QUOTE(polybus @ Jan 26 2006, 04:40 PM)
MS loses mad money on all console sales. They have to regain it with game sales.
yes but if you only buy a console if it can be modded like me and many others you wont buy the 360
whither you buy one or not the one you would have bought is manufactured so even if its sold at a loss they gain money they wouldnt have so instead of being $600 or what ever these cost to make they are only loosing $150 or what have you now times that by a couple thousand consoles maybe even millions and thats a lot
modding helps consoles
i know i originally bought my xbox to pirate and i did
but id end up playing the for a weekend and throwing it away with a few fun exceptions
but i bought over a dozen games
and no i wouldnt have bought more if i couldn't mod cause like most real people im a cheap bastard who rationalizes living is more important then a game so id play what i have and maybe rent 1 or 2 a month more
truthfully i ended up using it as a media center mostly anyway and still do
il wait and see how the ps3 or revolution are but from the looks M$ lost my sale to them(good way to be #1 M$)