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Originally Posted by RyZ
The video game industry has shown that it is big enough to support 3 major hardware players, but at this point MS has more reason to drop out sooner than the other 2. I sure hope that doesn't happen though and I'm sure it won't any time soon.
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I really don't understand your logic. Why is the 360 going to drop out? It outsells the PS3 by more than 2:1
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- It also has a the TOP selling game of all time. Grossing more than any media over the opening weekend ever.
- Has built itself very strong software licenses and has software studios that used to be Sony exclusive building for them as well (DMC4).
- 4 of the top 10 Game Sales in November were on Xbox360, compared to 3 for Wii and 2 for PS3
- Has an unparralleled "Live" experience with other players
Further, as I understand it, the PS3 costs the most to produce and loses the most per unit sold b/c of the expensive Blue-Ray components. Next in line is the 360, but since they have sold almost 20 million, there are cost savings occurring.
The Wii can almost be left out of this argument. It is the top seller, but many Wii owners who consider themselves "gamers" have another console. It also is the only machine that MAKES money per sale.
Microsoft had a 2Q Net Income of $4.71Billion, Sales of $16.4Billion! Their Entertainment Division, which is Xbox and Zune (not like that sells) had a 2Q of $3.1 Billion. (Those are all "B's")
So because there is a high failure rate for 360's, Microsoft is going to pull out of the race? A $7.4 Billion dollar industry in 2006?
I am not saying PS3 can come out on top (though my bets are still with MS), but to imply they would "pull out" is rendonculous!