Comments on: 3 Red Lights http://joshandmeg.net/2008/07/3-red-lights/ Our random thoughts, events, and lots of pictures Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Josh http://joshandmeg.net/2008/07/3-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Josh Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:40:01 +0000 http://joshandmeg.net/?p=633#comment-525 Hahaha, yeah, true virtual reality gaming would of course be awesome ;) And yeah, you would think they make a killing off of the console, but everyone they sell they actually sell at a loss for the first couple of years. They don't start turning a profit on them until about this time in the life-cycle (the third year). They make all their money by getting as many of them into homes as they can then selling all of the games, on-line downloads, and subscriptions. It's weird, I think the video game market is the only place that this ever happens.... Hahaha, yeah, true virtual reality gaming would of course be awesome ;)

And yeah, you would think they make a killing off of the console, but everyone they sell they actually sell at a loss for the first couple of years. They don’t start turning a profit on them until about this time in the life-cycle (the third year). They make all their money by getting as many of them into homes as they can then selling all of the games, on-line downloads, and subscriptions.

It’s weird, I think the video game market is the only place that this ever happens….

]]> By: G. http://joshandmeg.net/2008/07/3-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-524 G. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:00:43 +0000 http://joshandmeg.net/?p=633#comment-524 The fact that they can simply give you a new one is an indicator that the manufacturing cost is probably less than a third of what you actually pay for one. You know in mass production they get their components for next to nothing. Anyway have fun with it. In the mean time I am still waiting on the multi-dimensional hologram gaming where the actual play is not on a screen, but is dimensional imagery displayed centrally between the players, either off a flat table or as an overhead projection to the playing surface. With network capability to project across the net so even players at multiple locations have the same holographic multidimensional images displayed. Battle scenes would be awesome. Why don't you and Ryan program this capability so we can all retire. G. The fact that they can simply give you a new one is an indicator that the manufacturing cost is probably less than a third of what you actually pay for one. You know in mass production they get their components for next to nothing. Anyway have fun with it.

In the mean time I am still waiting on the multi-dimensional hologram gaming where the actual play is not on a screen, but is dimensional imagery displayed centrally between the players, either off a flat table or as an overhead projection to the playing surface. With network capability to project across the net so even players at multiple locations have the same holographic multidimensional images displayed. Battle scenes would be awesome.

Why don’t you and Ryan program this capability so we can all retire.

G.

]]> By: Josh http://joshandmeg.net/2008/07/3-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Josh Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:13:54 +0000 http://joshandmeg.net/?p=633#comment-522 Hahaha. Nice. I tried to talk Mom through it over the phone, but no such luck. I got my 360 back just a couple days ago and all is well. They just replaced it with another one for free :) Hahaha. Nice. I tried to talk Mom through it over the phone, but no such luck. I got my 360 back just a couple days ago and all is well. They just replaced it with another one for free :)

]]> By: G. http://joshandmeg.net/2008/07/3-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-521 G. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:41:04 +0000 http://joshandmeg.net/?p=633#comment-521 I think Austin actually got a new 360 when he sent his in and it seems to be working pretty well. That is if those of us who don't use them could figure out how to work them. We ended up watching Spiderwick the other night with subtitiles cause we couldn't figure out how to make them go away. That was probably good in the end as well, since your mom can't hear. Later and I hope everyone is doing well. G. I think Austin actually got a new 360 when he sent his in and it seems to be working pretty well. That is if those of us who don’t use them could figure out how to work them. We ended up watching Spiderwick the other night with subtitiles cause we couldn’t figure out how to make them go away. That was probably good in the end as well, since your mom can’t hear.

Later and I hope everyone is doing well.

G.

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