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Microsoft's Rush To Xbox 2 A Danger?
Game Boy writes "Brit games business site Gamesindustry.biz has posted a fascinating editorial asking whether Microsoft is about to shoot itself in the foot over Xbox 2 by rushing to launch the console years ahead of its rivals' next-generation platforms. It's a pretty good analysis of how Microsoft is thinking about this marketplace, and why they could be pretty drastically wrong - I work at a major games publisher, and a lot of people here are worried about exactly the same things, but it's rare to see anyone actually discussing them openly. Xbox has done pretty well so far, but Microsoft could be heading for a disaster that even Bill's billions won't dig them out of..."
Really Xbox is a success?? have they turned a profit on it yet? last I knew MS was selling the Xbox for little to no profit and were technically losing money on every machine sold. They may be doing better now that the hardware is older, but the Xbox2 is supposed to be a dual powerPC, how is MS going to sell that for $300 bucks?
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