Im sure many of you have seen the report showing Nintendo's stock at an all time high and Sony's at a 5 year high. Very interesting how these two companies are really turning up.
I saw this on Kotaku:
oger Ehrenberg of Information Arbitage takes a look at the financial black hole that is the Xbox and the Xbox 360, part of Microsoft's Home and Entertainment division. The H&E group, which also includes the Zune, IPTV and other products, has produced $5.4 billion in operating losses over a five year period. Ehrenberg doesn't see the 360 turning the group's fortunes around short of a "tectonic transformation."
Calling himself a personal fan of the console—he uses "awesome" and "rocking" to describe the 360—Ehernberg looks at the Xbox business, from an investment standpoint, as nothing short of a "disastrous endeavor" for the company and paints a bleak picture of the Xbox 360's future based on its below-original Xbox performance in Japan
He also points out the missed goals and wonders when Microsoft will finally, if ever, give up on sinking billions into the business. Looking at predictions from Xbox 360's March sales, it appears things are looking up for the console in the States, but the thing is stillborn in Japan.
It's an interesting read and just goes to show why, now, more than ever, Microsoft needs your extra Microsoft Points. Go on, do your part and snap up some overpriced horse armor.
BreakmanX wrote:Im sure many of you have seen the report showing Nintendo's stock at an all time high and Sony's at a 5 year high. Very interesting how these two companies are really turning up.
I saw this on Kotaku:
oger Ehrenberg of Information Arbitage takes a look at the financial black hole that is the Xbox and the Xbox 360, part of Microsoft's Home and Entertainment division. The H&E group, which also includes the Zune, IPTV and other products, has produced $5.4 billion in operating losses over a five year period. Ehrenberg doesn't see the 360 turning the group's fortunes around short of a "tectonic transformation."
Calling himself a personal fan of the console—he uses "awesome" and "rocking" to describe the 360—Ehernberg looks at the Xbox business, from an investment standpoint, as nothing short of a "disastrous endeavor" for the company and paints a bleak picture of the Xbox 360's future based on its below-original Xbox performance in Japan
He also points out the missed goals and wonders when Microsoft will finally, if ever, give up on sinking billions into the business. Looking at predictions from Xbox 360's March sales, it appears things are looking up for the console in the States, but the thing is stillborn in Japan.
It's an interesting read and just goes to show why, now, more than ever, Microsoft needs your extra Microsoft Points. Go on, do your part and snap up some overpriced horse armor.
As they said before, Mr. Gates, you didn't make money by losing money.
The business model for Xbox has always been as follows:
Step 1) Get into the living room.
Step 2) Take over.
Step 3) ???
Step 4) Profit.
...Step 5) Take over all nearby technology and create one gigantic multiprocessing system called "Skynet", and 20 years later send an android back in time to kill Sarah Conner.
The Xbox has ALWAYS been stillborn in Japan, and I don't know what made Microsoft think they could turn it around with the 360.
I think this Ehrenberg dude has it right, too. I love my 360, completely worth every penny I've spent on it. But I've known since the original 'box that they were being sold at a significant loss, and the loss was gonna have to be made up for somewhere, else it's all going down.
The Xbox might end up eliminating itself from the market. But until then, I'll keep playing mine.
Vamp wrote:The business model for Xbox has always been as follows:
Step 1) Get into the living room.
Step 2) Take over.
Step 3) ???
Step 4) Profit.
...Step 5) Take over all nearby technology and create one gigantic multiprocessing system called "Skynet", and 20 years later send an android back in time to kill Sarah Conner.
That reminds me of the South Park episode with the underpants gnomes.
Phase 1 - Take Underpants
Phase 2 - ???
Phase 3 - Profit
"Whats phase 2?" "Hey Bill, whats Phase 2?" "....Phase 1 take underpants." Thats a great episode.
Vamp wrote:The business model for Xbox has always been as follows:
Step 1) Get into the living room.
Step 2) Take over.
Step 3) ???
Step 4) Profit.
...Step 5) Take over all nearby technology and create one gigantic multiprocessing system called "Skynet", and 20 years later send an android back in time to kill Sarah Conner.
That reminds me of the South Park episode with the underpants gnomes.
Phase 1 - Take Underpants
Phase 2 - ???
Phase 3 - Profit
"Whats phase 2?" "Hey Bill, whats Phase 2?" "....Phase 1 take underpants." Thats a great episode.
It wouldn't surprise me. This isn't the first time I've seen something on South Park show up in a message from Vamp.
