A true measure of Microsoft Xbox 360 success

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Squilliam said:
Sony Nintendo Microsoft Total
Y/E 1998 $902,811,090 $1,023,333,867 $1,926,144,957
Y/E 1999 $1,102,563,557 $1,301,350,000 $2,403,913,557
Y/E 2000 $722,738,949 $1,368,207,547 $2,090,946,497
Y/E 2001 -$449,776,290 $677,576,000 $227,799,710
Y/E 2002 $629,101,056 $895,872,180 -$1,135,000,000 $389,973,237
Y/E 2003 $935,569,253 $834,333,333 -$1,191,000,000 $578,902,586
Y/E 2004 $627,195,212 $993,161,303 -$1,337,000,000 $283,356,515
Y/E 2005 $419,888,799 $1,056,056,202 -$539,000,000 $936,945,001
Y/E 2006 $69,129,058 $774,478,055 -$1,339,000,000 -$495,392,887
Y/E 2007 -$1,970,923,859 $1,914,666,388 -$1,969,000,000 -$2,025,257,471
Y/E 2008 -$1,079,994,103 $4,322,637,887 $426,000,000 $3,668,643,783
Y/E 2009 -$577,207,240 $5,691,428,301 $169,000,000 $5,283,221,061

Y/E 10Q1 -$413,541,667 $420,843,750 $312,000,000 $319,302,083
Y/E 10Q2 -$653,333,333 $710,655,556 N/A N/A

Total
$264,220,482 $21,984,600,371 -$6,532,000,000 $15,659,498,630

Full Year Average
$110,924,623 $1,737,758,422 -$1,001,857,143 $914,270,499

Profitable Years
8 12 2 10

Non Profitable Years
4 0 6 2

Average in Loss Year
-$1,019,475,373 N/A -$1,251,666,667 -$1,260,325,179

Average in Profit Year
$676,124,622 $1,737,758,422 $333,000,000 $1,389,625,094

Actually their errata which came with the financial reports laid the blame for subsequent losses
areas of the EDD outside of the Xbox 360, I.E. research and development etc.

The thing is for all the people who look at these numbers, with no analysis, will try to spin some analysis when M$ post numbers for this quarter, and by that, I mean Windows 7 shipped and will really skew these numbers to the postive.  What people don't realiuze is that for most of the Xbox lifetime, Vista has been a drag, along with Zune and Mobile, so as those product lines turn, so will EDD.  I can imagine some serious howls, if EDD post an outrageous profit number.