[nylug-talk] The future of Zimbra after Microsoft's bid for Yahoo!

[Kevin Mark]

On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 03:51:58PM -0500, Ajai Khattri wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Ron Guerin wrote:
> 
> > I would however, cite Xbox as a success for them.
> 
> We should differentiate between commercial success and success in terms of 
> gamers' buzz and software titles.
> 
> > Admittedly I don't 
> > know if it generates income or is a drag on the bottom line
> 
> I think on the original Xbox they lost something like $130 per console. On 
> the 360 that's down to $71 per console (might be less now, not sure). In 
> 2007, they sold 4,620,000 consoles, so that's a loss of around $328M.
> 
> As we all know, the newest sexiest tech is often not successful. The 
> Nintendo Wii and DS outsold all other consoles last year even though the 
> Wii is not much better than the old GameCube technology-wise.

Supposedly the Wii has helped to expand the market to include more women
and seniors with its 'casual games', So its not the hardware itself that
accounts for the success but the software.
-K
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