Each Xbox console sold, is sold at loss

#5910493

cryohellinc

2021-05-07 10:02

and they make hundredfold back from licensing/software/platform fees e.t.c. and economies of scale.

#5910495

emperorsfist

2021-05-07 10:41

Aren't consoles sold at a loss for a long time now? The money comes from games and the various fees connected to the services, and it's a lot more money than the physical machines on their own could ever make..

#5910496

cucaulay malkin

2021-05-07 10:41

for the price it's almost incredible what you're getting I mean,a 12tf gpu with +500g/s bandwidth is worth that price ALONE. with a 8c ryzen 3000 cpu (though a pretty weak one,but still,good mid range value chip) a nvme ssd blue ray drive controller and you can pretty much play box games only and then sell them they're available at msrp here,which leads me to believe I'm just stupid not to have bought one already.My pc backlog has held me so far but I think I'll break.

#5910499

Ryu5uzaku

2021-05-07 10:56

Well makes sense. Consoles have been sold at loss for a long time. And their value is quite high. Especially the current gen.

#5910568

iicycube

2021-05-07 13:56

Nowadays the game is played by streamers that all.

#5910569

Undying

2021-05-07 13:58

What about games? They surely must be making some money on them.

#5910573

cucaulay malkin

2021-05-07 14:07

Undying:

What about games? They surely must be making some money on them.

of course they are 🙂

#5910574

GeniusPr0

2021-05-07 14:10

emperorsfist:

Aren't consoles sold at a loss for a long time now? The money comes from games and the various fees connected to the services, and it's a lot more money than the physical machines on their own could ever make..

Yes. It has been bad though for them (sony/Microsoft) ever since 2006 Era of PS3 20 and 60gb.

#5910578

scoter man1

2021-05-07 14:32

I'm pretty sure this has been standard practice for multiple generations of all consoles already.

#5910579

Ghosty

2021-05-07 14:38

Undying:

What about games? They surely must be making some money on them.

Sony will be making a profit on their PS5 games. Priced at £70 retail in the UK.

#5910607

RyuzakiL

2021-05-07 17:07

Hmmm... HDD mining is now a thing because of Chia. Wonder why consoles do not have such blessings

#5910790

CronoGraal

2021-05-08 13:42

Pretty sure the Xbox has been sold at a loss ever since the very first one.

#5910802

Airbud

2021-05-08 14:32

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#5910803

insp1re2600

2021-05-08 14:35

cucaulay malkin:

for the price it's almost incredible what you're getting I mean,a 12tf gpu with +500g/s bandwidth is worth that price ALONE. with a 8c ryzen 3000 cpu (though a pretty weak one,but still,good mid range value chip) a nvme ssd blue ray drive controller and you can pretty much play box games only and then sell them they're available at msrp here,which leads me to believe I'm just stupid not to have bought one already.My pc backlog has held me so far but I think I'll break.

would be great home servers.

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