you're missing the point. Obviously over all MS shareholders will be happier. But if they have a division resulting in them receiving less of a dividend then they won't. 

If MS never launched the Xbox they'd have more money. They could have invest those billions into something else. Now compare that to sony shareholders. They are over the moon with the PS4 because for a 3rd time out of 4 attempts it's stomping all over the competition. 

My response to you smiling? 

Don't be mean, he knows it and it hurts. Respect the other people feelings.

PS.: Before anyone gets mad, it's just to make this thread a little less aggressive. Come on guys!

Moderated,

-Mr KHan

Not being mean just brutally honest. He said in another thread that some companies could learn from MS in the smartphone business (yeah i'm sure the likes of apple will be asking for advice!) but he'd never accept that some companies *cough* could learn a lot from sony when it comes to shipping harware numbers. Anyway the reason I'm saying this is because he'll gladly say 1 thing for 1 company and not for another. A tad bit hypicritical. 

Edit: He'll prob report this and i'll be banned for a week. Good thing I'm off on holidays :) See ya next week! 

yeah i said over the moon in relation to their gaming console unlike MS shareholders (obviously). Don't nit pick him if you're going to do the same.

To answer the first part, the PS4 has nothing to do with this excpet me pointing out your hypocritical logic. You said Blu Ray wasn't worth ti ( I don't know id it was) but what I did say was the if Blu Ray wasn't worth it then neither was Xbox for MS. That's what I said.

To answer the bolded part. That's basically what I was saying and you were for some reason trying to disagree with me. Now that we agree I'll just disappear off with the rainbow like the little leprechaun I am. See ya! 

Totally agreeing with you on that one and we both are probably reported. But hey, I've got some new games and a big backlog so I can work on that a litle bit.

"This always makes me smile."

"Dont take me on in this...."

"Emotional?  lol.  get a grip pal."

From your posts. Pretty aggressive overall with anyone.

it is just bad luck with the inflation of the dollar, and the japanese economy.

i'd love to see someone work out the finacials of MS and Sony if both swapped companies since the day they set up. I'd imagine SOny doing a lot better and MS doing a lot worse. People always forget a bit of luck and being in the right place at the right time plays a huge factor. 

source please.