Analyst: Xbox "generates" $2 billion in losses for MS. Hides it with patent royalties

[DirtyP2002]

The Fury said:
If you consider R&D for the Xbox One and it's massive warehouse of servers in this, then I see no reason why it this isn't true. But if they can take money from patent on a product they don't even make, let them. :P

Not quite sure why Skype is failing though, isn't that used by millions around the world to communicate?

Skype was profitable in 2010 and MS bought them in 2011.

" Revenue rose from $718.9 million in 2009 to $859.8 million. Even better, Skype had an operating profit of $20.6 million in 2010"
http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/skype-posts-profit-2010-ipo-now-way/2011-03-13

since then, the usage doubled.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/19/skype-at-microsoft/