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To: Don Green who wrote (73072)	5/16/2001 9:36:27 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

RE:"MSFT is too big to be influenced by the relatively small game market. They just have too much money to throw around and couldn't find anyone to buy so decided to develope their own, which will likely be another big blunder (dry well)." I thought the game market was pretty big. Doesn't every kid have a Nintendo AND PS2? Microsoft can reportedly sell 10 million XBoxes in the first year. At $299 a crack that's $2,990,000,000.00 isn't it? Then there are the games where the profits are. Sega is already on board. These X-boxes do even more: including online gaming, play DVDs and don't be surprised if there is a module down the line where you can watch movies on demand. Knowing Ballmer and Gates, they are not going to give these boxes away at too much of a loss... It's Intel that will get the squeeze. I'll bet MS is paying about $30 for a P-III or less. Sony is going to feel a big squeeze... Jim