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Xbox 360 To Have IPTV, 10 Million Sold
The news from CES, from Bill Gates' keynote, is that the 360 will have IPTV rolled out in an update later this year. They've also now crossed the 10 Million units sold mark, spurred on by Gears of War in the U.S. and Blue Dragon in Japan. The implications of IPTV for the 360 (DVR on a 20 gig HD, essentially) are interesting, but are hardly the only news to come out of the event. Robbie Bach gave Gamespot an overview of Vista and 360-related announcements for the near future, and there's some great stuff in there. Likewise, Mr. Gates sat down for an interview with several journalists, including Dean Takahashi from the Mercury News and Brian Crecente from Kotaku. He gives some additional insight into the company's announcements at the CES event.
If the Xbox was so hot, then why was it being offered with a $100 rebate during the Xmas buying season?
Seems odd to me that a next-gen console, out for a few months, would be offering such incentives during the height of consumer insanity. Perhaps the plan was to get to 10mm shipped by any means necessary in order to achieve a "PR-mark", which would insure the next 10mm being sold. Or something like that.
Who sells at a BIGGER loss during supposedly peak demand in order to gain marketplace dominance? Sounds like a monopoly to me.