MICROSOFT RESULTS THIRD QUARTER 2010 PREVIEW

[DirtyP2002]

thx1139 said:

DirtyP2002 said:

I hope Windows 7 numbers will be as awesome as before. This is the best OS ever. It really deserves great sales.

Here are my guesses:

• Revenue: 14.5 billion
• Net income: 3.2 billion
• EDD: 150 million USD profit

EDD is a nightmare to estimate, because you never know what they are doing. Windows 7 phones, Natal and Kin certainly required some investments. God only knows what other devices they are working on.

Well the investments didnt just happen in the past qtr so I wouldnt expect they would make much difference now.  Although in the upcoming months they hope to change the investments into revenue/profit.

Those things like WinMo7, Kin and Natal need to be released first. Until then they are just investments and those cost a lot of money (R&D). Sure they are promising and I am certain that WinMo 7 and Natal will make a profit, but that takes a while.