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Originally posted by Matt Reiland
This is actually part of the sales plan and it is common for Console hardware to break even or sell at a loss. I doub't Sony makes any money on PS2 hardware either, ditto for Nintendo. The real money is in software titles at $50 each. They are proprietary for each machine so you always know where the software is coming from. Internet Explorer is free and there are people still developing it at Microsoft.
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Yeah, many consuls don't break even. The problem is that X-Box is not getting many licences, the thing they make money back from.
Plus, 2 bill is a lot to loose.