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They could do that. They could also go out of business if they keep harming their customers like that.

Microsoft are still selling X-Boxes.

At a loss.

Not for two years; and please provide your data showing they were losing money because of banning modders, and not because they were keeping the price below what it costs to develop, market and produce the system in order to gain market penetration.

And Ikea sells furniture.

Where does that tablet vs gaming console comparison come from?

The iPad and gaming consoles share the same closed ecosystem, tight control of hardware, etc.

Gaming consoles are made for a single purpose: buy a game, play the game, done.

smartphones, tablets and PCs have much more use cases and the manufacturer wants to make me believe i can do "everything" with it. Oh wait, no, i can't.

Think of the iPad as a 'console' computer, and everything will fall into place...

But it clearly is no console, why would i think that, wtf?

sorry for the ambiguity. was meaning 'console' as in 'games console'. I was comparing it to XBox, PS*, DS etc.

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