Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Killing Off the Original Xbox: A Big Microsoft Mistake

                  
   
  1. #1
    Won Hung Lo wraggster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Nottingham, England
    Age
    52
    Posts
    139,262
    Blog Entries
    3209
    Rep Power
    50

    Xbox Killing Off the Original Xbox: A Big Microsoft Mistake

    Now Microsoft (MSFT) introduced the Xbox in November 2001 and deliberately brought out their next machine, the 360, just four years later, in November 2005, so as to be first to market with the next generation. They kept the two models as a range for just one year, killing off the original Xbox in November 2006 when it was just five years old.

    To me it looks like they killed off the original Xbox half way through its life. They could have re-engineered it to make it far cheaper to manufacture (just as Sony did with the PSOne) and kept on selling it for another five years as part of a two product line. They would have sold tens of millions of additional units if the continuing success of the Playstation 2 is anything to go by.

    Now imagine the benefits if they has kept the original Xbox alive. It would have given them market presence in the massive developing countries of China and India were lower incomes favor a cheaper machine. It would have brought millions of new people to Xbox live, helping to lock them into buying future generations of Microsoft consoles. And it would have made enormous profits from the continuing sale of the Xbox game back catalogue.

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/5361...rosoft-mistake

  2. #2
    DCEmu Old Pro Elven6's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Posts
    1,158
    Rep Power
    71

    Default

    This guys an idiot, microsoft was forced to stop. Because nvidia there gpu maker stoped making the gpu's because microsoft rejected nvidia`s 360 gpu!

  3. #3

    Default

    the wii should absorb everything - dreamcast, psone, ps2, xbox all available for virtual console

    then the wii would be unstoppable :thumbup:

    i'd love to see an xbox slim or at least an xbox not as fat as the original one

  4. #4
    DCEmu Pro PLZKLLME0080's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Midgar
    Age
    32
    Posts
    704
    Rep Power
    98

    Default

    ya an XBox slim. that would be nice. i would be able to fit stuff in my room with that.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •