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Originally Posted by Dyne
I agree. There's a word I'm looking for Microsoft's plan that fits them perfectly. Ah yes, I'm thinking of... demented. In a good unoffensive way, really. How do they keep going? I wonder if there's going to be a miracle or something and one game sells unexpectedly well. They've already sold North America and Europe.. if they can sell in Japan I'd say they could stay in no problem... but right now? They want to stay in so they can make.. great games, and have other people to enjoy them? Maybe they're like a big charity, or something. I've never seen Microsoft so "generous", but more like "demented".
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You fail to see the larger picture. Currently, yes, Microsoft is losing money on the Xbox (although they are still making around eight billion dollars a quarter) but they are not in this for one generation. Microsoft is in the videogame market for the long haul. They need to spend a lot of money at first to get situated and make a name for themselves, and I would add that they are doing that quite successfully. In the next generation and generations to come they will make up their deficits and begin to turn a profit. Microsoft is a company full of intelligent people that knows what they are doing. Although we may always not like their products (Windows), they make a hell of a lot of money, and that's the bottom line. I wouldn't second guess one of the richest companies in the world.