Will the Xbox ever make money?
It will, eventually; The trick is to keep breathing [is that from a song? :) ]
Here is the strategy that almost every aspiring platform follows:
Get to the market, get as many consumers as you can, keep them happy by giving away free or subsidized hardware and once you have your platform deployed in a decent amount of individuals then start charging for the value added "content" you deliver through it.
The Xbox hardware was never meant to be profitable in the first place; it was meant to open a door for MS to get closer to your "home"... outside the office. Still, 1B to extend the guarantee... Gee, I won't watch the stock markets tomorrow.
It will, eventually; The trick is to keep breathing [is that from a song? :) ]
Here is the strategy that almost every aspiring platform follows:
Get to the market, get as many consumers as you can, keep them happy by giving away free or subsidized hardware and once you have your platform deployed in a decent amount of individuals then start charging for the value added "content" you deliver through it.
The Xbox hardware was never meant to be profitable in the first place; it was meant to open a door for MS to get closer to your "home"... outside the office. Still, 1B to extend the guarantee... Gee, I won't watch the stock markets tomorrow.
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