Does MS lose money off of each 360 being sold?

I'm wondering what your opinions are. Does MS lose money off of each Arcade & Elite sold? There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold, & said that if Microsoft drops the price they'd be selling at a huge loss, while sony has 100 dollars more room to maneuver.

Can someone explain? Sorry if this doesn't belong here.

No. Microsoft makes a profit off of every 360 sold.

Hahaha, that cheap ass hardware...of course not. The system has also been out for 4+ years.

I do not know if they do for sure or not. But, they are alot closer than Sony is, they are still taking a pounding.

nope, they're smarter than sony...they know how to make money and not lose it

i DO love my PS3 though...thanks for the great deal sony :)

i think yes in each unit sold. but on the other hand, does ms really profit with that 3 year warranty they offer? :?

I'm pretty sure theyre losing money off each one.

THis the earliest i can find on what people believe the cost of the pS3 is

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/11/sony-still-loses-about-40-on-every-ps3-slim-sold/

hard time finding the xbox 360 but i think most people believe that it isn't losing money with each sale

edit: links

THis the earliest i can find on what people believe the cost of the pS3 is

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/11/sony-still-loses-about-40-on-every-ps3-slim-sold/

hard time finding the xbox 360 but i think most people believe that it isn't losing money with each sale

ballistic85831

Microsoft reported long time ago they are making a profit on each unit sold. This is common knowlegde, so I'm actually kind of shocked to see people in this thread say other-wise. I'll upate this post with a link, if I care enough.

There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold,garland51

[QUOTE="garland51"]There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold,nervmeister

GameFAQ's posters on the PS3 messageboards.

Link.

Sounds like you got your info from some PS3 trolls.

I'm wondering what your opinions are. Does MS lose money off of each Arcade & Elite sold? There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold, & said that if Microsoft drops the price they'd be selling at a huge loss, while sony has 100 dollars more room to maneuver.

Can someone explain? Sorry if this doesn't belong here.

garland51

In fact I've seen the direct opposite said more than a few times, which is more akin to the reality of the situation, although still probably inaccurate.

Microsoft started making a profit with the Xbox 360 hardware in Nov 2006. Although it was a tiny profit by now they are probably getting a bigger profit.

http://www.techspot.com/news/23612-microsoft-makes-tiny-profit-on-xbox-360-hardware.html

i think yes in each unit sold. but on the other hand, does ms really profit with that 3 year warranty they offer? :?

___gamemaster__

[QUOTE="ballistic85831"]

THis the earliest i can find on what people believe the cost of the pS3 is

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/11/sony-still-loses-about-40-on-every-ps3-slim-sold/

hard time finding the xbox 360 but i think most people believe that it isn't losing money with each sale

T-Aldous

SONY is Close to the break even point now that the Slim is out,

nope, they're smarter than sony...they know how to make money and not lose it

i DO love my PS3 though...thanks for the great deal sony :)

CDUB316

yea by putting out a console they knew would break down and continuously disrespecting their customers with inferior products...

but I do have a 360 and I like it just fine (microsoft as a whole on the other hand I hate)

[QUOTE="T-Aldous"][QUOTE="ballistic85831"]

THis the earliest i can find on what people believe the cost of the pS3 is

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/11/sony-still-loses-about-40-on-every-ps3-slim-sold/

hard time finding the xbox 360 but i think most people believe that it isn't losing money with each sale

XboximusPrime

SONY is Close to the break even point now that the Slim is out,

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

[QUOTE="T-Aldous"]I still dont understand how they figure that Sony only loses $40.T-Aldous

SONY is Close to the break even point now that the Slim is out,

do you have a link to back up your claims? one that shows the Current, as to right now after the slim is out, cost of Production for PS3?

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

[QUOTE="T-Aldous"]I still dont understand how they figure that Sony only loses $40.T-Aldous

SONY is Close to the break even point now that the Slim is out,

they definately are turning a profit. and thats why they can afford to drop the price soon if sony keeps catching up. 149.99 arcade coming soon. 249.99 elite coming soon

At least they sony didnt just rush the ps3 out into the market knowing that the blu ray drive or something would inevitably fail, or only allow you to use one of their branded hard drives or wifi adapters...i mean really they dont turn a profit on the consoles, how can anyone use that as a negative point towards sony? they put out a superior piece of hardware and sold it at a loss, I think thats commendable (even if the only reason was to win the format war with hd-dvd)

I'm wondering what your opinions are. Does MS lose money off of each Arcade & Elite sold? There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold, & said that if Microsoft drops the price they'd be selling at a huge loss, while sony has 100 dollars more room to maneuver.

