So Microsoft made a billion dollars on XBL marketplace?

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seece said:

Lets just put this in perspective, and I'm going to do my adding out here so I don't get it wrong

1 XLB subscriber (lets say $25)

100 XLB S = $2500

10,000 XBL S = $250,000

1 Million XBL S = $250 million $25 million

Right? I mean without costs and such?

Lets say he only 4 of those 17 million Online users pay this $25 a year.

Thats a billion right there ... 100 million right there.

You got your adding out wrong. But still either the majority comment is wrong or they've made much more than 1 billion dollars. I could be grossly underestimating their expenses though - the inital setup infrastructure fee would be pretty hefty i imagine - plus they haven't been making money on the hardware this whole time.