DiviT,
Thanks for the response. I guess I need to look into the situation a bit more, however with regards to your last statement:
Anal[ys]ts and fools are estimating the costs and the so called $150 loss per box
When one states a $150 loss per box, that is a fairly "fixed" number. If these people were "estimating", I would think that there would be a range, say 50-200 and in between?
The reason I would invest in MSFT is this, MSFT has leveraged the O/S market for all its worth. MSFT is going into the handheld market with CE. Now, the gaming market. Historically, the gaming market when faced with 3 competitors, one always chooses to bow out. I believe the market for dedicated game boxes can only support 2 different platforms.
Gaming systems that come to mind that failed, but were quite advanced for their time are 3DO and Sega. I always believed that the Dreamcast would kill off either Sony or Nintendo, however I was wrong. With the marketing prowess of MSFT, I believe that, in the end, Nintendo will bow out of the market and their "game cube" will become an utter failure. However, WDIK? |
