Microsoft is going to break even or make a small profit at LAUNCH with the XBOX One. That is pretty huge when you consider MS use to lose quite a bit the last few launches, and the 360 profits were hampered by RROD. Should make stockholders happy.
Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi has revealed that each sale of an Xbox One will be a break even transaction for Microsoft at the very least, suggesting that the machine is to be sold at profit from day one - a feat normally reserved for Nintendo.
Speaking at the Citi Global Technology Conference on Tuesday, Mehdi told listeners that: "the strategy will continue which is that we're looking to be break even or low margin at worst on [Xbox One]," he explained, "and then make money selling additional games, the Xbox Live service and other capabilities on top.
It's just that simple.
