Compared to Office, enterprise etc it makes fuck all comparatively.
Also 10b a year?
Hmm.
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Xbox One price cut to £399 in the UK, includes free copy of Titanfall
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Compared to Office, enterprise etc it makes fuck all comparatively.
Also 10b a year?
Hmm.
They want/need Titanfall to be their next Halo for the Xbox One. If they can create enough buzz and get as many people on board as possible, the money they put down for the games exclusivity can be chalked up as marketing for the machine.
If it is as successful as they think it's going to be, I'd say there's a high possibility that MS will try and keep exclusivity of the franchise to their console. As right now, it seems to be one of the only things that is universally going for them right now.
SEGAvangelist
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I think they do too, but I can see why MS is trying the bundle first. I think the price cut will come when Titanfall sales slow down. They would piss off investors by going immediately to a price cut right during the release of their biggest game of the launch window. E3 is a good time, though I don't know if announcing it during the press conference is the best idea.
Pjsprojects
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Wow M$ tried to kick gamers before launch and now they kick the early adopters!
Very glad I'm not bothering with Xbone.
Very glad I'm not bothering with Xbone.
Edit: misread
it still belongs to MS
Bony Manifesto
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Ergo, the only place you can play ALL of them is on the Xbox One.
Until Destiny gets announced for PC
Sony is about three moves ahead as it is.
MS trying to win the UK crowd back from Sony
Something that will happen in the next months, InFamous won't do much I think.
InFamous I guess? Not that it's a very strong one.
digoutyoursoul
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£429.99 with no game only a couple of months ago
Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot
And what about the gamers about to purchase the machine? Where do they sit in your wonderful mind?
funkystudent
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EA must be pretty happy with these XB1 bundles. They basically get a cut of every XB1 sold in the EU at this rate. Its imposable to find one not bundled with Fifa or BF4 already.
Also the XB1 always seemed like a bad buy for early adopters. A major price drop / value change was coming soon and all the signs are there. This is just the first move among many by MS before E3 in that direction I am sure.
Also the XB1 always seemed like a bad buy for early adopters. A major price drop / value change was coming soon and all the signs are there. This is just the first move among many by MS before E3 in that direction I am sure.
Anyone expecting Sony to make a move as drastic as a price drop is delusional. They won't do that unless the situation became very dire. PS4 is still selling well and will continue to sell well.
If anything you'll see Sony just start aggressively advertising. Also at least in the US this isn't a price drop. It's more like a sale for a limited time.
If anything you'll see Sony just start aggressively advertising. Also at least in the US this isn't a price drop. It's more like a sale for a limited time.
Miles Quaritch
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Wouldn't be surprised if they dropped the price of the Infamous bundle to £370/£375. They don't really need to do much, they have all the momentum and any price cut (as small as it may be) will be enough to cancel this deal out and see attention swing back in their direction.
Fiasco?
Lol, Sony's move is to sit back and watch the PS4s continue to fly off the shelves.
You made absolutely no sense.
Steverulez
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Someone who is sad enough to type with a dollar sign in Microsoft was probably never interested in getting an Xbox One anyway.
$10b a year ........ your talking out your ass, makes nowhere near that.
Triggerhappytel
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Banjo-Kazooie
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It really is quite genious if you think about it. You are almost guaranteed a Gold attach to each and every one of those consoles you sell which makes up for the "free" game
It's factually untrue, all three are on x360.
Except, revenue is not profit.
MS saw $8 billion in profit last year ... $.4 of that came from the Xbox division ... Down 46%. So, no, it's not a huge part of the company. The expectation is that Xbox will continue to return profits, but not at insane levels.
http://www.extremetech.com/computin...trong-xbox-windows-phone-and-commercial-sales
illmatic22
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You still mean revenue? Because if so, yes.
Huggers
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That's a bloody good point. I'd completely forgotten about the 360
Nightengale
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If there was one thing that Ballmer was obsessed about in recent years, it was Google and Apple. Losing mobile and search to them pissed the hell out of him that he was willing to burn as much money as was needed to be there with them.
The same hunger and madness was missing with the Xbox One. I'm not saying MS will abandon it, but it's no longer the same as the first Xbox and 360, where MS was willing to lose a ton of money per console to break the Sony dominion and the Wii lightning-in-the-bottle.
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
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Ya know, it surprises me that people like that person aren't banned.
MS made something like $2X b profit last year, no idea what xbox made as it's been lumped in with all other hardware devices they sell.
DoubleTake
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Wont happen. EA doesnt own Respawn or the IP, and I doubt they want their game to be limited to one fan base for the entirety of its life. Titanfall 2 will no doubt be on PS4 as well.
MastaKilla
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EA has been Microsoft's lifeline in the UK it seems. Obviously this is a lot better but I still think that's too expensive. Why not ditch Kinect and get it down?
Damn did early adopters get screwed tho lol. You can call these moves either aggressive or desperate but at least they're trying. I think Sony is really in a great position right now tho.
Damn did early adopters get screwed tho lol. You can call these moves either aggressive or desperate but at least they're trying. I think Sony is really in a great position right now tho.
Read the link. You're confusing revenue with profit.
Xbox alone made $10b in revenue, when 2013?
Phoenician_Viking
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I highly doubt that since transport,VAT and retail take a decent chunk out of the price. It´s not only manufacturing that is calculated into the price. That goes for all kind of merchandise.
Most(?) of us Europeans got a FIFA14 code with the console, though.
ProfessorMoran
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The situation in UK must be getting really dire for them to do this.
BBC have picked it up. The masses will be learning about it now:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26325354
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26325354
This post pleases Microsoft, Now spend £399 on XB1 and titanfall, you can't just buy it on 360 for £40...no sir, that's not possible. (it actually isn't for a week :-( )
So you don't know at all then ......... $10b is what Xbox made you said, so half of MS revenues according to you.
You read the link, they're talking about Q4 alone, not the entire year.
Most years? Have you even bothered to do the calculations or research?
Wow at you people that can't read. They made $20 something bill PROFIT last year, not Revenue. Revenue is like $70B something a year. Xbox made $10b revenue and probably $1b or less profit.
dreamer3kx
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This wont do much, $500 is still too much money for people, doesn't matter it comes with a game or even two games, have to get xbl on top of that.
Nightengale
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It's rude ( it shouldn't matter anyway, it's addressed to a company ), but it's far from something worth banning, imo.
We make jokes, we put our flags down... GAF is not free from vitriol at times.
Chobel
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Have you? If you're sure then show us your sources.
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