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Microsoft Targets iTunes Prices in New Zune Pass Commercial
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Looking at the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, there's hardly any games coming that make you sit up and go, "I must own that".
Gaming, on the whole, is becoming repetitive. It was bound to happen, consumers can only handle so many sequels and clones for so long.
Here is a very unsatisfied long time mac user who's had enough of apple and wants to switch to pc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fErFSBoj3h4
what does that have to do with this thread?
THis thread is about the iPod and the Zune.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on that. Undoubtedly there is repetitiveness in the industry, but that's like saying all war movies are repetitive. I personally cannot wait for Bioshock 2, COD: Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Max Payne 3 etc. All sequels and more or less of the same but still fantastic
And therein lies my point, how many sequels, and to how many average games?
I would only rank Bioshock and Assassins Creed as good games in that bunch, but not great games ... and certainly not AAA titles.
Compared to the heyday of the PlayStation, when titles like Tomb Raider 2 (first sequel to a never before seen genre), Resident Evil 2 (first sequel to a never before seen genre), Gran Turismo, Time Crisis, Final Fantasy 7 (first appearance of the franchise outside a Nintendo 16 bit console), etc were all due i the fiscal year, it shows how far gaming has fallen.
Those days had genuine excitement around the releases, now it's more a case of "meh".
Really? Its an advertisement. Have you seen the "Get a Mac" commercials? They're stretching the truth just as much.
Its a subscription service like a la Netflix. However unlike Netflix you're allowed to keep some songs at the end of the month (I believe a few posts back someone mentioned that along with the pass you get to keep 10 tracks every month.) This is essentially one included album a month along with your monthly $14.95 fee. I didn't know that aspect so I think that's pretty cool. When I had a Zune I found the subscription service very rewarding without knowing that fact either - it just needs native OS X support. Running the Marketplace in Parallels can be dodgy and consumes a bit of RAM.
That's the latest one I can find since Microsoft doesn't want to release sales numbers like other companies do. Okay they have sold 3.2 million Zunes since 2006, go calculate the their martketshare. I'm sure 4 % is even generous.
As for your second point, I suggest you go and read the link again. They just reported a loss and the bulk of the profit Entertaiment and Devices group came from the Xbox, since the Zune reported a loss, you can put two and two together..
Yawn, what the heck is "if", since ipods and iphones aren't going anywhere, your point is irrelevant. That's like saying windows has all that market share because it has so many hardware manufacturers but if you remove all of them, Windows will cease to exist, so bloody what.
well maybe to microsoft fanboys - it's a big deal. i mean take into account that Apple has about 7% of the overal laptop marketshare if i remember correctly
Here is a very unsatisfied long time mac user who's had enough of apple and wants to switch to pc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fErFSBoj3h4
Yeah but Apple is profitable with their share, Microsoft on the other hand is losing money with the Zunes but some here want to term that a "success" which is laughable.
Sadly my wife has one that goes with her lame PC. She has had numerous problems syncing the device. She is on her second zune because the first one stopped working right after the warranty expired. I have had to help her several times trying to figure out the cryptic sequences that just about anything microsoft has to offer. Installing the zune software took forever too. I wouldn't recommend one to anybody.
Do what? Make a subscription service or make a misleading advertisement? There are plenty of other subscription services (Rhapsody) and misleading ads (Get a Mac).
I can't seem to find the article again that I was looking at from my phone when I replied to you, but I will continue looking.
As for your second point again I ask you to point out where it says whether or not its making a loss. It says revenue is down but where does it mention profit or loss at all?
Revenue is down means less money from sales. Generally, less money = less profit. Generally speaking.
These arguments come up every time M$ releases one of their ads. The difference between the Mac ads and M$ ads is Apple's are tongue-in-cheek and intended to be hyperbolic and funny. M$ is presenting their ads like they're gospel truth.
Oh, I get it, CD's are free and iTunes cost.
I need to try that at the local music store.
Yaay, maximising your offence at their adverts and minimizing others offence at Apple adverts.
Fun the whole family can enjoy
Well, the difference is that I can pick up a CD with 13 songs on it on Amazon for $2.68. The point isn't that music is free, or should be free, it's the comparison the ad makes - which is erroneous. It's like comparing my Corolla to a half-track and passing it off as a reasonable simile.