they can really become a force in europe and japan. But people there are less tolerant to the rrod then people in America. they have great games,great online but console is questionable!
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woooooow.. you said something positive about 360!!! we are making progress!!
the next one is sheuk... lol..
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