Production costs of the 360, MS takes a hit...

Exfoliate · 24-11-2005, 09:41 PM

Though it comes as no surprise that MS is loosing some dough off the console sales of the 360 we now have a figure to work with. It would appear that MS looses around $140 for every unit sold. How they managed to keep it that low is still a mysery acually, concidering the power of the system you'd think the GPU alone would cost at lest $300, but somehow they keep it under $150. But with the high premium gamers pay for games they can get on other platforms it should all even out quite soon.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27907

Matt555 · 24-11-2005, 08:43 PM

It was kinda expected really, saw a 360 in Game store today, looked pretty good, the unit looks nice I have to say.
The graphics looked pretty good as well.

Exfoliate · 24-11-2005, 08:47 PM

I hear a lot of stores forget to use the HD cables and the image quality takes a hit, so in theory we may not even be seeing the true glory of the 360. Good news for anyone with a HDTV at least.

Matt555 · 24-11-2005, 08:51 PM

Yeah, I don't think the TV was a HD one, it didn't look too new but it wasn't ancient.

WWR · 24-11-2005, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt555

It was kinda expected really, saw a 360 in Game store today, looked pretty good, the unit looks nice I have to say.
The graphics looked pretty good as well.

We got one in our Game store, it's played more by the staff running competitions on who's the best at Call of Duty 2. Hardly anyone is interested in it.

Matt555 · 24-11-2005, 09:03 PM

LMAO, I can imagine it, a queue out the door of people wanting to buy stuff and the staff huddled around a TV playing CoD2

Addis · 24-11-2005, 09:26 PM

Its not like MS is to run out of money any time soon though.

ninja fetus · 24-11-2005, 09:39 PM

ms losing money, good.

syngod · 24-11-2005, 10:11 PM

Nothing new here as the xbox 1 is still a money loser for MS. Although I wish MS would have spent a bit of work with the power supply. The thing is huge and while my system seems to be ok I've heard of quite a few systems overheating after 30 minutes due to it.

Exfoliate · 25-11-2005, 04:04 AM

I've read it's a loud mofo too, 3 cores must get might hot.

24-11-2005, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	Production costs of the 360, MS takes a hit... Though it comes as no surprise that MS is loosing some dough off the console sales of the 360 we now have a figure to work with. It would appear that MS looses around $140 for every unit sold. How they managed to keep it that low is still a mysery acually, concidering the power of the system you'd think the GPU alone would cost at lest $300, but somehow they keep it under $150. But with the high premium gamers pay for games they can get on other platforms it should all even out quite soon. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27907 __________________

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Matt555 iMod Join Date: May 2005 Age: 21 Male Posts: 3,844 Times Helpful: 238 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	It was kinda expected really, saw a 360 in Game store today, looked pretty good, the unit looks nice I have to say. The graphics looked pretty good as well. __________________

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Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	I hear a lot of stores forget to use the HD cables and the image quality takes a hit, so in theory we may not even be seeing the true glory of the 360. Good news for anyone with a HDTV at least. __________________

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Matt555 iMod Join Date: May 2005 Age: 21 Male Posts: 3,844 Times Helpful: 238 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	Yeah, I don't think the TV was a HD one, it didn't look too new but it wasn't ancient. __________________

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Matt555 iMod Join Date: May 2005 Age: 21 Male Posts: 3,844 Times Helpful: 238 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	LMAO, I can imagine it, a queue out the door of people wanting to buy stuff and the staff huddled around a TV playing CoD2 __________________

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Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,255 Times Helpful: 403 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	Its not like MS is to run out of money any time soon though. __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

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ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	ms losing money, good.

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syngod Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Age: 28 Male Posts: 949 Times Helpful: 16 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	Nothing new here as the xbox 1 is still a money loser for MS. Although I wish MS would have spent a bit of work with the power supply. The thing is huge and while my system seems to be ok I've heard of quite a few systems overheating after 30 minutes due to it. __________________ DVD Collection

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