^...and the insinuation is that Nintendo and Sony care more about the consumer? I hate this image portrayed by many that MS is the scum between your teeth.
I think what Squil is referencing is that many of the products/services engulfed within the division are currently in a transitional period. The new unreleased Zune HD for instance would have had R&D costs which means that it would report a loss for the quarter - Windows Mobile 7 is still in development/surface computing/new version of office etc. I don't think you can say that everything else in the division is 'profitable'.
Sure the evidence is there from a financial perspective that MS entering the console market as a means to make money has thus far failed miserably. But as many have already pointed out it was more than that - it was a means to protect their other investments from competition, counter pc-game pirating, and to eventually be the one device that 'controls the living room'. The new partnerships and features keep bringing it closer to the goal and force their competitors to continue to spend big to emulate their services, which will spread their reserves thin - another repeat of this gen and it will be Sony who can't afford it. Then everyone will know why they're persisting.
It was my understanding that the MS developed VC-1 codec is used just as much, if not more than H.264 for Blu-ray movies?
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