scooby_dooby
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fearsomepirate said:Compared to that -$100 they made on the first Xbox, sounds pretty good to me. I wonder how much profit they actually make on HD cables and memory cards. Something seems weird to me about loudly announcing the "HD Era" and shipping without HD cables, but then...
It not so nearly cut and dry as that. If the consumer only buys a MC they lose $X of revenue. For each user that goes balls out, and buys seperate cables, HDD and wireless controller, they maybe make an extra $X. So, basically you guys are saying MS gambled that the profits lost on the initial sale of the core, would be made up by people buying HDD's and Component Cables, I don't see that being a very wise or necessary gamble.
I do agree with you though that it's pretty patetic not to ship component cables and wireless controlle with both packages.