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LOL...are you KIDDING? MS has been in the console business for two gens. and so far both times has remained second and close to third. Their first attempt was a horrible flop and put them BILLIONS in the whole from the beginning of that gen. to the end. The PS3 may be putting them in the hole currently but their profit margin gets better and better every year and if I recall correctly they made a profit last quarter. By the end of this gen. the 360 and PS3's fanbase will not be much different and I am sure that overall with DLC, software sales (where they make most of their profit), peripherals and hardware they will make a profit.
Sony however has dominated for two gens, and with "different priorities" they released their third console more expensively and gave up percentages of the gaming industry for ALL of the format industry so they can make money off of their, movies, Blu ray disks, HDTVs, surround sound systems and Blu ray players. Even though MS has tons of money and resources they can't make a splash in the gaming industry like Sony and Nintendo has. In the end Sony has seen great success while MS has seen great failure and currently are just coasting at second. If I was gonna get advice from any company in the industry it would be Sony.Stevo_the_gamer
Not sure what's funny, nor am I sure what I would be joking about. Yes, Microsoft's first attempt was an investment into the industry and therefore had quite the cost for them. But this generation, they've done well financially from nearly the start -- aside from the setback via the warranty. It took Microsoft less than a year to turn a profit on the Xbox 360, and Sony has yet to do this after many years. In terms of economics, the PS3 has been a disaster from the get-go. Things are looking up to them, as it should be this many years into the generation.
Pushing forward Blu-ray seems no different than what Sony has done in the past with all the formats they've supported and/or created. People expected Sony to come out and dominate the next round as well, no one expected -- or knew -- that Nintendo would sweep the floor with the Xbox 360 and PS3 this generation. Tis' was a shock to all, practically. Before Sony's E3 for 2006, the talk around SystemWars and the net was that Sony would dominate. That it was "inevitable", that the one year head start for the Xbox 360 was "meaningless" and won't save them from the "impending destruction." Cows were such a hoot back then. I admired their optimism. Though I have to admit, after E3 2006, they were quite the laughing stock -- even worse after the launch, and then the first year of practically no exclusives.
The PS3 has been a great success? The Xbox 360 has been a failure?
That's. Well, odd.
If I wanted economic advice, I'd look to Microsoft. Not Sony. ;)
What i find funny is how people spin this "investment" concept. So basically MS, a huge company can make a flop of a system that SWALLOWS BILLIONS of dollars and it's just considered an "investment"?? Why? Did Sega do this or Nintendo or Sony, no, no successful company in gaming has gone a whole gen. losing money to "establish" it's self. But somehow MS fans think that's how you do it. As I said, an "investment" is what the PS3 is. And no it's not like the PS2 because the technology in this system was a much larger investment which made the system a lot more expensive then the PS2. I am well aware of what people expected from the PS3 before the price point was announced. The PS2 is as high as a consoles can get, if the PS3 matched that or beat it there would be no other systems. I just find it funny how people can't see how Sony making a system 600 dollars and releasing a year later to get a format they have a bigger involvement with to be standard is not an investment but somehow MS losing BILLIONS just so people know the name Xbox is?? And I never said the PS3 is a great success or that the 360 is a failure. The Xbox is a failure and the 360 is a HUGE improvement but they can still learn A LOT about the gaming industry from Sony's success and people dismissing Sony's opinion because the PS3 is not the PS1 or PS2 is ridiculous, especially seeing as MS needs as much help as they can get. 
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