How much of the bottom line does the Xbox line account for with Microsoft?

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Seinfeld said:

inverted3reality said:
They have had very very little profit. I think last year was the first profitable year for the XBOX franchise. this year they made about 170million total, the same as a single game could potentially make.

Nintendo on the other hand, made 5.5billion USD this year.
Sony in the negative a couple hundred million, 400 i think.

The 360 started making a profit in 2007 coincidentally when Halo 3 was released. Anyhow, I think Live profits are kept separate. I read Live generated 1 billion dollars of revenue in the first five years. It's growing at a much more rapid pace as well so it'll probably generate a couple billion more for the life of the 360.

For the record, a single game generating $170 million has to be incredibly rare. Some developers have a hard enough time breaking even.