Can the least selling console be profitable?

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Smashchu said: Nintendo can. The others, maybe. Depends on how well the least selling one sold. If it was 100milliom, then 90million, and last at 80million, you still made a profit.

I meant more something like 10+million, that number what Xbox and Gamecube reached in the last generation.

So, it comes down to how much it sold. Sony and Microsoft probobly won't make a profit if that's the case. They spend so much on these consoles that they dig a financhial hole for themselves.

So do you dont think, they can make up for the losses with games, equipment and royalties? What is with Xbox Live. Will it create enough profit to make the whole Xbox-Department profitable?