Comment Re:Out first=Clear Advantage? (Score 2, Insightful) 551
The advantages seem clear from a business perspective.
1. Market Share - Releasing somewhere between 7 - 9 months before Sony will intially give MS a larger market share. Sony's PS3 will have to play catch up which I have no doubt it will do but at the cost of market share. Forcasts estimate MS shipping 6 - 8 million or more 360's to Market by the PS 3 launch date. Shipments of the 360 are expected to outpace the PS 3 until 2008.
2. Cost - Using the market share above MS will have the ability to leverage it's cost advantage over the PS 3. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_conte nt&task=view&id=1497&Itemid=2
Your 4th grade analogy is only partially correct. Yes it is like a 4th grader rushing to turn in his test first but the difference is that this 4th grader may end up doubling his market share to 40% or 45% by doing so.
1. Market Share - Releasing somewhere between 7 - 9 months before Sony will intially give MS a larger market share. Sony's PS3 will have to play catch up which I have no doubt it will do but at the cost of market share. Forcasts estimate MS shipping 6 - 8 million or more 360's to Market by the PS 3 launch date. Shipments of the 360 are expected to outpace the PS 3 until 2008.
2. Cost - Using the market share above MS will have the ability to leverage it's cost advantage over the PS 3. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_cont
Your 4th grade analogy is only partially correct. Yes it is like a 4th grader rushing to turn in his test first but the difference is that this 4th grader may end up doubling his market share to 40% or 45% by doing so.
