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The Xbox brand is now entering its Dreamcast phase.
Once the majority of its prior exclusives land on Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC, is there any remaining reason to buy Xbox hardware? Is there a compelling reason to develop a next-gen Xbox console?
@killyourfm did they ever turn a profit on their hardware? Considering the immense R&D costs. It’s probably a lot cheaper to run some beefy standard hardware in the data centers they maintain anyways and virtualize the hell out of it.
@nowherefast I don't have insight into that, but historically, game consoles are ALWAYS loss leaders (with the exception of certain Nintendo consoles). The idea is you take a slight loss on the hardware and vastly make up for that in game sales (or subscriptions like Xbox Live, PS+, Game Pass, etc)
@killyourfm I knew this was the case on the 360 and ps3 gen. Didn’t know how this changed with x86 chips but was suspecting something like that. And in the end they are called MicroSoft and not MicroHard for a reason 