"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ____/ QuantumLeaper on Monday 06 October 2008 21:15 : \____
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>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> ____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Monday 06 October 2008 20:19 : \____
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>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Ezekiel belched out
>>>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>>>
>>>>> <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>>> * In video games, Microsoft has rapidly fallen from its early head
>>>>>> start with the integrated Xbox 360. Conversely it has no plans to
>>>>>> license the Xbox to commodity hardware partners.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't let facts get in your way!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081003/tc_nm/us_microsoft_sony_game
>>>>>
>>>>> Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan in Sept (Reuters)
>>>>> a.. Posted on Fri Oct 3, 2008 1:32AM EDT
>>>>
>>>> In a bid to lift sales, Microsoft on September 11 cut the price of
>>>> the Xbox 360 Arcade, which comes without a hard disk drive, by 8,000
>>>> yen ($76) to 19,800 yen. It also lowered the price of the high-end
>>>> Elite model by 8,000 yen to 39,800 yen.
>>>>
>>>> Just another little fact from that link.
>>>
>>> "Hey, let's make a huge price cut, advertise it widely, then measure the
>>> sales
>>> in a timeframe of one week/month and bombard journalists in a
>>> denial-of-service-style attack until they issue some distasteful
>>> coverage."
>>>
>>> *yawn*
>>>
>>> Same 'ol Softie...
>>>
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>> What now price cuts are not against the rules? The problem is the Wii
>> still
>> outsells the PS3, most of the time anyway, so I guess they are fighting
>> for
>> number two. My friend loves the slow ass downloads and the slow ass
>> installs on the PS3, compared the XBox 360 and the Wii.
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> Yes, they fight for #2 but lose a lot of money in the process. Reports
> suggest
> that both companies might quit this sector after this 'generation'.
>
Money is not made on the Console hardware, but the fees they charge the
developers for selling the games, it has been that way since the NES. I
doubt either one will drop out of the console hardware, but they may make
cheaper consoles, expensive consoles at release don't sell that well.
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