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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by draw_down on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @04:22PM (#11537441)
Maybe... but I saw recently that the PS4 is outselling the Xbox One two-to-one. I'm not on top of that world enough to know all the reasons why, but the "ring of death" could be one.
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by Aleman360 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @04:28PM (#11537477)
That's more likely explained by the fact that PS4 launched $100 cheaper and is more powerful.
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by ekianjo on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @06:51PM (#11538316)
Its more about brand recognition than anything else. Now they are at parity pricing and they still dont close the gap.
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by sangnoir on Thursday April 21, 2016 @10:58AM (#11542617)
Microsoft badly bungled the launch of the XBox One by making several unpopular decisions, including non-resellable games and others I can't recall. Sony's announcement was a few days later and they basically said "the PS4 will be are doing the opposite of everything that Xbone is". Microsoft backtracked later, but the Xbone was tainted and the mindshare battle was already lost.
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by clouddrover on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @09:42PM (#11539075)
VGChartz has console sales figures: http://www.vgchartz.com/
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by gcb0 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @08:23PM (#11538777)
PS4 launched cheaper. And sony was way more aggressive on sales.

all my friends that do have PS4s got them for 'free' when buying a new TV.

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by bitserf on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:37PM (#11537932)
After having had my original XBox fail once and XBox 360 needing to be replaced three times, and eventually still dying, with Microsoft refusing to replace the third, I switched to PS3, and now PS4.

I will never buy Microsoft hardware again, ever.

So, yeah, that is definitely a factor in my case.

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