Roma said:
DanneSandin said:
Train wreck said:
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That is what the defintion of "winning" the generation has been. And it has been universally accepted until this generation when the one who won by that metric was not expected by anyone and was not wanted to win by those who felt had ownership of the industry (the gaming "media" and the "core" gamers). So other metrics have been adopted to try to create the result that everyone anticipated and wanted for this generation.
These are businesses. To them it is about profit and sales. And there Nintendo has won this generation.
Mike from Morgantown
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Headcount & Revenue Growth
Microsoft's worldwide headcount and revenue growth for the past 10 fiscal years are summarized below (click headings to sort): |
| Fiscal Year Ending |
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| Head Count |
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| Net Revenue (US$) |
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| Growth |
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| Net Income (US$) |
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| Growth |
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| June 30, 2011 |
90,412 |
$69.94B |
12% |
$23.15B |
23% |
| June 30, 2010 |
88,596 |
$62.48B |
7% |
$18.76B |
29% |
| June 30, 2009 |
92,736 |
$58.44B |
-3% |
$14.57B |
-18% |
| June 30, 2008 |
91,259 |
$60.42B |
18% |
$17.68B |
26% |
| June 30, 2007 |
78,565 |
$51.12B |
15% |
$14.07B |
12% |
| June 30, 2006 |
71,172 |
$44.28B |
11% |
$12.60B |
3% |
| June 30, 2005 |
61,000 |
$39.79B |
8% |
$12.25B |
50% |
| June 30, 2004 |
57,086 |
$36.84B |
14% |
$8.17B |
8% |
| June 30, 2003 |
54,468 |
$32.19B |
13% |
$7.53B |
29% |
| June 30, 2002 |
50,621 |
$28.37B |
12% |
$5.35B |
-28% |
Im sure youll be hard pressed to find anywhere Nintendo has beat these numbers. I mean these are businesses. To them it is about profit and sales. And there Microsoft has won this generation.
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Is that for their whole company or just the game devision?
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That’s the entire company. Their games division had billions in losses :P
I think he is joking though
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Im not joking
Microsoft is a whole company like Nintendo so I'm trying to keep the comparsions the same.
Repeating the mantra of "Microsoft gaming divisions had billions in losses" is honestly old and tired. Comapnies do not live in the past. RROD and the recall occored in what 2007? Microsoft came out with thier first system to losses in what, 2001? The fact that the company was able to weather both and now is laughing all the way to the bank is encourging to me as an investor in the stock. Microsoft is trying to take the cyclicality out of its gaming business and make it more subscription based with xbox live and the services it brings.
If my investment philosophy was as narrowminded as your one liners, ill probably be broke on the street somewhere.
