Sooooooo....Compared to the profits brought in by WIndows and Office, it is not fucking huge.
If we don't get a next-Gen Red Dead in two years I will be upset. Also while we are saying crazy things, how about this.....Valve is overrated...
Let's see.
PC = 1500
3x Xbox = 1000
TV = 500
PS3 = 500
3DS = 200
That's only 3700... Let's say 4000.
That leaves 2600 for 600 games, which comes down to about 44.- per game. Did you really buy 600 games at FULL PRICE?!?
I just honestly can't fathom how you spent that much money. Not "how dare you", but "how did you do it".
(Okay, maybe also "how dare you")
How could Dopes afford 30,000 to spend on gaming, time to play his 600 games, have the time to talk to MS execs, and do school?
OH SNAP!When your team only makes the playoffs once in a decade, you have plenty of free time.
When your team only makes the playoffs once in a decade, you have plenty of free time.
Did you watch the 30 in 30 today? Habs aren't a cup contending team!!!Good to sneak in some hockey talk
The EDD contributed a whopping 3% of Microsoft's operating income in the last fiscal year. It's a sideline to their real money makers.
Did you watch the 30 in 30 today? Habs aren't a cup contending team!!!
The Playstation only exists to ensure that there isn't a Nintendo in every living room.
The Xbox only exists to ensure that there isn't a Sony PlayStatation in every living room.
MY PC was > $5k
MY TVs were never cheaper than $1500 (I need to replace them again soon)
3DS and 10 games
PS3 and 5-10 games
PC is at 200-250 (I think)
Rest is xbox 360 and whatever
Not my worst spending habit...Just never ask how many tablets, phones and headphones I have. Please don't.
Compared to the profits brought in by WIndows and Office, it is not fucking huge.
Go back to FY 2011 before the Surface was around. The EDD's profits were still dwarfed by other divisions.
So what you're trying to tell us, is that you live at Futureshop.
:lolSo what you're trying to tell us, is that you live at Futureshop.
The Xbox only exists to ensure that there isn't a Sony PlayStatation in every living room.
I was worried about this, so I looked back at how much I'd spent and plotted it over time. I was pleasantly surprised at how low it was. When I saw the total number, it was a little surprising, but when I realized that I had been buying games pretty routinely off of Steam for like, 3-4 years, it wasn't all that bad.I bet those Steam sales start to add up no matter how cheap they are.
Christ Dopey.. what did you do to your PC that you spent 5k On it. O_O. I spent probably 2k tops. But i need a better vid card as my 6870 is getting too loud(HTPC) mainly. My comp is about 1.5 years old now though.
Deuce Bigalow: Whoa! Chinese Tailbar Lionfish. He's a beaut! That's an $800 fish!
Antoine Laconte: Try a grand.
Deuce Bigalow: Then you overpaid."
Nah i dont think he overpaid, the nerd in me just wants to know what kind of beast it is. Im assuming a couple of titans etc. Vid cards would usually be the most expensive part.
Deuce Bigalow: Whoa! Chinese Tailbar Lionfish. He's a beaut! That's an $800 fish!
Antoine Laconte: Try a grand.
Deuce Bigalow: Then you overpaid."
Right. Only an already hugely profitable company like Microsoft could have made the gigantic, long term investment required to enter the console market and stay there for at least 15 years.
Christ Dopey.. what did you do to your PC that you spent 5k On it. O_O. I spent probably 2k tops. But i need a better vid card as my 6870 is getting too loud(HTPC) mainly. My comp is about 1.5 years old now though.
I call dibs on Dops $5000 PC when he decides to build a $20,000 one.
Well... I spend a lot but I future proof the fuck out of it.
Also use expensive parts like rampage iv extreme (which also results in a more expensive CPU)... Spend a bit on scythe / noctua fans+HSF...Have 64 GB ram and lots of hard drives (thinking about going all SSD soon)... NAS and stuff. GPUs are pricey
Multi monitor 30" screen set up... Still use sound cards (for headphone amp) and dedicated NICs (surge risk mitigation)...
Replaced home network (a few and added a backup wireless node)
I do kinda add other things as i shift a lot of exterior components at same time
$5000 sounds like a lot but it really isn't >.> just going premium on everything adds a lot.
Is that 5K in the box alone or 5K plus monitor. Titan + highest intel could run 2k add a top mobo for 500 and then add an SSD or two for another 600. Ram at 16gig for 200, BDR for 100, full tower for 200, liquid cooling for 500... That runs about 4k, maybe a drawing tablet too?
Or he got a medium spec Alienware.
Well... I spend a lot but I future proof the fuck out of it.
Also use expensive parts like rampage iv extreme (which also results in a more expensive CPU)... Spend a bit on scythe / noctua fans+HSF...Have 64 GB ram and lots of hard drives (thinking about going all SSD soon)... NAS and stuff. GPUs are pricey
Multi monitor 30" screen set up... Still use sound cards (for headphone amp) and dedicated NICs (surge risk mitigation)...
Replaced home network (a few and added a backup wireless node)
I do kinda add other things as i shift a lot of exterior components at same time
$5000 sounds like a lot but it really isn't >.> just going premium on everything adds a lot.
My last PC which cost ~$3000 I sold to my friend for $150.... Mind you it was having severe BIOS problems, but still
Oh and to the conversation above: Xbox was announced just after PS2 was released in Japan. (Like... 3 days after) but they were 18 months out before they eventually launched
Happy birthday man! I'll smoke one for you tonight bro.I'm 26 today.
I'm gonna celebrate by avoiding most people I know.
MINE IS RIGHT NOW!
Happy birthday man! I'll smoke one for you tonight bro.
lol dopey. I don't know how you could play Mario 3D Land and say it isn't great.
Fuck the D14 is all I'm gonna say about Noctua. That shit is ridiculously large and heavy.
MARIO 3D LAND IS TERRIBLE AND YOU ARE TERRIBLE
WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD MARIO GAMES? LIKE SUPER MARIO WORLD
And lol guys I'm not rich
I'm a dirty poor - proof?I can only go to a few leafs games a year
What do you need 64 GB of ram for?
Last time I went to a Leafs game was in 2007. What does that make me?
MARIO 3D LAND IS TERRIBLE AND YOU ARE TERRIBLE
WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD MARIO GAMES? LIKE SUPER MARIO WORLD
And lol guys I'm not rich
I'm a dirty poor - proof?I can only go to a few leafs games a year
Call me crazy, but I'm going to buy the console that has the best games.
Call me crazy, but I'm going to buy the console that has the best games.
So I'm not getting a Surface Pro?
Sweet! Send me your gamertag when you get the XOne!
Sweet! Send me your gamertag when you get the XOne!
i dont even have one myself
I have a surface pro and love it!
Maybe the Surface will turn it around eventually like the Xbox did. A new, faster and maybe cheaper Surface Pro with the built in Pen is pretty appealing to me.
The people on the PCs are the ones living in a fantasy here?Not at all. In any way.
^ I talk to people in Xbox division all the time. Scrambling? Lol. Honestly the vibes I get from the people In the division is pure confidence.
People really need to take a step away from the PC as they are living in a fantasy.