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Microsoft's new app store pledge preserves its walled garden on Xbox
highframerate said:freeassociate2 said:So don’t sell at a loss, and produce enough of them? (Instead of artificial shortages that are obvious ploys to boost desirability.)
The “robust and viable ecosystem for game developers" argument is such horseshit if you look at where indie developers are actually making money (or rather not making money…) Does anyone buy the idea that MS is soooooo into gaming that it loses billions of $$ on a passion project? (Or that that would be legal, given it’s duty to shareholders.)
I’d argue that MS and others like it intentionally create the economic circumstances that make working for AAA studios the only sad “viable” option for most developers. The only people that are benefiting here are investors.
AMD's Zen 4 chips were supposed to launch in November 2021. At this rate AMD will consider themselves lucky if they launch in October 2022, and they have even had to shift some orders to Samsung, just as Intel - who will use TSMC's fabs for some orders in 2023 - considered doing and Nvidia did last year for Ampere GPUs.
The console business model is totally different from the mobile device one. Samsung alone sells more smartphones in 1 year than the entire console industry - Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and the minor players - sells in an entire generation. Yes, the Nintendo Switch sells at a profit. But do you know why? The Nintendo Switch is actually the Nvidia Shield K1 Android tablet from 2015 running the Nintendo 3DS operating system (based on FreeBSD) along with some Android components and Nvidia software. The Nvidia Shield K1 tablet was $200 when it originally launched!
I can see you bashing Microsoft - decades of hate I guess - but you realize that by doing this you are also trashing Sony, whose console costs the same, whose shortages are even worse, and who has nothing to do with these app store battles with Epic Games and regulators. The PlayStation is their last big money hardware product left. The iPod and iPhone killed off the Walkman, boom boxes and the other consumer audio products that were massive for them in the 80s and 90s. Streaming - and streaming boxes - killed off their VHS, DVD and Blu-ray line. They so badly botched their attempts to make Android devices that they don't even bother to distribute more than a few units outside Japan (iPhone 70% market share) anymore. Their TV line is being battered by South Korean and Chinese competition. They are also only "one among many" when it comes to selling headphones (where they get crushed by AirPods) and speakers (getting devalued by smart products from Amazon, Sonos, Google and Apple). And they ditched their PC line ages ago because they could no longer compete with HP, Dell, Lenovo and Apple (Toshiba made the same decision).
If you have some business plan or strategy where Sony could make $200 per unit on the PS5 and still sell enough to make money selling $70 copies of the Spider-Man game go ahead and share it. My guess is that you don't, and you don't care what happens to Sony or the console market so long as Apple gets to keep doing whatever Apple wants. You are probably ROOTING for the console makers to fail so Apple could take their place. Just as pretty much everyone on this site was rooting for Nintento to fail 5 years ago so Apple could buy them and make Mario, Link, Pokemon etc. exclusives on Apple TV (so that people would actually start buying them), iPads and iPhones.
So.. Why do we have to listen to Microsoft then??? Microsoft clearly tried to launch smartphones with their own Window OS, which failed. Their fault. Not Apple´s fault.
Microsoft is giving a lot of BS this time because Microsoft is jealous that AAPL and GOOGL are so successful with their smartphones and smoothly running OS, which Microsoft wished to have.
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Hyundai execs face stock trade investigation over inside 'Apple Car' information
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Nissan says it is 'not in talks' to build 'Apple Car'
StrangeDays said:k2kw said:MassiveAttack said:That´s what I said and mean.
OEMs do not want to be the next Foxconn.
Apple needs to be realistic in degree of control.
I much prefer a "Apple Car" with their M1-like chips and their battery technologies to generate as high margins as possible.
But that´s what OEMs do not want exactly.
I hope Apple realizes that Apple will not find any OEMs for their request.And who would want to buy an Apple Leaf for $100,000?If Apple is Serious they need to Manufacture their own Batteries and cars. Tim Cook should have moved to do this years ago. Now instead of Apple buying Tesla, Apple is playing catch up. Probably will take them 3 years to do what Tesla does in 1 year, but they have to make a big investment - at least $10 Biilion per year for several years.
At the end, the final product must be approved, but the entire production process is very complicated. It cannot be compared to the manufacture of iPhones or other Apple products.
I do not know how to describe the production process of cars or how to clarify the difference between cars and other "small" products, but believe me. Car-making is a completely different animal. -
Nissan says it is 'not in talks' to build 'Apple Car'
qwerty52 said:MassiveAttack said:That´s what I said and mean.
OEMs do not want to be the next Foxconn.
Apple needs to be realistic in degree of control.
I much prefer a "Apple Car" with their M1-like chips and their battery technologies to generate as high margins as possible.
But that´s what OEMs do not want exactly.
I hope Apple realizes that Apple will not find any OEMs for their request.Not agree. I am sure, that not all of the OEMs will be able to make a successfully transition from classical engine cars to electrical cars, because of many reasons: not enough money for new investments , not enough research and development capabilities, not enough engineering capacity with knowledge in an all new type of vehicle.So I think all of those OEMs will be very happy, to be able to work together with Apple, because otherwise they will become the Black Berry’s and the Nokia’s of the car industry.
Even OEMs need to be realistic in terms of their own capability and ability for the transformation, but Apple needs to have something in their hand in few months if Apple would like to launch their first Apple Car in 2024 or 2025.
Be aware that Apple must hurry up and speed up. Otherwise, it would be too late for Apple if Apple cannot make their car projects in 2025.
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VW chief 'not afraid' of 'Apple Car' entering the market
dk49 said:MassiveAttack said:dk49 said:MassiveAttack said:oberpongo said:These statements from VW CEO are very similar to what the CEOs of Nokia, Blackberry and Microsoft said about the iPhone when it was unveiled in 2007. time will tell if VW will be as forgotten as Nokia and Blackberry.
Just imagine, VW could bring out an OS system, which work for VW, Audi, Skoda and other subsidiaries like Apple is doing with iPhone, iPad, Mac, watch etc.
This network effect will bring VW to the No. 1.
If you sell your VW and buy Audi, your data still exists and you do not have to start from zero because their OS system work for all subsidiaries.
In this case, Apple must speed up to make a common agreement with any other OEMs or Magna.
Apple has no time and time is ticking.
The automotive area is the most conservative sector, where you will never see another Foxconn.
Apple will have a difficulty to finde one car maker, who is willing to make cars for Apple. I highly doubt it.
However, the strategy of OEMs would be to reject Apple as long as Apple gives up.
If they are not willing to make Apple cars, Apple would be out of the competition by assuming that Apple will not buy an OEM.
As I said, time is running and ticking at the moment. The time is against Apple.
I currently work in the automotive area and I cannot imagine that Apple will find one OEM, which is willing to make cars for Apple.
The automotive market is a completely different animal and there will be no next Foxconn.
I am excited to get some "official" news in the future how Apple would handle this challenge.
No car maker will want to be the next Foxconn. The margin is low.
As I already mentioned: Every single car maker cannot make money by only making cars.
Car makers are currently doing their best to make their own OS system. If it will be successful, it is another question. Only time will give us the answer.