Well MS went into this with the idea that whatever chips they come out with they have the right to outsource production to anyone... Hence they can make the chips with anyone they wish. This will produce competition for contracts and mean a lower price for MS in the end.
For this generation, they came in second. Not exactly bad considering they're the newcomer to the console market.
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2005/07/xbox_sales_hit_.html http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a3RDpKArZrSo&refer=news_index
Yeah, but in red numbers :smt100 MS is loosing money like jacko in a court house. Linux is simply bashing WinServer, and longwait has either more cuts or delays. They are desperate to capture the VG market. If they fail, then gates isnt goin to appear in this years Fortune500 :smt043