A true measure of Microsoft Xbox 360 success

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RolStoppable said:

Squilliam said:

RolStoppable said:

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think neither Windows 7 nor Vista are part of this division.

Retail sales of Vista, 7 and maybe office products are part of this division but most of the revenue is paid back to the respective division within Microsoft (Windows/Office). The EDD is the only division which interfaces directly with retail.

I really wish that Microsoft would just put the 360 in its own division, that would save us a lot of guessing and give us much better information. The same goes for Sony since they combined the PS with vaio and walkman at the start of this fiscal year.

EDIT: And actually, it would also be neat if the companies with more than one system (Sony and Nintendo) gave us more detailed breakdowns of their gaming machines in their financial reports. That's even more unlikely to happen though.

CEOs want as few direct reports as possible, and so lumping is great to cutback on that.  The issue is trying to make sure you align divisions (departments) to maximize synergy of the product lines, and in the case of Microsoft...EDD = Retail Consumers.  It is possible to do alot of painstaking work to discern a better gauge of $$$ amounts for Xbox family, but why bother when people will always look bottomline number.