Did MS made a profit or not?

[Tigawoods]

LOL MATURE said:

Tigawoods said:

TheSource says:
Last 3 months - loss. But for the year ending June 30 they made like $400,000,000. You have to remember though that it includes things like Zune as well.
Posted on: 07/17/08, 22:17

The last 3 months according to the chart say -188 while the entire year says 426. (Measured in millions obviously)

 

I could have sworn MS' fiscal year started in Apr.

No. Their FY is from July 1st to June 30th. Read the article.

Research and development is what they said is being the culprit for increased costs as well as marketing. Plus they had a pretty slow quarter with very few big titles out. (GTA is the only huge one off the top of my head.)

Edit: Also the "Research and Development" rhetoric can mean a lot of different things so unless we get direct info I don't think we can really get any specifcs on what is a draw down on MS. *Awaiting RROD bomb*