Profit Numbers: Nintendo, Sony (Game Segment) and Microsoft (EDD Segment)

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bRoKeN said:
how come microsoft numbers are almost all red?

 

 The first Xbox was not profitable at all. And every company that decides to join the videogame-industry will be in the red at first. That is pretty much granted. That is why there are just 3 companies participating. MS is one of the few companies worldwide, that is able to eat the losses for one generation. Well and there are R&D costs for the Xbox360. Imagine Samsung e.g. would join the Party. I don't know if Samsung could handle such a loss. Sony was smart to create a console in a time, when the industry was small.

And there is the Zune. The Zune never made a profit I guess. So posting a profit for the first time was a huge success. That means the Xbox360 was profitable and it covered the loss of the Zune as well. I have no idea about Windows Mobile, which is also included in EDD.