Microsoft Loses Money on Every Xbox 360
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| According to to market analysis firm iSuppli, factoring in costs for the
| hard disk, the DVD drive, enclosures, the Radio Frequency (RF) receiver
| board, power supply, wireless controller, cables, literature, and
| packaging reaches $525, well above the retail price of $399.
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http://liveskillz.com/blog/2007/07/01/microsoft-loses-money-on-every-xbox-360/
XBoxes continues to leave people angry. Here is a new petition.
http://www.petitiononline.com/fixforza/petition.html
Related:
A Tale of 11 Broken Xbox 360s
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| "I can't comment on failure rates, because it's just not something - it's
| a moving target. What this consumer should worry about is the way that
| we've treated him. Y'know, things break, and if we've treated him well
| and fixed his problem, that's something that we're focused on right
| now."
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| -- Peter Moore [of Microsoft] on Xbox 360 failure rates
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160603
30% failure rate haunts Xbox 360 image
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| A recent query put to an Australian game retailer puts the figure at a
| 30% return rate.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13177&Itemid=1063
Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
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