Total Loss from Microsoft's E&D Division is nearly below $6B

[DirtyP2002]

haxxiy said:

Skeeuk said:
do you think microsoft will ever announce what exactly xbox gaming division makes?

Never, they want people thinking they can lower prices forever, while actually they're losing more money on the X360 than Sony on the PS3.

 

 

Sony lost something like 6-7 billion USD with the PS3.

Division reported a 4 billion loss since the release of the PS3 in 2006. The PS2 and the PSP were already profitable at this time. So you have 4 billion + the profit of the PS2 and the PSP for 3 years. A careful estimate would be like 1-2 billion. And of course the R+D costs for the PS3, which will be pretty big, because pf BluRay and the Cell. At least another 1.5 billion. There you go. 4 + 1.5 + 1.5 = 7 billion LOSS created by the PS3.

 The Xbox360 is generating a profit right now. (A pretty big one, because it covers the losses of the Zune and there is still a 151 million profit for the past 3 months.)

So the the Xbox360 is on a good way to be profitable and get some of the losses made by the original Xbox back.

Just accept, the PS3 is a financial disaster for Sony and the Xbox360 is a great improvement for MS. The Wii is a money-printer. That is the current situation. No Spin allowed.