kowenicki said:
Huge is $110bn turnover and $35bn income coupled with a market cap of around $830bn. Not hard to understand. Or maybe it is... This thread is about financial results and therefore demands a level of maturity to discuss properly. Hard to find on this forum for the last few years, hence the lack of serious discussion now around the topics the site was originally based upon. |
I see where you're coming from. This community has far too much downplaying and gloating in general.
With that said, you can't be surprised that people aren't discussing things they haven't got a clue about. We got a few stock holders on the site but of those even fewer are fully educated on financials.
Besides, this site is clearly focussed on gaming related content and your OPs about Microsoft's earnings rarely have substantial and explanatory gaming related content. Don't be surprised when people are interested in more substantial gaming related numbers and are questioning the few given. That actually IS on topic discussion. If you want fewer questions you could start by including a source/link in the OP.
I understand that you're a Microsoft stock holder yourself but that shouldn't hinder you from helping to dig up more detailed numbers on the gaming division (that would result in less speculation as well). If the reason why that's difficult is due to Microsoft not providing additional numbers, it's only natural to question why they aren't (after all this is a forum). Microsoft just presented a phenomenal earnings report but considering they tend to lump their hugely profitable (~95%) Android royalties together with their gaming division, of course people speculate about the underlying numbers.
I understand that it's more fun to talk about the positive aspects of a company (especially for a stock holder) and now that Microsoft's gaming division isn't as dominant as it was a few years ago, it's more fun to focus on the overall company.
Last edited by Replicant - on 23 July 2018
