My statements were made in sarcasm.
Microsoft had to outsource production, they don't actually have any of their own hardware.
(unless you count their newly formed chip division)
I was merely pointing out the fact that Microsoft for the most part(99.99%) is a software company not a hardware company.
They'll support any hardware that will help increase a products availability.(like windows supporting Blu-Ray drives)
Sony,
The goal was 6 million and they shipped 5.5, thats not bad at all.
(considering the $600/PS3 price tag)
Oh and btw - worldwide software shipments for the PS3 were 13.2 million.
Considering consumers only have 3.1 million, thats a decent attachment rate, that will only improve as better games get released.
I think the anomoly in your analogy is this:
Gamecube price dropped in half, but that was from 199.99 to 99.99. It was already within reach to most consumers.
If PS3 saw a similar cut(half = 599.99 to 299.99.), we would see sales skyrocket.
Their losses were similar(respectively) for the PS2 launch.
Microsoft had to outsource production, they don't actually have any of their own hardware.
(unless you count their newly formed chip division)
I was merely pointing out the fact that Microsoft for the most part(99.99%) is a software company not a hardware company.
They'll support any hardware that will help increase a products availability.(like windows supporting Blu-Ray drives)
Sony,
The goal was 6 million and they shipped 5.5, thats not bad at all.
(considering the $600/PS3 price tag)
Oh and btw - worldwide software shipments for the PS3 were 13.2 million.
Considering consumers only have 3.1 million, thats a decent attachment rate, that will only improve as better games get released.
I think the anomoly in your analogy is this:
Gamecube price dropped in half, but that was from 199.99 to 99.99. It was already within reach to most consumers.
If PS3 saw a similar cut(half = 599.99 to 299.99.), we would see sales skyrocket.
Their losses were similar(respectively) for the PS2 launch.