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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - MICROSOFT results Q4 and Full Year earnings. Huge.

This is good for the industry... We need MS to stay in the business



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Good numbers but never hw sales or information that sales site can really discuss.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

 That looks pretty good (we always knew Microsoft as a whole is doing great) 

 

DonFerrari said:

Good numbers but never hw sales or information that sales site can really discuss.

Yeah! Its only Nintendo that always gives numbers. I guess its not a requirement to release those numbers. 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

Drakrami said:

I dont feel XboxOne is doing too well... how are their numbers up 39%?

What's in the gaming division? Is Skype, windows games and etc... still in this division or..?

Ok I just googled my own question. 

 

Entertainment and Devices Division

Entertainment and Devices Division ("EDD") develops and markets products and services designed to entertain and connect people. The Xbox entertainment platform, including Kinect, is designed to provide a unique variety of entertainment choices through the use of our devices, peripherals, content, and online services. Skype is designed to connect friends, family, clients, and colleagues through a variety of devices. Windows Phone is designed to bring users closer to the people, applications, and content they need, while providing unique capabilities such as Microsoft Office and Xbox LIVE. Through a strategic alliance, Windows Phone and Nokia are jointly creating new mobile products and services and extending established product and services to new markets. EDD revenue also includes revenue from licensing mobile-related patents.

Principal Products and Services:  Xbox 360 gaming and entertainment console, Kinect for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 video games, Xbox 360 accessories; Xbox LIVE; Skype; and Windows Phone.

 

So in view of this, how is the "gaming division" numbers relevant when its mixed with Skype and PC games, and Windows Phone? 

What you googled looks to be out of date since it references the 360 , while it's still an amalgamation of differing sectors , I seem to recall them removing some products from EAD still even if I'm right it doesn't clear up much, so without further breakdowns it remains a unclear picture.



Research shows Video games  help make you smarter, so why am I an idiot

Wow, great results!



    

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Obviously Microsoft is doing extremely well as a company. I don't feel there is enough data here to talk about the gaming side in a meaningful way. Too many unanswered questions.



Errorist76 said:
Revenue is not earnings. It’s not like they’d get all their gamespass games for free. Plus they’re selling a way more expensive system and giving the older one for peanuts. More smokes and mirrors is what I smell.

Regardless what they say, lets be honest here. You would say the exact same thing.



DonFerrari said:
Good numbers but never hw sales or information that sales site can really discuss.

Profit/Revenue > Sales figures



Drakrami said:

I dont feel XboxOne is doing too well... how are their numbers up 39%?

What's in the gaming division? Is Skype, windows games and etc... still in this division or..?

Ok I just googled my own question. 

 

Entertainment and Devices Division

Entertainment and Devices Division ("EDD") develops and markets products and services designed to entertain and connect people. The Xbox entertainment platform, including Kinect, is designed to provide a unique variety of entertainment choices through the use of our devices, peripherals, content, and online services. Skype is designed to connect friends, family, clients, and colleagues through a variety of devices. Windows Phone is designed to bring users closer to the people, applications, and content they need, while providing unique capabilities such as Microsoft Office and Xbox LIVE. Through a strategic alliance, Windows Phone and Nokia are jointly creating new mobile products and services and extending established product and services to new markets. EDD revenue also includes revenue from licensing mobile-related patents.

Principal Products and Services:  Xbox 360 gaming and entertainment console, Kinect for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 video games, Xbox 360 accessories; Xbox LIVE; Skype; and Windows Phone.

 

So in view of this, how is the "gaming division" numbers relevant when its mixed with Skype and PC games, and Windows Phone? 

That's totally outdated

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2018-Q4/metrics

If you hover over the different subdivisions, you'll see what the income is made of. In case of gaming, it says "Revenue dollars from Xbox consoles, Xbox live services, First party games and third party games royalties"

One dark spot to those good overall numbers though: XBL monthly active users dropped from 59M to 57M



Drakrami said:

I dont feel XboxOne is doing too well... how are their numbers up 39%?

What's in the gaming division? Is Skype, windows games and etc... still in this division or..?

Ok I just googled my own question. 

It is easily explainable really. The two countries where we get constant hardware numbers, US and Japan, show that the one is doing much better than last year, unit wise. It is selling a lot more at a much higher average price due to the X. We know for a fact that Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2 are doing very well. BUPG is bringing huge amount of money that wasn't available last year. It is adding one million hey players each month! Yet, when you consider all of this, they say the reason is third party games. You can imagine how well the third party games are doing .