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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Total Loss from Microsoft's E&D Division is nearly below $6B

Getting there :)

Microsoft2002      -750,000,0002003    -1,191,000,0002004    -1,215,000,0002005      -485,000,0002006    -1,262,000,0002007    -1,892,000,0002008       426,000,0002009       329,000,000Totals  -6,040,000,000



 

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"Nearly below." Also known as "still above."



Only 6 billions to take Sony threat down............ for MS is a gift.

Now they are even making money!!



 

 

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Yeah, that number should start to dissappear slowly, I still doubt it will be done by the end of this gen. But it will definitely be a significant improvement over what it was. Just wondering how much will the R&D for the next gen will set them back.



Their is really no way of telling how much of the profits/losses were XBox related. The E&D division contains a lot of non-XBox products and groups.



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Wow, in another 20 years the whole Xbox project will finally become a finacial success!!

I can see that a 10 year strategy could suit MS just as well as Sony (and Nintendo) this gen.



 

although the overall loss is still impressively large it doesn't really matter anymore, the losses are accounted for and in the past. MS is making money now and that's all the matter going into the future. gj MS on making profits on xbox, i still hate you. xD



nex gen wont be as bad if there is no rrod thats whats killing them.



It's not a loss, it's an investment. $6B is a small price to pay to break Sony's monopoly in the console segment.



contains a lot of non-XBox products


The zune and the zune and the zune and did I forget anything? Game controllers perhaps but they should be very profitable. (Just looked it up apparently Windows Mobile is also in there although I find that a bit weird and some smaller things like MSN TV never heard about it though)