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In response to "$60 is a lot of money. -- nm" by lileve

so is the few hundred bucks for the red ring boxes they had to get back...

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Dec 15 '08, 14:55

the business decision that they made was that shipping their console earlier than their competitors was worth the risk and expense of dealing with the fixes and the public relations fall our. so far, it's been the right move given the sales figs.

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I'm still marveling at the November sales figures. - David Dec 15, 15:05 3
- the wii numbers are just ridiculous. half a million boxes a week for november, it's just insane... - x Dec 15, 15:11 2
  - Oh, I think the PS3's next 6-8 months are all disastrous. - David Dec 15, 15:12 1
    - yeah, it won't be good. ultimately though they'll make money on this box. but the market share loss really is damaging... - x Dec 15, 15:17
I'm just commenting on the games being scratched. Not the console failures. Thats another cluster fuck. -- nm - lileve Dec 15, 15:04

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so is the few hundred bucks for the red ring boxes they had to get back...

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