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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd I am advocating reducing prices. Keep up. No, You suggested that Apple's added value was a some kind of illusion. Your comical notion is that Apple could become more profitable, by cutting prices and incre…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd The added value is in your head. You just repeat it like a mantra. Its an excuse for justifying lower market share and higher prices. Oh right. This one. I think you should suggest to Nokia, that they cou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd He is not obliged to anything. Of course he is. He's obliged to maximise overall profits. Which requires picking the precise price that maximises that. The price set by the market. Anything else would be a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Yes I would devalue it if I was an export economy. Prices are obviously set by CFO's. No. Utterly wrong. A CFO who sets a price too high for the market, will face diminished profits as sales diminish. A C…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Apple can afford to sacrifice margin for volume So, if you were in charge of a currency, you'd devalue it? I'll say again, prices are set by markets not by CFOs. The reason Dell and HP have pitifully sm…
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Quote: Originally Posted by justbobf So, sounds like Apple is overcharging, just a bit, doesn't it? Markets set prices, not companies. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by bwik You guys are a bunch of fanbois. Lo said a bunch of sensible reasons why Apple won't have its profit base forever. Would I buy an Android based iPad? Sure. Will a quality Android piece come out? Yes it will. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tjw Just shows how much apple rip you off Perhaps Nokia should try to rip people off too before it starts making a loss? I wonder why it doesn't? C.
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One thing to notice in that graph is that Apples growth has precisely mirrored Nokia's decline. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Mozzarella Here is why he is pissed: I think you are right. Apple offers very few product lines. But these give consumers complete solutions. Consumers don't need to leave Apple's orbit to get the stuff th…
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And in other news Paris Hilton gives acting advice to Meryl Streep. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning At the expense of local business owners, and local tax collection. As I said. Those local business owners are participating in a legal, but commercially unsustainable rental scheme. A global change to t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I'm not sure why they wouldn't release games on iOS too. If the iPhone was competition then so are all the Android phones not made by Sony. Their rival is Microsoft. At the heart of this is whether Sony is a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning If they don't want their game sold that way then don't sell it that way Yep! That's what is happening. Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning And since the download model prices are basically the same …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning Exactly, and second hand house sales is killing new house builders, it is just theft. And second hand car sales are killing new car sales, another theft. It is a consumers right to resell their property.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by edge I don't agree with this sentiment at all, sorry. Sure many people may not have a large number of titles, currently, but by the same token, they also trade them in, so there is a high turnover in games Don't ta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by neiltc13 Much of what you see as a lack of commercial success is actually not caused by a lack of demand or a lack of revenue from the products (and subsequently software sales). It's caused by other factors - piracy i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by edge The fact of the matter is that I know no-one, and I doubt that many of you will either, that has bought an iPhone, iPod or iPad where it's 'gaming prowess' was the key factor for purchase. I think a lot of kids…
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Anyone who whines about the difficulty of getting an App in the App store should really shut up unless they have gotten a game past Sony. Yes there is more competition (disadvantage if your product is lame) but the cost of entry is low. Which I'd…
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Quote: Originally Posted by eehd Nobody wants to carry a cellphone, an mp3 player, a gaming device, an ebook reader, etc. There's a hard-core of gamers that would sacrifice the convenience of multi-purpose devices in order to get the best gam…