Can someone explain? Sorry if this doesn't belong here.

garland51

[QUOTE="garland51"]

I'm wondering what your opinions are. Does MS lose money off of each Arcade & Elite sold? There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold, & said that if Microsoft drops the price they'd be selling at a huge loss, while sony has 100 dollars more room to maneuver.

Can someone explain? Sorry if this doesn't belong here.

asdasdrgr

[QUOTE="___gamemaster__"]

i think yes in each unit sold. but on the other hand, does ms really profit with that 3 year warranty they offer? :?

[QUOTE="___gamemaster__"]

i think yes in each unit sold. but on the other hand, does ms really profit with that 3 year warranty they offer? :?

im guessing you heard that off miss information. she's always talking **** i wouldn't trust her.

I think I read 2 years ago they were making $75 on each Xbox 360 sold, even more money was made for PRO's/Elites.

I would imagine that two years later, they are raking in over $100-125 per Arcade/Core console, and more for the Elite.

The real profit maker is the Wii, my goodness.

[QUOTE="CDUB316"]

nope, they're smarter than sony...they know how to make money and not lose it

i DO love my PS3 though...thanks for the great deal sony :)

BlancoBX

yea by putting out a console they knew would break down and continuously disrespecting their customers with inferior products...

but I do have a 360 and I like it just fine (microsoft as a whole on the other hand I hate)

At least they sony didnt just rush the ps3 out into the market knowing that the blu ray drive or something would inevitably fail, or only allow you to use one of their branded hard drives or wifi adapters...i mean really they dont turn a profit on the consoles, how can anyone use that as a negative point towards sony? they put out a superior piece of hardware and sold it at a loss, I think thats commendable (even if the only reason was to win the format war with hd-dvd)

BlancoBX

[QUOTE="T-Aldous"][QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

SONY is Close to the break even point now that the Slim is out,

XboximusPrime

do you have a link to back up your claims? one that shows the Current, as to right now after the slim is out, cost of Production for PS3?

no,no,no, the 360 has been making profit since jan 2008 http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/the-xbox-turns-a-profit/ i aklready posted this and i am amazed at how many of you blatantly ignored the link i posted, microsofts gaming division has been profitable for some time now, and at one point MS was making 70 dillars from ever 360 pro solddelta3074

I would give this link a look over, mate.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061120132150.html

its also not as important for MS as they have a very profitable revenue stream from live gold fee's. something i'm sure Sony wishes they had

[QUOTE="asdasdrgr"][QUOTE="garland51"]

I'm wondering what your opinions are. Does MS lose money off of each Arcade & Elite sold? There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold, & said that if Microsoft drops the price they'd be selling at a huge loss, while sony has 100 dollars more room to maneuver.

Can someone explain? Sorry if this doesn't belong here.

delta3074

asdasdrgr was speaking over the lifetime of the 360, where the division is still in the red. You can read MS's SEC filings here.

I'm wondering what your opinions are. Does MS lose money off of each Arcade & Elite sold? There are people saying that MS takes a hit off of each 360 being sold, & said that if Microsoft drops the price they'd be selling at a huge loss, while sony has 100 dollars more room to maneuver.

Can someone explain? Sorry if this doesn't belong here.

garland51

It is a well known FACT that MS now makes a profit off of every console sold. They launched at a loss per console, but once they cleared up the RROD issue (and hardware prices always plummet) the console becomes profitable.

The Wii has alway sold at a nice profit for Nintendo.

The PS3 launched at a HUGE loss and still loses money per console sold, but nowhere near as much as when it launched.

OS is number 1WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]OS is number 1asdasdrgr

[QUOTE="asdasdrgr"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]OS is number 1delta3074

linux 6? What are you talking about?

I wonder how the PS3 price was calculated at $340? I guess Sony's suppliers do not know what an NDA is and when a random guy writes an email to them to ask for a price quote for 1 million Cell processors, they gladly provide that ...

almost every fiscal quarter they pull a profit.

[QUOTE="delta3074"][QUOTE="asdasdrgr"] This is another classic example of Sales=/=qualityskektek

linux 6? What are you talking about?