[Am-info] XBox Economics

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.05.21 04:13 PM, John Poltorak typed: ============

>I had a read of this and th prospects for the Xbox do look dismal, but I 
>think it's all about the long term objectives for the Xbox. There's an 
>Xbox story in TheREG today which outlines Microsoft plans for providing 
>online gaming which is where it would start to make real money. 
>Microsoft is already planning four data centres for handling the load so  
>I don't them pulling out of the games market any time soon, although it 
>would be interesting to see just how long they give it before pulling the 
>plug.

   Took them five years to make Windows successful, four to make a 
version of Explorer that anyone would use. They've been tinkering with 
MSN for seven years now and it's yet to make a profit... XBox isn't even 
6 months old yet.



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