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Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals

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Pathos:
But microsoft do put a lot of money and research into bringing these consoles out. They don't make as much money out of the consoles once the prices drop, the profits really come from the peripherals and games. Yes they do make a lot of profit out of it  buy why should microsoft have to let third party companies nick their profit? These companies don't bear any of the risk involved if they design their product after the console is released and the market is stable.

Orethrius:

--- Quote from: Pathos ---But microsoft do put a lot of money and research into bringing these consoles out. They don't make as much money out of the consoles once the prices drop, the profits really come from the peripherals and games. Yes they do make a lot of profit out of it buy why should microsoft have to let third party companies nick their profit? These companies don't bear any of the risk involved if they design their product after the console is released and the market is stable.
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You DO realize that makes about as much sense as letting Microsoft kill off all the floppy, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and hard disk drive manufacturers because it "nicks their profits"?  Bear in mind that the XBox is a miracle of marketing: not ONE hardware component is actually theirs.  So why give them the right to kill off third-party vendors?

DBX_5:

--- Quote from: Orethrius ---not ONE hardware component is actually theirs. So why give them the right to kill off third-party vendors?
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 [OFFTOPIC]does the casing count?[/OFFTOPIC]

Orethrius:

--- Quote from: DBX_5 ---[OFFTOPIC]does the casing count?[/OFFTOPIC]
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[offtopic]Probably a rebadged Antec or something.  :D[/offtopic]

Pathos:
The fact that Microsoft did not produce any of the hardware is irrelevant. They produced the system, why can't they decide which hardware is compatible with it. If you buy their hardware you put put up with it. No one thought it was illegal that the N64 couldn't use CD's...did they want CD manufacturers to lose profits?

I don't think anyone would have complained if the original PS1 had the same sort of thing.

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