XBOX 360 profitability - an analysis

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Slimebeast said:

EaglesEye379 said:
Im really not sure what Lord N and Slimebeast want me to say.

How about:

360 / PC made $3.5bn in revenue. This is out of $6.5bn. That means Zune + others made $3bn.

360 / PC cost $6bn. This is out of $6.2bn. That means it only costs $0.2bn to make Zune + others.

So 360 / PC suxors. They lost MS a total of $2.5bn.

Does that sound more reasonable then?


I would like to hear what you two think to make up that $6.5bn revenue and $6.2bn costs.


@Slimebeast, how could you believe Zune + others made $3bn in revenue?

That's a good point. Zune revenue must be very lil, a few hundred million $. But maybe those other things that aren't gaming make revenue of a couple $billions? I have no idea.

This all is making me confused. $5 billion in 9 months from gaming just sounded unrealisticly high, that's all I know (especially as Sony never had higher revenue than that, and also one must ask how come the profits of EDD division is always so damn low?). But I don't know what to think.

 

 

 Wasnt Sony's peak years with the PS2 at an average price below $200.  The 9 months being talked about consists of about 1/2 the time before 360's were reduced in price and from what we have heard from analyst the average price of 360 consoles has been $290 in the US.  Also need to add in the revenue from Xbox Live which the PS2 never had anything like.   Xbox Live is like a 10 million selling game every year and increasing. Then throw in marketplace sales.