Comments on: Battle Plans: Microsoft Done?

By: wii repairs

wii repairs — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:10:27 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:29:13 +0000

nick it just sounds like you have bad luck with your electronics i have had my PS3 for 2 years now and it still works great. everyone or at least 90 percent of the people i know that have a 360 have had it RedRing on them already and i dont know anyone that has had a problem with the PS3 yet

By: nick

nick — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:12:19 +0000

Tom your shitting me right?
so what they fix it for free.
if im paying 650+ for a piece of electronics i expect it to last longer than 3 months.
i bought an elite thinking it would be built better because it was much more expensive only 50 bucks cheaper than the ps3.
but it only lasted 3 months till the first RROD.
M$ told me max 4 weeks and ill have it back 7 weeks later i finaly got it back and man was i pissed.
so 2 weeks later i get the same thing rang them up gave them a ear full and got it
back 5 weeks later.
not that the ps3 is any better my ps3 stoped reading blu-ray disks after 3 weeks.
what hapend to the good old days where electronics would last 8-10 years before
breaking.
my grany still has her old black and white tv works like a charm never repaired.
her old fridge 12 years old.
her oven 6 years old.
my tv 2500 LCD sony D series couldent last 3 months overheated the first time.
than about 8 months later it switched off on me and refused to turn back on.
things are built on one thing these days money and it stinks everything is a cheap piece of shit

By: juan

juan — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:34:42 +0000

MS RuleZZ you are obviously a fan boy that doesnt own a PS3. If you think PS3 is shit, you must be retarded for buying something you think so low of.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:30:19 +0000

the 10 year life cycle for the PS3 does not mean that the PS4 will be released 10 years after the PS3 was originally released they will prob do with the PS3 and PS4 what they are doing with the PS3 and PS2.

Sony may be losing money on PS3’s but if the indications are correct they are now making money on the 500 dollar version and losing it on the 400 dollar but Microsoft could be about even with all the repairs because of the RRoD and them buying the exclusives for the system but there is not much of a way to tell on profit of the system after you take all that out.

if you look at the first two years on the market the PS3 sold more than the 360 did. (http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?gr_i_ni) so where the the 360 has sold more in total because of the year head start the PS3 has sold more on a per year basis

By: Brock Danger

Brock Danger — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:23:59 +0000

In terms of “selling at a loss,” technically Microsoft has been “making money” on consoles for over a year now. That doesn’t factor in the repairs, but in theory they are profitable. The PS3 has been sold at a loss assumed somewhere between $240 and $300 dollars per console. That doesn’t factor in improved manufacturing over the last year or the removal of functionality (backwards compatability/ports).

So, in terms of hemorrhaging money, Microsoft certainly had some major wounds, but those are bandaged and healing, whereas the PS3 will be sold at a major loss for, most likely, years to come.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:03:36 +0000

Sorry but i would also like to say to Jeff that i have had my 360 for 2 years and it has not had Rrod’s (Touchwood) and yu can now get the jasper things that prevent it, and even if it did have Rrod’s 3 times, Microsoft repair it for free so whats the problem?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:01:30 +0000

I have both consoles and i dont agree with Charles Benjamin and i actually believe that it is theother way around in terms of sales profits, i do believe that Sony make losses after selling consoles and Microsoft don’t. Why can’t we just accept that MS is dominant in the Western area of the world and Sony is dominant in areas like Japan. Microsoft may be losing money, i’m not so sure, but even if they were, they are mega frigging rich, ever heard of Bill Gates, he may not be the richest guy in the world anymore but this proves that Microsoft is rich and can afford to lose money selling their consoles because they have all that money and also charge for Xbox Live.

It’ll be interesting to Watch E3 and i Hope both camps pull out the big guns and surprise us all, MS will probably steal another PS3 exclusive!! lol.

By: MS RuleZZ

MS RuleZZ — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:02:14 +0000

OMG…so many Sony Fanboys here.
MS will blow ur fucking PS3 away! I have a Xbox 360 and PS3,but the Xbox360 is much more better than the PS3. Look at Killzone 2…bad story,bad Multiplayer but only good graphics…a Tech Demo. And Halo? The biggest franchise from the beginning of Xbox Halo 3,not the best graphics but a much more better Multiplayer and Singleplayer than Killzone!
Microsoft will blow ur Sony shit away,fact!