Xbox 360 Repairs Will Cost Microsoft $1B

I guess even at a loss of $1bn, the rush to get the console out early was worth the faulty hardware.
 
Doesn't matter how much you make in profit, 1 Billion dollars is A LOT of money.

What baffles me though is the fact that they can't seem to get the 360 working properly. Even the Elite consoles have problems.
 
I agree with Retro in that it is really strange that they are still having problems, however 1 Billion is a PR number and is not very much for Microsoft...

This is all part of their longterm plan and if the 360 never makes money they won't really care.

How much of these costs are going to be passed onto the manufacturer as well?
 
GavinMannion said:
I agree with Retro in that it is really strange that they are still having problems, however 1 Billion is a PR number and is not very much for Microsoft...

This is all part of their longterm plan and if the 360 never makes money they won't really care.

How much of these costs are going to be passed onto the manufacturer as well?
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You must remember as well that 1BN is probably a profit loss not a cost ammount either. They're getting the parts way cheaper. In reality it's probably around 60% of the 1BN that they're actually loosing.
 
Lol. Ironic how MS can have a 1 Billion "loss" due to fault repairs and people make it out as a good thing. I can just imagine the bad publicity if it was Sony. ;)
 
Retro said:
Lol. Ironic how MS can have a 1 Billion "loss" due to fault repairs and people make it out as a good thing. I can just imagine the bad publicity if it was Sony. ;)
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Sony have had fiascos like this themselves, just not with the PS3. So far.
 
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