Former Microsoft exec. says it launched Xbox "to stop Sony"
Sources report that during an interview with former Microsoft VP Joachim Kempin, he stated: "The main reason was to stop Sony. You see, Sony and Microsoft... they never had a very friendly relationship, okay?"
Although Microsoft apparently wanted to partner up with Sony, Sony always seemed to keep Microsoft at arm's length. When Sony launched the first Playstation, Joachim said that "Microsoft just looked at that and said 'well, we have to beat them, so let’s do our own.'"
He also claims that while he worked at Microsoft, he went to its PC OEM partners and asked them to make the first Xbox. He said "The guys were smart enough not to bite, because they studied the Sony model and saw that Sony could not make money on that hardware model, ever." Microsoft didn't want to to copy Sony's business model for the Xbox; make the hardware themselves, sell it at a loss and make it up with game royalties.
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uwantsumPosted:
As soon as someone talks about PS3 i just think chavy piece of plastic, yes its free because not everybody can afford Xbox live. Xbox has way better security, better community and we get DLC's first.
PoonPosted:
AAmbitionsIsBackEpicmod People just say ps3 is AWESOME is because they dont patch any mods, and most of all we all hear, " ITS FREE". Who cares poor SOB's
Poor or smart?
No its defiantly poor, i'd rather pay 49,99$ with good account security and good online services, then Free shit services in my opinion
YinPosted:
I find this funny but cool. I am happy they decided to do it. I loved the Playstation and Playstation 2, but Xbox just got me with Halo 2, and has had my attention ever since. Nice move Microsoft.
AAmbitionsIsBackPosted:
Epicmod People just say ps3 is AWESOME is because they dont patch any mods, and most of all we all hear, " ITS FREE". Who cares poor SOB's
Poor or smart?
EpicmodPosted:
People just say ps3 is AWESOME is because they dont patch any mods, and most of all we all hear, " ITS FREE". Who cares poor SOB's
TreyarchedPosted:
TEIR1plus2TreyarchedTreyarchedSRG_PuNiSheR-Phoenix- And, Xbox as of a week ago has 75.9 Million Units sold. PS3 has 74.1 million
Xbox released a year earlier so I guess if you were to put that into account, Sony did better on this generation.
The wii was released about the same time as the PS3 and it wiped the floor with both of them when it comes to sales so your point is totally invalid.
EDIT: Oops made a mistake, Wii was out same time as PS3.
but the wii.... it kinda sucked... sorry for any wii fans but it probably had the biggest group of haters out of all three and i bet there were a lot of people who regret buying one. and then microsoft wiped the floor with the wii when they released kinect.
The sales of the wii console say otherwise.
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