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That MS can "blow" a couple billion on the Xbox and still:Tuttle said:Yep, blowing over a couple billion dollars for last place in a market is definitely a sure sign of invincibility.
Johnny Awesome said:Lost $2.5 billion so far as opposed to the expected $1-2 billion.
-tkf- said:I can't think of any other company that can buy a market share in that fashion but Microsoft and i'm paying for it when i buy Windows XP
Moneywise Microsoft didn't exactly have any kind of succes, but if we consider buying their way into the console world they did a good job.
Microsoft seem to have succeeded in spinning everyone into thinking the Xbox has been a success.
Tuttle said:I guess you could rationalize their xbox's marketplace disaster in that way. Kind of like the Special Olympics - no matter how retarded the effort, everyone's a winner.
no its not , i waited on lines for my dreamcast here in the states when it came out . The first x mass the units were very hard to find also....That happened for Sega and DC
jvd said:no its not , i waited on lines for my dreamcast here in the states when it came out . The first x mass the units were very hard to find also....That happened for Sega and DC
If sega had kept at it the dreamcast would have been in the number 2 spot. Hell it had a 1 million console head start on the gamecube and xbox , even if it could only sell another 5 or 6 million units in the 4 years that followed it would have matched the user bases of the xbox and cube.
But anyway . Launching a year earlier would give ms an advantage . It wont be huge but . If they launch a year before the ps3 or even if they get an extra holiday , the xenon launching in sept and the ps3 launching the folowing april or what not. IT would be a huge deal.
Xbox is not a financial success by any means. It is a failure if you look at it that way, but then again Microsoft never intended to profit from it for a long time.
But anyway . Launching a year earlier would give ms an advantage .
Teasy said:But anyway . Launching a year earlier would give ms an advantage .
That strategy has advantages and disadvantages, wether it ends up as one or the other depends on the circunstances. Personally I think for MS it may be more of a disadvantage, because their fanbase is built on being the biggest and most powerful. Or course they could lose their fanbase and gain a new one.. but maybe not.