Alby_da_Wolf on 24 January 2009
dbot said:
Don't forget all Retail Office, retail operating system, and embedded os sales are included in this division. It remains to be seen if the Xbox division generates profits. I suspect if it was profitable as a stand alone entity, MS would not lump it in with the retail software division. In this case MS should be able to turn a profit, on the Zune, by being the second best MP3 player on the market. |
Let's not forget too that MS puts whichever loss it can in a separate report item, "Corporate-Level Activity" (we're talking about billions $), so single operating divisions reports always look better, while actually the operating divisions really producing profits are always the same old three, Client, Server and Tools, Business.
