Official: Microsoft XBox 360

[Rom Manic]

The PS3 will use Blu-ray discs. That's been known for a long time... (it's especially been touted by proponents of Blu-ray). So... I fully expect you to buy a new computer instead of the PS3 for no reason now.

I was under the impression that the Blu-Ray DVD drives were VERY expensive. Maybe I was wrong. But I was referring to the Dell computers you see advertised on TV these days. $600 this, $500 that, buy one get a free printer.

Dude, we're gettin ripped off!

 

[Martin]

This thread is now the official Microsoft Xbox 360 thread.

 

[Doomulation]

Having a well known name isnt that big of a thing. Sega was a huge name. People knowing your name and buying your products are two different things. You should look at who is winning the console wars. nintendo is last. the ds is also not going to be able to stand up to the psp i fear.
bottom line is you have to sell a whole lot of product to make a profit, and not long ago nintendo announced their first ever loss.

You are overreacting. Heard the latest news? With nintendogs, the DS is outselling the PSP by 3x in japan. AND they're still selling the gba! Nintendo is not in any big danger of collapsing. With the new zelda? Ohhh, I think it will attract people to the cube.
Now that the revolution is launched alongside the ps3, there should be more chance of getting it sold.

 

[smegforbrain]

You know this...How? They told you? I want to talk to the marketing team too man, hook me up :happy:

Umm, because I read articles on the internet?

It's a well known fact: MS was losing money with each XBox sold.

Whether they'll make money with each XBox 360 remains to be seen (or stated by MS).

 

[Rom Manic]

It's a well known fact: MS was losing money with each XBox sold.

Read that again and you'll see that it really makes no sense, no matter how much you want to say it.

Let me explain how it works: Microsoft manufactures the console. They sell it to a distributor (EB, Future Shop, etc), who buys it from Microsoft. It's up to the distributor to buy the amount of Xbox consoles they need. Microsoft sells it at a certain price for a certain amount of profit and the Distributor inflates the price to make their profit off of the consumers (Me and you).

Microsoft is not losing money if the distributor is not selling them fast enough. It's the same with the Xbox games. It doesn't exactly cost a fortune to create the CD's, or the casings. What costs the most is the amount of work put into the actual game, and that is recompensated per game sold. If you buy Halo 2 from EB brand new for about $69 (Canadian), it probably cost EB less to buy it from Microsoft, maybe for $48. It probably costs even less to manufacture the disc, the case, and the booklets.

Xbox 360 shouldn't be much different, but in one way I do agree with you: IF the first Xbox was in fact a very weak console compared to the 360, and the Xbox could have been better and more powerful than it is, it should have been better and more powerful. Some of the games for it could have really used the extra power.

However, lets not forget that it's their first console, and it was released 3-4 years ago (I'm not really sure, I'm leaning more towards 2001). They were pretty bad at the gaming scene before (Urban Assault, anyone? ), but I'm sure it will get better with the Xbox 360. Look at the trailer(s) for Ghost Recon 3. I was drooling the entire time.

 

[Trotterwatch]

A lot of consoles have sold as loss makers in the past - the money was tradionally made back from the games (licensing costs).

 

[Martin]

I've also heard Microsoft sold the Xboxes at a loss, like Trotterwatch said, their money is made on the games.

 

[NeoNight]

call me silly but I actually want this mainly because of the streaming media from the PC to xbox360 wirelessly thing

 

[JinXD]

NeoNight, you're silly.

 

[onemustfall]

I like the slick design... but i may like the PS3 gameplay better after reading comments about the xbox 360 vs PS3.

 

[ScottJC]

The console has nothing to do with the gameplay, the "gameplay" is only limited by the games released, chances are there will be a lot of them.

 

[-Shadow-]

I doubt anyone will ever use his PC again once the Xbox 360 is cracked/modchipped