• PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      They might stop. The rumor is they are swapping to premium Steam Deck style, Xbox Branded PCs next gen.

      They could sell a niches product like that at at profit if they wanted.

      Nintendo for example, has always avoided the loss leading model, and makes like $50 off each unit sold. (Those figures were from launch, its Likely more now that production costs have inevitably gone down over time)

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        6 months ago

        From the article:

        Xbox has no plans to abandon hardware, despite what these sales trends may start to suggest.