Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
Analysts’ reports show that Sony still has to bear loss on its every PS3 sale while Microsoft breaks even with its Xbox 360, but Nintendo Wii is doing somewhat well, as it makes $6 for every Wii sale.
David Gibson, from Macquarie Securities, makes an industrial analysis and the figures of the Forbes report have been based on that report.
The report shows that a huge 60% Wii console are sold to Nintendo’s own first party titles while the rates are 30% for XBobx 360 and 15% for PlayStation3.
The Forbes report says that Wii keeps its fan bound as its some most popular games exclusively available on the Wii. Read the rest of this entry
Microsoft vs Apple has become a fable, as now we can see Apple and Microsoft vs the rest of the world. After Apple, Seattle’s tech giant has also shrugged off economic worries by posting a record $15 billion earning in the last quarter.
With their healthiest financial figures, both the companies are jumping upward the economic chill. Microsoft’s net income of $4.3 billion is enough to dwarf Apple’s $1.14 billion, but still Apple’s per share earnings are higher.
Xbox 360, which outsold the PS3 in the US , UK and Japan, has been named as one of the big ticket items of this year and aside from Xbox 360 enterprise and server software also offered good earnings.
Yahoo and Google advertising deal may see further delay, as both the companies are considering delaying the move to accommodate the inquires of the US department of Justice.
This $800 million deal (have Google sell advertising on some of Yahoo Websites) ran into trouble when the apparition of anti-competitiveness was raised and it was also seen as a way to prevent Microsoft buying out Yahoo.
Google stated on this issue: “We are still in discussion with the Department of Justice and we have agreed to stop the implementation of the agreement for some time while these discussion are continued” Read the rest of this entry
Only a few months ago Sony had announced the 80 GIG version of the Playstation 3. Now Sony has confirmed that it will be released a doubled capacity 160 GIG version in October, arriving across the Atlantic in Europe toward the end of this month.
The new version comes with a Dualshock 3 controller along with an adventure game Unchartered: Drake’s Adventure. While the European prices have not been announced, the price for PS3 in America is said to be $499. However, Sony plans to continue selling the 80 GIG versions in the UK at the 299 Pound price from which one can infer that the doubled capacity version could be priced around 350 Pounds. Read the rest of this entry
