Index Microsoft: Entering the Gaming Industry 3 Microsoft Xbox 3 The Strategy 4 Positioning 4 Pricing 4 The Result of the 1st Round 5 The Next-Gen Gaming War Announced 6 The Economies of scale What it has Learned 6 The Timing - Being the first on the market‚ an advantage? 7 Securing the Production Chain 8 Securing the Market Microsoft Innovation Breaking Through 9 Securing the Market Product Segmentation 10 Securing the Market Japanese Game Developer 11 Launching The XBOX 360
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Microsoft Xbox Xbox Outline Executive Summary Page 3 Situation Analysis Page 3 Market Summary Page 3 - 5 SWOT Analysis Page 5 - 6 Competition Page 6 Marketing Strategy Page 6 Marketing Objectives Page 7 Financial Objectives Page 7 Positioning Page 7 Marketing Mix Page 7 Marketing Research Page 7 - 8 Controls Page 8 Marketing Plan Summary Page 8 - 9 Works Cited Page 10 Executive
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Business Analysis Part I Daniel Wallace Management 521 May 28‚ 2012 Business Analysis Part I Microsoft is ranked 37 in the Fortune 500 list of companies (CNN‚ 2012). It is the world’s largest software company (Turits & Wesman‚ 2012)‚ and is composed of five separate divisions: Windows‚ Business‚ Servers and Tools‚ Entertainment and Devices‚ and Online. Investors should look at how a company meets the needs of its stakeholders and perform a strength‚ weakness‚ opportunity‚ and threat (SWOT) analysis
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Microsoft & The Xbox 360 Ring of Death COMM 5307 Professor: Ebarhim Mazaheri Group 5 Liuquan Wang Ning Ding Wenjun Zhou Keyue Zhang Date: Jan 22‚ 2013 ! ! Problem statements: There are two main problems in Microsoft. The first is financial problem and market share of the Xbox 360. Microsoft suffered a great loss‚ nearly $2 billion loss for the 2006-07 fiscal year‚ because of major design flaws in the Xbox 360. The second is reputation of Microsoft‚ especially for Xbox 360.
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What supply chain changes did Microsoft make between the Xbox and the Xbox 360? What was the motivation for these changes? Microsoft made several supply chain changes after their first experience in the game console market with the Xbox. Microsoft successfully secured a significant market share with the Xbox and expected to have higher sales with its successor: the Xbox 360. They also made the decision to introduce it a year before their main competitor‚ Sony‚ would in order to secure a large market
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and retain profitability. Microsoft ’s Xbox 360‚ shown to industry professionals at the E3 2005 expo‚ has Redmond lighting up the leader board in the game console market. High-definition games‚ free online connectivity‚ and a high degree of device and gaming personalization set the pace for where Microsoft wants to take the market. But with the unveiling of the Sony ’s more powerful PlayStation 3 and the continued huge loses from Microsoft ’s games division‚ the Xbox 360 is by no means a guaranteed
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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Reference Code: GDTC22599FSA One Microsoft Way Redmond‚ WA 98052-6399 United States Phone Fax Website Exchange www.microsoft.com MSFT [NASDAQ] +1 425 8828080 Revenue Net Profit Employees Industry Publication Date: FEB 2012 69‚943 (million USD) 23‚150 (million USD) 90‚000 Technology Communications and Company Overview Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) is one of the leading providers of software and storage products and
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Marketing Plan for Microsoft Xbox in Gaming Console Market in India Group 10: Ankur Chaudhary (1211326) Gaurav Parashar (1211340) Nikhil Wasnik (1211398) Shanthosh P (1211381) Saakshi Mahajan (1211378) Backdrop: The current gaming console market in India is around INR 900 crores . The most prominent players in this industry comprise of Sony (PS Series)‚ Nintendo (Wii Series) and Microsoft (XBOX Series). The market share of Xbox in India is 23% by sales‚ compared to
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Evolution of the Xbox Supply Chain Microsoft made several adjustments to their supply chain between the introduction of the Xbox and the Xbox 360. One of the first changes was adding a third EMS supplier‚ Celestica‚ in addition to Flextronics and Wistron. Celestica was added to increase capacity and meet predicted demand which was expected to be much higher for the Xbox 360 than it had been for the original Xbox. Also‚ in addition to Microsoft’s current engineering team‚ they attempted to further
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION This innovation‚ originally developed by Microsoft under the codename of Project Natal‚ was finally released under the Kinect name on November 4‚ 2010 and entered the Guinness World Record Book by being the fastest-selling customer electronics device . Even though it was initially designed for video games‚ it now applies to real-world uses. Kinect is a motion-sensing system based around a depth camera that enables the user to control and to interact intuitively‚ and especially
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