Financial analyst Roger Ehrenberg has been crunching some numbers, and according to him, venturing into the land of gaming was a huge mistake for Microsoft. he comes to this conclusion after poring over Microsoft's financial statements and comparative console sales figures. Here's how he explains it:
He points particularly to the console's failure in Japan as being key to the overall financial doom that gaming is causing Microsoft, as it may have dissuaded developers from supporting the 360. It's some interesting food for thought, certainly.
MSFT, 360, and Japan: Failure-in-a-Box [Information Arbitrage]
