HappySqurriel on 15 March 2007
gebx said:
We already know there making tons of profit on Xbox Live
6 million users x $40 = $240,000,000/ year and I don't think they're even putting more then $1 million/year into Xbox Live (salaries, servers, etc).
Yeah, you shouldn't estimate anything ever again ...
6 million users of XBox live includes sliver memberships so the number of gold members is probably closer to 2 million users, after expenses related to selling memberships they probably only make about $20 per users ... which means they made $40 Million before costs ...
Servers and bandwith are not inexpensive and the combination of achievements, user lists, chat, demos, and everything else will have a huge operational cost; not to mention the cost of development, QA and support. I would be surprised if they turned a profit on XBox live ...
