Donīt buya XBOX360!, And microsoft is losing money to.

[heartless bowser]

Reasons? Pretty much of defects!

Seems there are already people reporting about defects with the system though this is to be expected with any new system, especailly when its rushed like the 360 was.
http://forums.xbox.com/530545/ShowPost.aspx

people on the official board and other gaming boards as well have been complaining about sound issues, picture problems, malfunctioning wires, games freezing up, chips burning up and other problems as well.

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Plus, theyīre losing money by selling XBOX360īs Why?

Microsoft taking $126 hit per Xbox 360
BusinessWeek commissions study, which says the software giant is paying a premium on next-gen hardware.

When Microsoft got into the console game in 2001, much was made of the fact that it lost an estimated $125 per console on each Xbox. Four years later, that per-console-hit has tallied to $4 billion of red ink for the Redmond, Washington-based software colossus, whose current-fiscal-year forecast calls for $44.5 billion in revenue.

However, Microsoft seemed all too happy to fork out billions to become the number-two console maker in the world. The approximate 22 million Xboxes it has sold surpasses Nintendo's to-date sales of over 16 million GameCubes--but still lags far behind the 90-million-plus Sony PlayStation 2s in homes worldwide.

Now, it appears that history is repeating itself. According to a study commissioned by BusinessWeek, Microsoft is again losing around $125 per hard-drive-equipped unit of its brand-spanking-new console, the Xbox 360. To perform the study, tech researcher iSuppli took apart an Xbox 360 and examined the cost of all its components. It concluded that the hardware of each unit cost $470 disassembled. That means Microsoft loses $71 before each HDD-equipped 360 console goes to the factory, right around the $76-per-unit loss analysts predicted for the core Xbox 360, which has no hard drive, back in June. (Those same analysts also predicted shortages of the console, which then was believed to come in only one model.)

However, when iSuppli said the HDD-equipped 360 console cost $470, that's exactly when they meant--just the console itself. They didn't include the cost of the wireless controller, headset, Ethernet cable, universal media remote, combination high-definition component/standard A/V cable, and bricklike power supply that come in the box of the $399 Xbox 360 "Premium Pack." Factor those in, and Microsoft's per-unit-loss on each Premium pack comes to $126--just above the per-unit loss of the original Xbox--before one penny (or, more likely, yuan) is spent on labor.
By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
Posted Nov 23, 2005 1:32 pm PT
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6140383.html

To sum the article up, for every HDD-equipped Xbox 360 Microsoft sells, they are LOSING $126. Ouch.

To sum these 2 up, either of these could happen now:

- Microsoft goes boom. I donīt think so though.
- Bye bye XBOX360.

Yep. Hope the Rev. and PS3 will do a lot better.

[Zephyrus]

Microsoft is very unlikely to disappear because of a console. Remember, they have 100's of software programs they sell for around 50-300 dollars each.

Although the X-Box 360 will more than likely fail, but I do want to play Perfect Dark Zero.

[Orion19819]

Well who here really was willing to pay 400 bucks right now to buy one anyways? lol But that would really suck to stand outside in line for that long just for it not to work when you get it home. I would have to kill someone.

[Zephyrus]

Yeah, I'm gonna wait until 2006's Christmas to ask for one, by then most the bugs should be fixed and slightly cheaper.

[Orion19819]

Yeah. Good idea. Plus by then all the other major titles will be out and the first wave of them will be cheaper. So you could get more. Patience is a virtue with video games unless your rich.

[Zephyrus]

Middle of the Middle Class so I'm not rich. lol. The only game i really want is Perfect Dark Zero, so I dunno if I'll actually get it.

[Orion19819]

Perfect Dark Zero looks pretty sweet. But Im telling you if you like first person shooters you should give Halo a chance. I mean by the time you would get your 360 you could get all 3 and have quite a lot to do. Its not godlike and I only go back to play random levels every now and then but its good the first time around. I can't think of any other FPS planned for 360 though.

[Zephyrus]

People talk about Halo like it is the 'shit' or something. @.@

[Orion19819]

Please do NOT start that. Who cares if some idiots make it seem better then it really is. I mean really that is the most idiotic exucse to not play the game I've ever heard. Its like... OK... People say this game is great and its A LOT of people so I want to be DIFFERENT and will not play and say it sucks! Mwuahahaha. Brilliant.

[Zephyrus]

I would actually play it first to see if it was good as everyone said.

[Orion19819]

All Im saying is give it a chance... For a FPS it is really good. Not godlike. But good.

[Zephyrus]

Might as well if the X360 has backwards capibility.

[Orion19819]

But really. This goes to the other post about the guy trying to sue. Xbox 360 will MORE then likely not fall. And Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar company so dream on about it failing. They'll probably change around a few components and the next shipment will work better. If you pay attention you'll notice they are not realesing anymore shipments before christmas. So they are probably fine tuning it. Thats all.