The Microsoft Xbox One Marketing Plan Gregory Steinbrenner 10/20/2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Situational Analysis 3 Introduction 3 Market Analysis 3 Customer Analysis 4 Competitor Analysis 5 Microsoft Xbox One Analysis 6 Marketing Objectives 7 Marketing Strategies 7 Action Plans 9 Innovation 9 Promotion 9 Distribution 9 Products 10 Market Research 10 Financial Analysis 11 Contingency Plans 11 References 12 Appendix 12 Executive Summary Microsoft
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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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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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Microsoft is a world leader in the PC industry and has $36.2 billion of cash. However‚ sales of PC would not last forever! The PC industry which is in its fourth decade shows signs of saturation and maturity (exhibit 13 in case). Launching XBOX allowed Microsoft to drive a revolution in digital entertainment and deliver the future of experience. The decision taken by Microsoft lead to its diversification in gaming consoles and online gaming industry. The diversification allowed Microsoft to utilize
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Five-Year Marketing Plan Microsoft’s Xbox One. By: Beatriz De Vega‚ Ismael Bassam‚ Gonzalo Garcia‚ Robert Wolf Executive Summary This five year marketing plan for Xbox one has been established to create a stabilized product in a competitive market. Xbox has been around for over 10 years and has been nothing but success for Microsoft. Innovations and expectation of the Xbox have increased drastically in the recent years. In addition‚ Xbox offers more than just a great gaming experience; it brings
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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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Scenario Two: Xbox One 1. Review of Marketing Plan Microsoft Inc. is a software company which is good at doing product innovation. Since XBOX 360 and third video game has launched successfully‚ the company is now going to announce another new product - XBOX One. To sell the new product‚ we should have well prepared planning for marketing strategy and marketing communication strategy to meet the company objectives. For XBOX product line‚ the current targeted markets are developed countries and
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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 success
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2 Introduction 3 Microsoft 3 Xbox 4 The Original Xbox 4 Xbox Live 5 Xbox 360 5 The New Next Generation – Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 5 Defining the Industry 6 Gaming Console Market Revenues 2003-13 (US$ million) 6 Revenue forecasts for 2013 7 Industry Trends 7 Loss-leading strategy 7 Innovative Technologies 7 Gaming in the Cloud 7 Rise of Indie Game Developers 8 Porter’s 5 forces analysis 8 Value Chain Analysis 9 Operations and Supply Chain 9 Distribution 10 Marketing 10 Follow-up Services 10 Support
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Microsoft 1 MicArosoft Outsourcing Xbox Production Geovanna Garcia BUS25010016-200905 – International Business Environment Professor Adkins September 2009 Microsoft 2 Microsoft – Outsourcing Xbox Production When Microsoft decided to enter the video game market with its Xbox gaming console executives had to make a strategic decision whether to manufacture the Xbox or outsource the manufacturing. After some studies‚ it was decided that they did not have manufacturing and
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