Microsoft Q2. 360: 5.9m shipped (75.9m total), $6.38bn profit for the quarter.

[TeddostheFireKing]

ethomaz said:

Train wreck said:
Lack luster quarter for Microsoft and no growth in the key areas that it needs to have it in.

No surface numbers (which is one of those important growth areas as PC sales continue to slow) only means that the sales are not that well, given Apple shipped some 22+ million ipads. Only going to get worse with the surface pro. That 8 billion dollar payout for Skype is looking like it was not worth it, I'm sure with that kind of money, they could have created something in house. Its investment in Nook turned out to be disaster.

I think the purchase of Skype was more to kill the competition because Microsoft already have something similar inhouse.

If that is true, that's not a good thing. Very anti-competative :/