apparently
every xbox sold costs m$ money as they cost more to make
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Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way,
Sat 19 Apr 2003, 0:58,
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true for all consoles
SNESes may have broken even, but I wouldn't bet on it - the GameBoy is probably the only system in profit right now!
They all make the most money from games, which is why they're so expensive - licencing and all that crap.
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JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Sat 19 Apr 2003, 1:01,
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And the amount of man-hours in each game...
....it takes sooooooooo long!
And they pay me far too much... suckers!
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Tart Monkey,
Sat 19 Apr 2003, 1:02,
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