Microsoft nearing $7 Billion purchase of Skype

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cloud1161 said:

dsister said:

cloud1161 said:

i have a feeling this would hurt both companies.   skype would hurt since their market would become, more than likely but not necessarily, strictly microsoft products.  not only that, but there are more video communication services opening every day so that would put even more tension on the competitive market.  microsoft would just be pushed further into debt from the 500 mill or whatever it was spent on advertising the kinect, not saying theres anything wrong with that or kinect, just that i dont see how they could be making a profit yet from kinect after spending that much on advertising.

 

Why don't people ever read the thread? It would make everything so much easier and stop us from having to repeat ourselves time and time again.

And at the second thing. Didn't it sell   10,000,000 copies? With a Microsoft just making $50 out of the $200(not saying they do) they should have made a profit...

dont people ever read the replies?  im pretty sure it costs money to buy the raw materials for each kinect as well as hiring people to assemble the device as well as transporting the device to retailers.  so even if they make 50 from the $150 for each device (not sure where you got $200 unless you mean canadian or something) that would balance them out from the 500 mill they spent on advertising yes, but not the actual cost to make the product.  and  what do you mean by making things easier from repeating time and time again.  

Shouldn't talk about things you have no clue on.

FIrst of all, that $500 mill was from launch, up until THIS coming xmas. Over that period MS will be looking at 15 - 20 million Kinects sold, possibly more.

Revenue for that (20 mill Kinects) tops $3 billion, if they only make $50 per Kinect, that's $1 bill profit, not even talking about the SW and increased 360 hardware.

360 division (EDD) is profiting right now, and is at around $1.3B profit for the last 9 months alone.