More evidence of the gradual demise.
Microsoft To Miss XBox 360 Production Targets By As Much As 25%
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| Colin Sebastian at Lazard Capital Markets has warned
| that he expects Microsoft's XBox 360 shipments to only
| total 4.5 million for the year, instead of the 5
| million expected. That says to me that the XBox 360
| marketing plan is fading fast... Suddenly, that one-year
| lead Microsoft had on Sony doesn't look like such
| a big advantage after all.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061025/19252_id.html?.v=1
Also today:
Microsoft Live: Failing To Get the Word Out, and Failing
Marketing 101 in the Process
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| The bottom line: Microsoft entered the market, not because
| they had a plan for delivering value to users, but because
| someone else was making money there. And since this
| wasn't intended to fulfill any specific need, there is
| no marketing message for the initiative, even though it's
| the most important thing they are doing. And with no
| marketing, you can bet those grades -- and their
| related financial losses -- aren't going to improve
| either.
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| Is it any wonder this company is floundering?
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061025/19248_id.html?.v=1
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