Microsoft Entertainment Posts $130 million Loss in Q4 2009 : is the 360 in trouble ?

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thx1139 said:

Read the detailed report about the EDD division. It is clear the 360 is profitable.

Some numbers from it.

Loss was $130M

100K less 360 consoles shipped compared to last year in same qtr.

non-gaming revenue decreased by $291M compared to a year ago. Again that is non-gaming.

360 platform and PC game software revenue decreased by $110M. 100K consoles would be around $20M of that revenue.

Cost of sales (product production costs) declined $266M compared to a year ago. Primarily due to declines in 360 production costs (part of that would be the 100K fewer consoles sold).

This is the first time I have noticed them call out non-gaming revenue.  I believe this is because they want analyst to understand the 360 is the profit making part of that division. Zune is losing money but investing heavily with ZuneHD. Mobile platform is being hammered by the iPhone and is investing heavily so as not to disapear from the market.

Thats pretty much what I would have said, had you not said it first.