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Q: Price points for hardware?
A: Yes. The third thing is Xbox Live and the ecosystem around that and the benefit that drives for us and our publishers. Those are all things I can look at. It’s a fine debate. At some level, who knows? But those are all factors I can look at. I think we’re going to have the best game portfolio. Most publishers are doing their initial development work on the Xbox 360. That plays to our benefit. Because we are out there first, we have a bigger installed base of consoles. We can drive down the manufacturing curve sooner and faster. And because we designed a box that was fundamentally easier to manage on costs, we’re going to have that advantage. And Live has a significant advantage.
Q: Some people thought you might pull that trigger on price. When you think about that, that can hurt you financially, but it can also get you momentum. It seems like a difficult decision. You do want to make this generation profitable, but …
A: Well, I guess you can say that. I actually don’t think in the holiday it is that hard a decision. When your competitor is supply constrained, it’s not clear what price buys you. Let’s be clear, Sony is going to sell as many units as they can ship in the U.S. I think that’s true. Given the quantities we are talking about, I’m confident they will sell all of them. I don’t know that a lower price would make a difference in the outcome. As you go out into later years, cost and price are both important issues. I’ve been on the other side of this equation. It’s a hard problem.
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We can drive down the manufacturing curve sooner and faster. And because we designed a box that was fundamentally easier to manage on costs, we’re going to have that advantage.
As you go out into later years, cost and price are both important issues. I’ve been on the other side of this equation. It’s a hard problem.
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