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Originally posted by GameKinG
No, I dont think MS will be profitable in any market.

Microsoft, as a company, is profitable in the American market, overall. They are as well quite profitable in the industry of Software & Programming. Also, if you like you say in another post: "I think sony will lead next gen, and after that maybe a MS or Nintendo..." Microsoft would have to be profitable in at least one videogaming market to lead that generation.

I mean, not that I dont want them to be, but they blow so much money and lower console proce when they already lost so much at 300.

Have you ever heard of the theory in which you lose money on the console and gain it back on the games? I believe it is called the razor back theory. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all use that same theory. Microsoft will sell more consoles at a lower price, hence selling more games. You lose money on the console, but make more on the games, completing the theory. Although keep in mind Microsoft did not come into this generation trying to make money (which you seem to have a hard time understanding), they came in wanting to make a name for themselves in the videogaming market (which Nintendo & Sony both had before this generation started). Next generation they will look to make money.

They spent all this money of XBL and they cut the life of their console considerable to meet PS3 launch.

Umm.... Yeah... that made a lot of sense....

I also think the attachment rate for every console sold in japan is 1 game.

If you're talking about the Xbox, you're wrong. If you're talking about gaming in general, you're also wrong. If you're talking about nothing in particular, you're still wrong.

Not that any of this matters, MS will still make so much money that they could buy every game company.

I highly doubt that Microsoft could buy every game company.