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>>10445956
Incorrect.

Microsoft marked down the price of the original Xbox to $199 only 5 months after the launch of the console.

They were doing it to aggressively push the Xbox to customers. Microsoft felt they were a new untested brand to customers. And they needed to do this price reduction to compete with established brands like Nintendo and Sony.

It worked, but this price reduction killed any chance of profit from console sales like you are suggesting.