Comments on: Xbox 360 Costs $715 to Produce http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-produce/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:35:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: FMF http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-produce/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 FMF Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:30:26 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=261#comment-1171 Yea, if you'd rather have a pet than say...put your kid through college...it's worth the cost. Yea, if you’d rather have a pet than say…put your kid through college…it’s worth the cost.

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-produce/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Blaine Moore Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:04:36 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=261#comment-1159 Heheh, but the benifits of having a pet outweigh the costs, and I am not so sure the same is applicable to an XBox. Heheh, but the benifits of having a pet outweigh the costs, and I am not so sure the same is applicable to an XBox.

]]> By: FMF http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-produce/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 FMF Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:58:41 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=261#comment-1149 You just don't give up, do you? Kind of like me posting about the cost of pets. ;-) You just don’t give up, do you? Kind of like me posting about the cost of pets. ;-)

]]> By: sam http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-produce/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 sam Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:43:43 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=261#comment-1148 All console makers lose money on hardware. Microsoft lost around $150 on each XBOX they sold and now they are losing more than that isn't suprising. It is the Gillete razor concept, give away the razor and sell the blades. All console makers lose money on hardware. Microsoft lost around $150 on each XBOX they sold and now they are losing more than that isn’t suprising. It is the Gillete razor concept, give away the razor and sell the blades.

]]> By: jim http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-produce/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 jim Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:14:21 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=261#comment-1143 Blaine, you'd be surprised. Microsoft is fighting a big gorilla in Sony and they're trying to gain market share. The one thing Microsoft has going for them is a huge mound of cash to help fund the battle. MS is losing money on xbox, for sure, but the extent is hard to calculate. It makes sense though... throttle the supply so you can hype it up and reduce losses until the manufacturing process costs improve. Blaine, you’d be surprised. Microsoft is fighting a big gorilla in Sony and they’re trying to gain market share. The one thing Microsoft has going for them is a huge mound of cash to help fund the battle. MS is losing money on xbox, for sure, but the extent is hard to calculate.

It makes sense though… throttle the supply so you can hype it up and reduce losses until the manufacturing process costs improve.

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-produce/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Blaine Moore Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:19:44 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=261#comment-1138 I tend to doubt that they are taking that much of a bath. And if they are, I tend to doubt that they aren't going to be profitable on licensing and game sales. I tend to doubt that they are taking that much of a bath. And if they are, I tend to doubt that they aren’t going to be profitable on licensing and game sales.

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